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FANET compatibility

Linar Yusupov edited this page Dec 22, 2017 · 6 revisions

Testbed

The test unit has SoftRF LoRa module connected.
A picture of the module (purple) in comparison with NRF905 (green):

Settings

Test SoftRF unit has D99C19 device ID and is configured to communicate in accordance with FANET protocol:

FANET link partner

One of commercial implementations for FANET protocol is Skytraax:

But "behind the scenes" of the Skytraax is that the FANET was contributed there by Juergen Eckert.
His FANET R&D is actually open for public and located at GitHub.
This is the link on FANET : https://github.com/3s1d/fanet
And this is the link on FANET+ : https://github.com/3s1d/fanet-stm32

Genuine FANET hardware platform is STM32 L1/L4 MCU and Semtech SX1272 radio.
Genuine FANET software platform is Arduino/Eclipse IDE.

At first I've made a quick port of the FANET onto NodeMCU (ESP8266) and Semtech SX1276 radio (SoftRF LoRa module):

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