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This page documents various hardware experiments started 5th of July 2016. Using new types of hardware as home nodes and external antennas and wifi usb sticks.
This page documents various hardware experiments started 5th of July 2016. Using new types of hardware as home nodes and external antennas and wifi usb sticks.
= Omega2 single board computer =
* Actually $5 including tax and shipping
* Single 2.4 GHz radio with on-board antenna and u.fl connector
* Has USB and ethernet but no ethernet transformer or plug.
* Power usage: Unknown but probably small.
* Runs OpenWRT
* You can order as many as you want now
* Doesn't ship until November (estimated)
= Raspberry PI zero =
* Not actually $5 since they can't keep up with demand (more like $15 on ebay)
* No wifi, no ethernet.
* A three-port USB hub with built-in ethernet and micro-usb cable is ~$3 on aliexpress
* Single micro-usb port. You can get $3
* Power usage: Unknown but probably small.
* Runs Debian (well "raspbian")
= The Next Thing Co. C.H.I.P. single board "$9 computer" =
* Power usage: Unknown but probably small.
* Actually costs $12 in CA with tax and shipping if you order the maximum of 5 units at a time
* Single 2.4 GHz wifi with no external antenna plug (not even u.fl)
* Single USB port
* Runs Debian


= Nexx WT3020F - Very cheap home node ($12.50) =
= Nexx WT3020F - Very cheap home node ($12.50) =


* Cheap: $12.50 shipped
* Cheap: $12.50 shipped
* Power usage: Only 1 watt!
* Single band 2.4 GHz
* Single band 2.4 GHz
* Two PCB trace antennas. No plugs, not even internal.
* Two PCB trace antennas. No plugs, not even internal.

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