Due to BLE's low range, license costs and unneeded complexity, I am looking in to pure radio RF. I am curious about ESB and Gazelle, and which one is good for relatively simple but secure communication in a house. I am surprised that I didn't find this question before!
Is this even the right SoC for me, I would guess I can amplify the signal itself on both ends, bot not sure how to do / test that. I use NRF51-DK. Can I add some kind of an antenna booster on that without too much ado? I got recommended WIFI due to it's high signal power and license free use. But I guess NRF SoC can't do that. But does it even matter as long as you boost the signal?
In short, I want great range and reliability. It needs to work everywhere in a normally sized house, preferably also out on a porch or lawn. Speed and power usage during transmission does not matter as much. It will sleep, will send rarely. It is multiple devices communicating to a central. Perhaps 5-10 of them. Central has a working nrf24l01+ already.
Thanks!
