Anarduino MiniWireless RF96W prototype

README.md

Requires installation of the RadioHead library into Arduino IDE 1.7 to talk to the HopeRF chip embedded on the Anarduino MiniWireless-96-433

Before trying to program the board, in the Arduino menu, select Tools > Board > Arduino Pro or Pro Mini

rf96_client.ino

// rf95_client.pde
// -*- mode: C++ -*-
// Example sketch showing how to create a simple messageing client
// with the RH_RF95 class. RH_RF95 class does not provide for addressing or
// reliability, so you should only use RH_RF95 if you do not need the higher
// level messaging abilities.
// It is designed to work with the other example rf95_server
// Tested with Anarduino MiniWirelessLoRa, Rocket Scream Mini Ultra Pro with the RFM95W 
#include <SPI.h>
#include <RH_RF95.h>

#define LED 13
#define BUFSIZE 255

RH_RF95 rf95;

static bool connected = false;
static uint8_t rxbuf[BUFSIZE];
static uint8_t rxlen = 0;
static uint8_t txbuf[BUFSIZE];
static uint8_t txlen = 0;

void setup() 
{
  pinMode(LED, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(115200);
  connected = rf95.init();
}

void loop() {
  if (!connected) {
    digitalWrite(LED, HIGH);
    delay(1000);
    digitalWrite(LED, LOW);
    delay(1000);
    return;
  }
  
  if (rxlen > 0) {
    rf95.send(rxbuf, rxlen);
    rf95.waitPacketSent();
    rxlen = 0;
  }
}

/*
  SerialEvent occurs whenever a new data comes in the
 hardware serial RX.  This routine is run between each
 time loop() runs, so using delay inside loop can delay
 response.  Multiple bytes of data may be available.
 */
void serialEvent() {
  digitalWrite(LED, HIGH);
  while (Serial.available()) {
    if (rxlen == BUFSIZE - 1) {
      break;
    }
    rxbuf[rxlen++] = (uint8_t) Serial.read();
  }
  digitalWrite(LED, LOW);
}

rf96_server.ino

// rf95_server.pde
// -*- mode: C++ -*-
// Example sketch showing how to create a simple messageing server
// with the RH_RF95 class. RH_RF95 class does not provide for addressing or
// reliability, so you should only use RH_RF95  if you do not need the higher
// level messaging abilities.
// It is designed to work with the other example rf95_client
// Tested with Anarduino MiniWirelessLoRa, Rocket Scream Mini Ultra Pro with the RFM95W 


#include <SPI.h>
#include <RH_RF95.h>

// Singleton instance of the radio driver
RH_RF95 rf95;
//RH_RF95 rf95(5, 2); // Rocket Scream Mini Ultra Pro with the RFM95W

// Need this on Arduino Zero with SerialUSB port (eg RocketScream Mini Ultra Pro)
//#define Serial SerialUSB

int led = 9;

void setup() 
{
  // Rocket Scream Mini Ultra Pro with the RFM95W only:
  // Ensure serial flash is not interfering with radio communication on SPI bus
//  pinMode(4, OUTPUT);
//  digitalWrite(4, HIGH);

  pinMode(led, OUTPUT);     
  Serial.begin(9600);
  while (!Serial) ; // Wait for serial port to be available
  if (!rf95.init())
    Serial.println("init failed");  
  // Defaults after init are 434.0MHz, 13dBm, Bw = 125 kHz, Cr = 4/5, Sf = 128chips/symbol, CRC on

  // The default transmitter power is 13dBm, using PA_BOOST.
  // If you are using RFM95/96/97/98 modules which uses the PA_BOOST transmitter pin, then 
  // you can set transmitter powers from 5 to 23 dBm:
//  driver.setTxPower(23, false);
  // If you are using Modtronix inAir4 or inAir9,or any other module which uses the
  // transmitter RFO pins and not the PA_BOOST pins
  // then you can configure the power transmitter power for -1 to 14 dBm and with useRFO true. 
  // Failure to do that will result in extremely low transmit powers.
//  driver.setTxPower(14, true);
}

void loop()
{
  if (rf95.available())
  {
    // Should be a message for us now   
    uint8_t buf[RH_RF95_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN];
    uint8_t len = sizeof(buf);
    if (rf95.recv(buf, &len))
    {
      digitalWrite(led, HIGH);
//      RH_RF95::printBuffer("request: ", buf, len);
      Serial.print("got request: ");
      Serial.println((char*)buf);
//      Serial.print("RSSI: ");
//      Serial.println(rf95.lastRssi(), DEC);
      
      // Send a reply
      uint8_t data[] = "And hello back to you";
      rf95.send(data, sizeof(data));
      rf95.waitPacketSent();
      Serial.println("Sent a reply");
       digitalWrite(led, LOW);
    }
    else
    {
      Serial.println("recv failed");
    }
  }
}