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Wireless solution for microcontroller project

DeathPheonix

I'm looking into a wireless solution for my project. Previously we were thinking using an LTE radio for our microcontroller (STM32 based micro, haven't choose which one yet) and we found that LTE is a pain to work around with micros, then we were thinking using just GSM network. However we would like to be able to stream something better than 320P@10FPS through this wireless connection. The project is meant to be deployed where wifi does not exist and should have a relatively far communication range. So I was wondering if there exists something like a bare-bone LTE to wifi board that I can power with a battery and provide wifi signal for my micro and for video streaming. I know that there exists a lot of commercial products that can achieve this, but the thing is those commercial product tend to come with a case and built-in power supply. I would want something without a case and power-supply so I can easily incorporate them in my project. 

CPU: i7 5930K OC'd 4.5Ghz

Motherboard: Asus X99 Sabertooth

RAM: 64G Corsair Dominator Platinum

GPU: EVGA GTX980Ti Hybrid

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3 hours ago, James Evens said:

One off or small production run?

One off prototype. Won't be considering production but would help if we can reliably source that part.

CPU: i7 5930K OC'd 4.5Ghz

Motherboard: Asus X99 Sabertooth

RAM: 64G Corsair Dominator Platinum

GPU: EVGA GTX980Ti Hybrid

Case: NZXT H440 Razer Edition

Boot: Intel 750 480GB 

Storage: Micron M7 256GB+Seagate 3TB in acceleration mode

Backup: WD Blue 1T incremental for boot drive

PSU: Corsair AX860i

Display: Dell 2312HM

Cooling: H110i GTX

Keyboard: Topre Realforce

Mouse: Logitech G700s/G502s

OS:Win 10

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1 hour ago, James Evens said:

Buy a prebuild lte to wifi. Remove the case and hook them up to the same battery the micro will use. If you want to spend some more time you could also remove the power delivery and use your own power delivery. Since you need a fast mcu why not use cortex-A (for example pi zero w) and a usb 4g dongle?

Other options would be to open mouser and search for dev boards. You will find more then one for example from seedstudio one based around the LARA-R200 series.

We are limited to use micros only and have to write bulk of the firmware and software interface. Pretty sure that a pi zero w does not qualify 

CPU: i7 5930K OC'd 4.5Ghz

Motherboard: Asus X99 Sabertooth

RAM: 64G Corsair Dominator Platinum

GPU: EVGA GTX980Ti Hybrid

Case: NZXT H440 Razer Edition

Boot: Intel 750 480GB 

Storage: Micron M7 256GB+Seagate 3TB in acceleration mode

Backup: WD Blue 1T incremental for boot drive

PSU: Corsair AX860i

Display: Dell 2312HM

Cooling: H110i GTX

Keyboard: Topre Realforce

Mouse: Logitech G700s/G502s

OS:Win 10

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