Monthly Archives: February 2019

RF Power Meter – Part 2 (Hardware)

Hardware Description and Schematics The RF Power meter is made up of the Linear Technologies LT5538 Power Detector and the Nordic Semiconductor nRF51822 Bluetooth SOC module. Linear Technologies LT5538 The Nordic Semiconductor nRF51822 SOC module or more affectionately the RFduino RFD22301 is used as the microcontroller and Bluetooth LE module. The RF power detector module […]

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RF Power Meter- Part 1 (Introduction)

Introduction This is a multi-part series on the RF power meter I developed for insertion loss testing.  While this series will get into the details this article starts with the why.  In future articles, we’ll cover the hardware, schematics, battery options, Bluetooth contamination of measurements, calibration and mobile software. The What and Why Insertion loss […]

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