{
 "id": "lora-500k-with-esp-now-frames-is-super",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "LORA_500K with ESP-NOW frames is super-unity, not sub-unity",
 "symptom": "LORA_500K does not deliver the sub-unity drain multiplier (M < 1.0) that run 3 reported (M=0.914). Instead, in-situ measurement with buffer backing up shows M=1.114 (35,304 B/s delivered against 31,680 B/s source production).",
 "hw": [
  "xiao-esp32s3-sense",
  "freenove-esp32s3-wroom-cam"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "Arduino-ESP32 2.0.17",
  "WIFI_PROTOCOL_LR",
  "esp_now.h",
  "250-byte frame"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Test buffer and policy behavior under degraded-link conditions by using ESP32 LR PHY rates to create sub-unity drain multipliers",
 "date": "2026-08-28",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}