Build a long range RC remote control with Gazell / Gazel / Gazelle

RE: Build a long range RC remote control with Gazell / Gazel / Gazelle

Jared — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:06:30 GMT

Hi,

This is due to the changes in the RADIO module. See this post. We don't have any reference design available for SKY66112 and nRF but it shouldn't be any more complicated then place the PA between the antenna and the RF matching network, and connect the control signals to the GPIOs.

regards

Jared

RE: Build a long range RC remote control with Gazell / Gazel / Gazelle

Drey — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 20:24:08 GMT

Thank you for the quick response! I ordered the NRF52 dev boards and uploaded the examples for gazell host/device. I discovered when I went to turn down the datarate to 250kBaud that I can only do so with an NRF51??

#ifdef NRF51
    NRF_GZLL_DATARATE_250KBIT = 0, ///<  250 Kbps datarate, available only for the nRF51.

Why can the NRF52 not transfer at slower rates in order to get longer range??

Also is there a schematic for the NRF52/SKY66112 ?

Again thank you for the quick response!

RE: Build a long range RC remote control with Gazell / Gazel / Gazelle

Jared — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 11:58:15 GMT

Hi,

I would recommend the nRF52 since it supports our newest SDK. We generally don't give out recommendations on external components/products, but we use the SKY66112 in our Gazell Device/Host example in the SDK.

regards

Jared