Hello!
We need your opinion about our new Z-Uno Shield. What housing would you buy together with this shield?
More details on the shield itself is available here: https://forum.z-wave.me/viewtopic.php?f ... 354#p73648
Housing for Z-Uno Shield
Re: Housing for Z-Uno Shield
I am using this one:
https://www.conrad.com/ce/en/product/12 ... -201C-1-St
It fits the Z-Uno plus a small USB power supply.
https://www.conrad.com/ce/en/product/12 ... -201C-1-St
It fits the Z-Uno plus a small USB power supply.
Re: Housing for Z-Uno Shield
This is also Gainta. On the picture it is 212 (http://www.gainta.com/en/g212.html) and 201 (http://www.gainta.com/en/g201.html).
The only reason why we use the three casings above is that we fit with holes in those cases.
Are you interested in such a Shield? Would one of those casings fit your requirements?
The only reason why we use the three casings above is that we fit with holes in those cases.
Are you interested in such a Shield? Would one of those casings fit your requirements?
Re: Housing for Z-Uno Shield
On a similar topic: A Z-Uno without headers would fit into an even smaller box. A bit like this: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2000
Re: Housing for Z-Uno Shield
I am taking the opportunity to ask the forum if anyone has tried to put the Z-Uno inside a metal enclosure.
How does aluminium or other metal affect the z-wave network range?
Here is one in aluminium as an example: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/general- ... s/5287044/
How does aluminium or other metal affect the z-wave network range?
Here is one in aluminium as an example: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/general- ... s/5287044/
Re: Housing for Z-Uno Shield
Dramatically Coverage should be around half a meter.
Solder a u.fl and remove the original antenna. This will allow you to attach a normal λ/2 or λ/4 antenna
Solder a u.fl and remove the original antenna. This will allow you to attach a normal λ/2 or λ/4 antenna
Re: Housing for Z-Uno Shield
Thanks, makes sense that the signal is blocked quite severly.
Forgive my ignorance when it comes to antennas. For the European freqency (868,4 MHz) it would mean a 17,3 or 8,6 cm antenna I think. Would it work if I just connect a cable between the antenna socket on the Z-Uno board and the metal enclosure? Would the enclosure have to have a length of
λ/2 or λ/4 for this to work?
Forgive my ignorance when it comes to antennas. For the European freqency (868,4 MHz) it would mean a 17,3 or 8,6 cm antenna I think. Would it work if I just connect a cable between the antenna socket on the Z-Uno board and the metal enclosure? Would the enclosure have to have a length of
λ/2 or λ/4 for this to work?
Re: Housing for Z-Uno Shield
I strongly soggest you to remove the antenna from Z-Uno and solder the u.fl connector. Once done, you can use standard u.fl to SMA cables and use a nice λ/4 SMA antenna. Also keep in mind that if you connect the enclosure to GND, the antenna will work even better (this is done if you install your SMA connector right in the metallic enclosure - the outer part of SMA connector is GND