soldered, up and running
and already some ideas 
[PCB] Pro mini / RFM95W / 18650 solar chargeable
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Hi Wijnand,
Do you still have a pcb’s available? If so, I would like to receive one
Kind regards,
I am also very interrested in such a board. Would you publish the schematics here or somwhere else?
Thomas
Hi @All
So i know @Wijnand would share his PCBs. He let us know: What's your experience with pcbs.io?
Something goes wrong with his account. I don`t know how to help. New owner of pcbs.io is https://www.makerbright.com/ ?
Is that the solution to get in contact to solve the problem?
Greets
For better use of the battery it could be used the MCP1700-300 (3 V output) or MCP1700-280 (2.8V output) to take into account the dropout voltage.
MCP1700 typical dropout voltage is 178 mV and maximum 350 mV at 25°C and load 250 mA.
Hello Mario
Great work!
One thing: I always try to avoid the linked battery holder in your blog, this spring version is very bad, maybe this is not a real issue at those low power applications, but the contact between the springs and the battery is very poor. I therefore always use some massive battery holders, like this one: https://www.aliexpress.com/item//32691749341.html
Where can we order the boards?
If you could share the files for the 3D case would be great! I could also print some if someone from Switzerland is interested in the case and doesn’t have a printer.
Thank you!
Hello my friend!
Theoretically, I can share the plans, but I’m currently working on version 2. This will be completely open hardware and so I can upload them on various platforms.
I hope you have a little patience;)
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Is there anyone with experience with the CC1310? My new design (a VT-s02c module from Vincent Tang/China equipped with a CC1310 from Texas Instruments) is the next step to go to an IoT node supporting services for 10 years with a CR2032 coin cell battery (see for the concept: http://www.ti.com/tool/TIDA-00484). You can find the PCB at https://PCBs.io/share/rG9GP. Not tested yet!!!
Do those modules support LoRa modulation? The only references I found mention it supporting a modulation similar to LoRa.
First (after I recieved the PCB’s) I am going to test the power concept of TI. Next step to test the HF. I just read “no LoRa support”, see: http://e2e.ti.com/support/wireless_connectivity/proprietary_sub_1_ghz_simpliciti/f/156/t/611585
Not specifically, but it looks like its a FSK type device which needs signal levels around 5dB to 10dB above noise level to operate, wheras LoRa devices can operate at up to 20dB below noise level, a significant link margin improvement.
The LoRa devices go down to circa 0.2uA in sleep mode so why would you want to use something else ?
If you want to order my design from pcbs.io, maybe you have to wait a few days because there will be an update soon. Improved the antenna connection (@marioz) and ADC6 and ADC7 (analog exclusivily) are not connected to JP3 anymore but PB0 and PB1 (possibility for soft serial).
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At.this moment I am in Italie (F1, Monza, Max Verstappen) until friday. I will try to update it the next weekend. Regards…
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OK, the update is there (https://PCBs.io/share/46aR0). The update to V2.0: ADC6 and ADC7 (analog exclusivily) are not connected to JP3 anymore but PB0 and PB1 (possibility for soft serial). The HF part has now a switch to SMA or spring antenna and added are GND planes on both sides. If there is interrest I can add an i2c sensor (temp and/or humidity) above JP3. Let me know…
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The PCB design with the VT-s02c module from Vincent Tang/China equipped with a CC1310 from Texas Instruments is also updated to V2.0 and tested for basic functions with Code Composer Studio V8. See: https://PCBs.io/share/rG9GP
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Hi @Wijnand Do you have any conclussion? Have you tested it?. I do not see dht22 pinout, It has some built-in sensor for temperature and humidity?