Field Notes
Field Notes
Measurements, build lessons, and the details that change how you use the kit.
Thermal testing
Small sensor. Heat under load.
40 runs: what a BE200 pad, a 40 mm fan, a vented case and the card’s own thermal guards changed, and where captures still failed.
Read the findings →Antenna shootout
Eight antennas. Three bands.
Measured signal and throughput, with the channel-by-channel detail behind the result.
Read the findings →
Sensor comparison
What does your hand cost?
Two BE200 sensor builds, held and free-standing. Compare the networks each one heard.
Read the findings →More from the workbench
Storage wear
From 44 GB a day to 0.12 →
What was wearing out the sensor’s storage, the fixes, the gates that keep them, and what our Orb integration cost.
Build engineering
Why moving off Linux 6.1 was hard →
The PCIe slot, driver configuration, firmware range and boot details behind the NanoPi image.
Hardware guide
The small parts that change a build →
BE200 variants, antenna connectors, cable routing, and the enclosure assembly.
How to read these reports
Results belong to the hardware, software, configuration, workload and date reported. Completed tests, untested capabilities and failed runs are distinguished. A cooler sensor is not automatically a complete capture, and a firmware restart is not automatically a thermal fault.
The charts and evidence remain with the explanation. Follow the linked sensor guide when turning a result into a build or setup decision.