Antennas

2. Compute Teams 2.1 Security Teams device security
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Antenna Types

Many different antenna designs are used in Mesh Assets.

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Dipole vs Monopole

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Inverted F Antenna

One technology that enables radio communications on small compute devices is the Inverted-F Antenna.

This antenna design is used in many of our mesh stations

References

Robert Feranec has made great videos on the topic with professional radio engineers, for example:

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PCB vs Chip

Note different Mesh Station can use different antenna designs.

Raspberry Pi Zero W uses a PCB antenna, while ESP32-C3 Super Mini uses a Chip antenna.

References: