qaz@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 months agoBut…WiFi capable ESP32s have a built-in antenna tho
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoYeah i was thinking the same thing, but maybe the wifi router is far away so they needed to increase their range?
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI have a ESP32-WROOM-32U which is a model that uses an external antenna
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months 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