I was already building a Seeedstudio Xiao-based (ESP32 S3) microcontroller with camera to go in an American Kestrel bird box. My original idea had the solar/battery powered device sleeping and then waking up at regular intervals to allow me to connect locally to WiFi by standing at ground level relatively close and pulling down images from the SD card over WiFi. Now that there’s a Xiao-based Halow microcontroller with a Morse Micro chip on it, one could design the same thing but not need to be so near the device to pull down images and could even have it dump images somewhere at a regular interval rather than having to pull them down.
Hi dwrice0,
This is a great use case for Wi-Fi HaLow, especially if your kestrel box is a long way away! How big is your garden?
I’ll be delighted to ship across a couple of Halowlink 1 devices to get you started.
Can you send me an email to andy.mcfarlane@morsemicro.com with your shipping details and arrange to get them across to you?
Regards,
Andy Mc
Received the Halowlink 1’s and have started tinkering. Thanks!
Used the usblan connection to a laptop to do a quick and rudimentary range/performance test on my property. Confirmed that I can stream Liverpool FC highlights in 1080p from every corner of my 5 acres. This is with the AP indoors and not really in an optimal spot.
I mostly love this update…but from a technical perspective, I have to confirm that you’ll get a much better end user experience if you try to stream Man Utd highlights as opposed to your current choice!!!