Pavel Fric
How to Design a Reliable Long-Range Wireless Link for Agricultural Drones (WiFi 6/7 Selection Guide)
If you’ve deployed drones for crop spraying, field mapping, or orchard inspection over any real distance, you’ve probably run into this: the link holds fine at 200 meters, then starts dropping commands or breaking up video well before you hit the range the datasheet promised. It’s rarely a bad chip. It’s almost always an architecture…
QCA9880 to QCN9274/QCN6274: A WiFi 5 to WiFi 7 Module Selection Guide — 524WiFi 600VX / 900VX and DR9274E-TB Compared
From QCA9880 to QCN9274/QCN6274: A WiFi 5-to-WiFi 7 Module Selection Guide — 524WiFi 600VX / 900VX, and DR9274E-TB Compared For years, the Qualcomm-Atheros QCA9880 has been the default chipset behind a lot of industrial WiFi 5 designs — routers, CPEs, access points, embedded gateways. It’s mature, well-documented, and easy to source, which is exactly why…
Tuning TDMA Scheduling for a Multi-Station PtMP Deployment: A Field Case
A recent PtMP deployment we worked on had a familiar problem: the hardware checked every box on paper — right frequency band, right range, right radio — but once more than a handful of remote stations came online, performance got uneven. Some stations ran fine. Others lagged, dropped packets under load, or just underperformed relative…
Qualcomm QCN6224 vs QCN6274 vs QCN9274: Which Wi-Fi 7 Chipset Should You Design With?
Wi-Fi 7 is rapidly becoming the standard for enterprise networking, industrial IoT, Edge AI and next-generation wireless infrastructure. When choosing between Qualcomm’s QCN6224, QCN6274, and QCN9274, engineering teams often ask us which one is “best.” The real question is: Which one fits your application’s capacity, thermal and cost? Here is a quick breakdown to guide…
GPS Smart Deployment for Long-Range WiFi PtP: What If Your AP Could Tell You Where to Point?
Deploying long-range wireless links has always been a field engineering challenge. For a Point-to-Point (PtP) wireless connection, performance depends heavily on antenna alignment. A few degrees of misalignment can mean: Traditionally, engineers need to rely on: But what if the wireless device itself could help you find the right direction? From GPS Location to Smart…
5G SA / NSA vs 4G LTE Coverage and technology
5One common assumption we encounter is that moving from 4G LTE to 5G will automatically improve network coverage. After all, newer technology should be better… right? The reality is a bit more complicated – again and again. For many IoT applications, coverage is determined far more by frequency than by the generation of cellular technology itself.…
When Robots Move Beyond Wi-Fi Coverage: Why Mesh Matters
How Wireless Mesh Networks Enable Autonomous Robots in Large and Dynamic Environments The future of robotics is moving beyond controlled spaces. Autonomous robots are no longer limited to laboratory demonstrations or small indoor environments. Today, robots are being deployed in: As robot deployment expands, one challenge becomes increasingly important: How do we maintain reliable connectivity…
A Smarter Drone Still Needs a Stronger Wireless Link
The future of drones is no longer only about flying. Modern drones are becoming intelligent platforms equipped with: But behind every smart drone, there is one critical infrastructure that is often overlooked: Reliable wireless connectivity. Because even the most advanced AI system becomes limited when the connection is unstable. AI Makes Drones Smarter. Connectivity Makes…
Do you need original QCA Linux DBDC driver for Sparklan WNFQ or WPEQ 268AXI WiFi6 module? Or is better to use open source Ath11k driver ?
Let us share our experience with Qualcomm Atheros WCN6856 based Wi-Fi 6 Triband modules from Sparklan. These WiFi6 modules are very popular. Many professional customers are requesting testing samples and want to use them for their projects. Open Source Linux ath11k driver is available, works but has limitations. If the customer needs DBS, they will…