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  • Water leak sensor
    H helvetian

    @flopp great setup! May I ask what controller you are using and how this works with getting the sleep time from the controller?

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  • Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors
    H helvetian

    Thanks for clarifications

    Awesome forum!

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  • Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors
    H helvetian

    @sundberg84 do you experience the same thing when you are using boosters? Some are better than other even tough they are the same model? Same with the radios?

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  • Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors
    H helvetian

    just a quick update.

    i ran some more tests with different radios and a 10uf electroltyte cap on the booster. And some different batteries.
    Heureka! It works. For now. It is running now with a 3.7v lipo battery without the voltage regulator. Does anybody know if this is safe in the long run?

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  • Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors
    H helvetian

    @gohan
    just bought them on ali. What would you recommend in the meantime till they arrive here in snowy switzerland? i got a assortement of electrolyt caps.
    i got a bunch of 0.1uf ceramics. could i just solder(or test it on a breadboard) 10 of them to try out?

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  • Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors
    H helvetian

    ok. thanks for the tips and your promt assistance! such a great community!
    i will try to experiment with some caps.
    i tested already a couple of different radios. but maybe i will get once a decent one which will work

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  • Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors
    H helvetian

    here are some pics form my pcb board!

    0_1516654067507_20180122_213519.jpg 0_1516654074837_20180122_213527.jpg 0_1516654086429_20180122_213538.jpg

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  • Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors
    H helvetian

    thx for your fast reply. i'm in the train right now. so i can't provide you now with any pics. as soon as possible i will do that!

    I am using a battery booster (as it seems the same as you use), i have the battery jumpers connected, all the resistors and caps for the battery measurement.
    It is just wired that it functions while the nrf24 is powered separately. maybe i got some bad radios?
    One more question: the cap just below the booster. is this necessary to reduce the noice for the radio? might that help and if yes what size do you recommend? i didn't solder any cap yet there.

    "Did you by any chance connect both batteries and ftdi Vcc at the same time?"
    Yes! I did try this as well. Same results...
    I should also mention i got my Arduino Pro mini battery powered hacked. So no more LED and Voltage regulator. But then again i also tried it with a untouched one.

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  • Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors
    H helvetian

    Hi community!
    i just got to fiddle around with my new newbie pcb and i ran into some problems.
    I am already quite familiar with mysensors as i have built quite a couple of different nodes which are working very well (all on bread boards or selfmade pcb boards)
    No i wanted to step up a bit and bought the newbie pcb boards.
    I want to have a battery powered setup. So i did solder all the parts on the board. checked my wiring many times and also checked all components. I even did check the whole pcb board if every line is ok with a multimeter.

    So my problem is:
    all the time i debug my node (mockup sketch) with the Arduino IDE powered by battery, stable power source etc i end up having the error TSP failed.

    when i leave my set up as is (i solders headers to the board to conveniently change the components ) and only power the NRF24 seperatly i get no errors. So it must be something with my power ?
    but i don't get it where exactly my problem lies.
    Could somebody help me?

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