Molex Antenna Adventures starring a RPi4

RE: Molex Antenna Adventures starring a RPi4

wolfgangfriedrich — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:09:37 GMT

It looks like the RPi Foundation went with my idea for their compute module:[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-84926b77-2a6e-41c8-8315-9bdb3c1130ff/contentimage_5F00_930.png:16:16]

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Must be a fancy RF switch.

From:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/compute-module-4-antenna-kit/?resellerType=home

RE: Molex Antenna Adventures starring a RPi4

colporteur — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:32:12 GMT

I sit here on Friday night with two Coors Light beers in my gullet and think WOW!

I doff my hat for your initiative. I have no fortitude for putting a Pi at risk by hacking to the level you have ventured. My first RoadTest application New Year's Grab Bag RoadTest was an appeal to sacrifice a RoadTest review Pi first version generation to test an interface. I feared for the life of my Pi3B+ during testing but was willing to let go a Pi first generation.

I received a similar antenna kit you received but I didn't get the enlightenment of possibilities you got. Great work WF, great work!

RE: Molex Antenna Adventures starring a RPi4

jkutzsch — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 03:03:18 GMT

Interesting [mention:07ad7044180c4e69b9d6764380da6d07:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05], any idea if you were to remove the external wire now how much different your reception would be from the original setup? As in did the previous "builtin" really provide much? Makes me wonder about some type of on board connector that would allow you to use a generic antenna option so you could switch out from omni to directional. Seems like some people just go to an external USB option to allow for antenna swapping but if the chipset is good enough on board this could be interesting. Ty for sharing!