qaz to Mildly InterestingEnglish · 1 month agoI used the WiFi antenna of a laptop to wirelessly install ESPHome on an ESP32imagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down12
arrow-up174arrow-down1imageI used the WiFi antenna of a laptop to wirelessly install ESPHome on an ESP32qaz to Mildly InterestingEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarecm0002linkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoBut…WiFi capable ESP32s have a built-in antenna tho
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoYeah i was thinking the same thing, but maybe the wifi router is far away so they needed to increase their range?
minus-squareqazOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI have a ESP32-WROOM-32U which is a model that uses an external antenna
minus-squarecm0002linkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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