💬 Sensebender Gateway

[tbowmo]

@kalina

Thanks for the tip.. I took heavy inspiration from the arduino zero, which only has 100nF capacitors for decoupling.

I haven't seen any problems with stability on the prototype GW's that I have build, we also have 5 production sample GW's out in the wild, at a couple of the core group members, and I have not heard any problems from them either.

Anyways, I have noted it, and will take it into consideration if I/we decide to do a new revision of the schematic / layout.

[kalina]

@tbowmo said:

@kalina
I haven't seen any problems with stability on the prototype GW's that I have build...

Of course, your device may work perfectly without additional capacitors. This is just my experience.

In my devices there are large number of impulse noises, because they contain FPGA... and one more interesting thing, I have compared two datasheets on SAMD20 and noticed that in new revision they have increased the VDDCORE capacitor from 100 nF to 1 uF :smiley:

[dennis_henk]

Is there any news about selling this PCB ?

[tbowmo]

@dennis_henk

As mentioned in the latest announcement, pre-sales have just opened up over at itead.cc, so head over there to order it :)

[gloob]

Is there an option for a WiFi connection?

[tbowmo]

@gloob

You can have mysensors running natively on the esp8266, so we decided not to support WiFi on this gateway device.

[Fabien]

I find it on Itead but no announcement on mysensors.org.

[mfalkvidd]

@Fabien do you mean the gateway? It is available on https://www.mysensors.org/hardware/sensebender-gateway
Where did you expect to find it? Maybe we need to update some documentation with a link?

[bjornhallberg]

Which exact RFM69 is the footprint for? Cause it says "RFM69HCW" in some places, and "RFM69HW" in others. The footprint looks a lot like HW (https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/563/20328459340_62fa380554_b.jpg).

[Fabien]

@hek : strange, this afternoon I can't see it on "news history" !

[hek]

@Fabien

I did some updates this afternoon (among them the news section).

We will continue updating the Sensebender Gateway article during the coming days.

[bjornhallberg]

Oh and another question, since I've never ordered anything from ITEAD before, how do they declare the customs value? Is it safe to order more than one gateway or should I order them one by one to be on the safe side? I'm talking about "SF E-Parcel" or "Registered Air Mail" of course, not TNT or DHL.

[hek]

@bjornhallberg, I don't remember what the value was set to on the latest package from them.

Suggest you contact them here:
https://www.itead.cc/contact-us

[Fabien]

@bjornhallberg they declare a very low customs value (for my last order only 12x0.89€ ...)
I juste order the gateway today.

[Francois]

I also just order my gateway :-)

[martinhjelmare]

This is on my most wanted purchase list now. :smile:

FYI, I noticed the spelling of "Sensebender" is "Sensbender" for this gateway on openhardware.io, so you're breaking your brand name. :wink: Would it be possible to amend it? If you try to search for it with the original spelling you only find the two sensor Sensebenders.

[hek]

Opps! Thanks for reporting @martinhjelmare.

[alexsh1]

This has been on my watch list for some time. Excellent work guys - I placed an order and looking forward upgrading my gateway.

[Sander Teunissen]

Is this device capable of being a gateway for both nRF24L01+ radio and the Hope RF RFM69HCW radio simultaneously ?
I have some nRF24 nodes and see a lot of new goodies equiped with the RFM69 radio. One gateway to serve both would be excellent !

[hek]

No, only one radio type or rs485 is possible at the moment.