qaz to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoI used the WiFi antenna of a laptop to wirelessly install ESPHome on an ESP32lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down12
arrow-up174arrow-down1imageI used the WiFi antenna of a laptop to wirelessly install ESPHome on an ESP32lemmy.worldqaz to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-square@cm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink13•1 month agoBut…WiFi capable ESP32s have a built-in antenna tho
minus-square@unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink6•1 month agoYeah i was thinking the same thing, but maybe the wifi router is far away so they needed to increase their range?
minus-squareqazOPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoI have a ESP32-WROOM-32U which is a model that uses an external antenna
minus-square@cm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•1 month agoAhhh, I knew there were some that took an external antenna but I always thought it was in addition to an internal one lol
But…WiFi capable ESP32s have a built-in antenna tho
Yeah i was thinking the same thing, but maybe the wifi router is far away so they needed to increase their range?
I have a ESP32-WROOM-32U which is a model that uses an external antenna
Ahhh, I knew there were some that took an external antenna but I always thought it was in addition to an internal one lol