Sleep time and disable GPS?

[nuvious]

I was interested in flashing a variation that didn’t include GPS and that had different sleep timing or sleep disabled. All of this is to prototype a headless solar station for public use or deployment that I may work with local high schools or something to promote interest in STEM, RF sciences, tech, maker stuff, etc. Just a pet project at the moment until I can mature it into a proper build guide with 3d printable models, flashing instructions, supported hardware, etc.

[geeksville]

Hi,

Cool beans. I think that most of those changes can be done by changing (poorly documented alas - see docs/software/power.md) existing parameters in flash.

More info here:

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