I have just now constructed four one-watt solar repeaters using the RAK one-watt kit (blog article). On each, I added a Bosch BME280 sensor (temperature, humidity, barometric pressure) at the I2C bus as described here. I flashed each of the repeaters with the RAK WisMesh 1W Booster (3401+13302) firmware provided here. (It is called "RAK_3401_repeater-v1.16.0-07a3ca9.uf2".) At a quick glance, this Meshcore firmware is for an earlier Raspberry Pi platform, being repurposed for this one-watt nRF52 platform.
What I am accustomed to is that the Meshcore repeater firmware, when launched, will interrogate the hardware and will discover the BME280 if present. The firmware will then provide the humidity and barometric pressure in the router telemetry.
But the 1W Booster firmware fails to do this. It fails to provide the humidity and barometric pressure in the router telemetry.
I sure hope that in coming weeks, a fresh update of firmware will get released that is fine-tuned to make best use of the one-watt radio when tied to an nRF52 controller. And that will make use of the BME280 if present.
I have just now constructed four one-watt solar repeaters using the RAK one-watt kit (blog article). On each, I added a Bosch BME280 sensor (temperature, humidity, barometric pressure) at the I2C bus as described here. I flashed each of the repeaters with the RAK WisMesh 1W Booster (3401+13302) firmware provided here. (It is called "RAK_3401_repeater-v1.16.0-07a3ca9.uf2".) At a quick glance, this Meshcore firmware is for an earlier Raspberry Pi platform, being repurposed for this one-watt nRF52 platform.
What I am accustomed to is that the Meshcore repeater firmware, when launched, will interrogate the hardware and will discover the BME280 if present. The firmware will then provide the humidity and barometric pressure in the router telemetry.
But the 1W Booster firmware fails to do this. It fails to provide the humidity and barometric pressure in the router telemetry.
I sure hope that in coming weeks, a fresh update of firmware will get released that is fine-tuned to make best use of the one-watt radio when tied to an nRF52 controller. And that will make use of the BME280 if present.