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How does the new board compare to the miniRambo in size? I’m wondering if I can use my miniRambo case for it.
I put a picture of them side by side. The Jackpot is slightly bigger, 80x100. I will try to find that picture later after I get a few boxes out and test the 5 jackpots that just showed up.
I think I will be putting up a thread of pcbway vs Jlcpcb. Glad I got test from both.
The external antenna esp32’s finally showed up…without antenna. GRRRR sometimes things are harder than they need to be.
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@jamiek I just looked through the DEvt branch. Looks like your efforts are getting some minor changes pulled through. A few of the things I have talked to them about look to have seemed to receive some attention as well.
FluidNC is pretty exciting, glad to see things big and small getting a bit of attention, even though I had no complaints initially. Better for everyone.
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Yeah I am deep in it. I think some hangs are solved and under the right conditions I can run with auto reporting at 50 ms many times with no issues now.
The “low memory” issue is extremely unlikely under the right conditions, and for practical use I would say it is ready for prime time, which I was hesitant to say a couple weeks ago.
It is not “solved” in my book, and I am still chasing a root cause. It may be somewhat academic but from a purist point of view, either it is possible to crash or it is not possible to crash.
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By the way @vicious1 I see the Jackpot is not listed on the wiki page:
That’s where I headed first when searching for a FluidNC compatible board
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I think when I officially release it and have some in stock I will ask about getting it listed. I don’t want to flood them with work.
That is on my radar though.
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Honestly the antennas that come with the CB1 are kind of crap so I have been buying external mount antennas and they work great!
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I can’t sell them without an antenna though, that would be a bummer.
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Ryan… finds a way.
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Probably fine to sell with whatever antenna they come with.
I’m not sure if those crappy flex PCB patch antennas are much of a benefit.
I’ve used a pigtail that ends in an RP-SMA and then used a regular RP-SMA 2.4 Ghz antenna.
Here’s a size comparison for that antenna. I think I bought a 5 pack of these at one point for $10 or so.
Significant improvement for me over those crappy things that come with either the ESP32s or boards like the BTT CB1. Just need to be sure the right pigtail is used because all the boards use different RF connectors on them.
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Yeah, there are too many variables. If people want an external antenna I will make an option without an esp and you can get your own with whatever antenna you want. I will sell internal regular ones standard.
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One thing to keep in mind for wifi too is that you get less speed but more range from a 2.4ghz network
For our usage, this frequency is much more interresting because speed and brandwith are not that important for IOT, whereas reliability is
If you can, having a single 2.4ghz wifi network dedicated to IOT devices is the best, performance and security wise
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Yesterday I was just a hanger-on, today @vicious1 I’m a customer 
Aww for frogs snacks I forgot to add a little red screwdriver.
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Want me to add one? If so what is your order number?
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Oh yes please ORDER #22909
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What is that a codeword for? 
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Saw my “back in stock” notification, and clicked, but by the time I arrived, they were sold out again! 
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I think I got the last one, tried to order 2 but that wasn’t possible. (Or maybe that’s wasn’t possible due to restrictions…)
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