[chbot] laptop 2.4g aerials

[Mark Atherton]

Connector is usually a "U.FL"

You may be better off taking an old Access Point apart and removing the 
U.FL to RP-SMA cable. Then (re)attaching an RP-SMA antenna.

Don't think you will blow things up if you power the radio up unterminated.

Radio is an AP6212 with +17.5dBm TX power max, this is 56mW in 
real-money, and is not high power.

Nice to hear about someone being respectful of their radio, this makes a 
change.

Hope to see you this eve at Robotics

Regards, Mark


On 15/01/2018 2:18 AM, Peter Ellens wrote:
> In the past I have seen a few  laptops come threw the club, I would 
> presume at lease some got taken to bits...
>
> Has anyone got a 2.4g wifi aerials laying from a laptop about that 
> they don't want?
>
> I have a Banana Pi M2 Zero that needs an aerial, its got a tiny RF 
> connector, that looks to me be be the same as found in most laptop 
> wifi cards (cant seem to find a name for this connector)
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> I don't really want to power it up without an aerial, no idea if the 
> RF side would annihilate itself or not
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
>
>
>
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