diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4d0defa..db35b64 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Experimental project to drive an RFM69HCW radio module with plain avr-libc and an Atmega328p MCU. -This is work in progress. Simple Tx-Rx is working so far. +This is work in progress. Simple Tx-Rx with response is working so far. I'm impressed how well these radio modules work; the range achieved with simple wire antennas as well as the reliable packet transmission. @@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ ![IMG_20250212_190518](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dd87b7de-c97d-4ecb-ab24-f5a34b849914) -The receiver currently just converts the raw temperature reading to °C and +The receiver currently converts the raw temperature reading to °C and displays it with the RSSI value and CRC result on a nice IPS TFT display. +It responds to the transmitter as kind of ack with the RSSI, which +might be useful do to some sort of power management in the transmitter. +The transmitter waits for this response with a timeout so it won't be blocked +and comsume a lot of power just because there is no response coming back. ## Range