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Some of our favorites at this moment (a preliminary document);
the live-editable document is here.
Name |
Price |
Ease of usefrom 1 (easy) to 5 (hard) |
Connects to… |
Breakout |
manufacturer |
protocols |
one to one |
one to many |
many to one |
many to many |
freq band |
bandwidth |
control |
audio |
video |
Reference |
Xbee |
~$25 |
5 |
each other, computer (USB with breakout), microcontroller (serial) |
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Digi |
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X |
X |
X |
X |
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X |
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Digi, Sparkfun, Wikipedia, FunnelIO |
Wixel |
$20 |
2 |
each other, computer (USB), microcontroller (serial) |
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Pololu |
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X |
X * |
X |
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X |
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nRF24L01+ |
< $5 |
3 |
each other, microcontroller (serial) |
by Addicoreby ElecFreaks (for audio) |
Nordic Semiconductors |
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X |
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X |
X |
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LightBlue Bean |
$ 30 |
2 |
computer (BLE), iOS, microcontroller (serial) |
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PunchThrough Design |
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X |
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X |
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ESP8266 |
< $5 |
5 |
each other, computer |
be Seeed Studio |
? |
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X |
X |
X |
X |
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X |
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Instructable |
RF Link |
< $5 |
2 |
each other |
Tx and Rx by Sparkfun |
various |
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X |
X |
X |
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X |
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UHF/VHF Audio |
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1 |
each other |
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various |
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X |
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X |
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X |
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Audio Technica |
Analog Wireless Video |
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1 |
each other |
e.g. Hobby King |
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0.9/1.2/2.4/5.8 GHz |
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RC |
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1 |
each other, microcontroller (PWM) |
e.g. Hobby King |
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