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 "id": "esp-now-carries-about-86000-application-bytes-per",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "ESP-NOW carries about 86000 application bytes per second of airtime, roughly 530 times a LoRa mesh, for sensor data at short range",
 "symptom": "Long-range radio protocols get chosen for sensor networks by default, and the cost of that choice at short range is rarely put in the same units as the alternative.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3",
  "heltec-v4"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp-now",
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 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Choose a radio protocol for sensor data between two boards a short distance apart",
 "date": "2026-08-21",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
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  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}