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I used the WiFi antenna of a laptop to wirelessly install ESPHome on an ESP32 (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by qaz@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I don't have a WiFi antenna, except the ones in my computers. Buying a WiFi antenna online would've taken 2-3 weeks, and I wanted to quickly test how it worked.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Was there no jumper on board to switch the external antenna to the built in one? Many boards just have a 0 ohm resistor that you can add or remove to change the antenna.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

This model doesn't have an onboard antenna afaik

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Neat! My only criticism is that I find this a lot more than mildly interesting lol