RFM69 <-> nRF24L01 gateway

[Chacal]

I have a bunch of simple wireless battery powered sensors and a Raspberry Pi as a gateway at home. They all use cheap nRF24L01 radios. Now I'm planning on using RFM69 on some new sensors to be placed outdoors, but wouldn't want to add another Linux gateway to keep things simple. Thus I'm thinking of building a simple "radio bridge" between RFM69s and nRF24s using e.g. Arduino Pro Mini that would have both radios.

Has anyone tried this kind of setup (RFM69 & nRF24 on the same Arduino) before? Are there any fundamental problems e.g. on how RFM69 library works that would prevent this from working?

[joelucid]

I also use different types of radios in one setup. Instead of bridging between the low power networks I use multiple esp8266 based gateways to bridge all traffic over to wifi and forward to a raspberry Pi or into the cloud. Best of all worlds: low cost and low complexity but the power of the esp8266 allows advanced features like OTA, listen mode etc.

Joe

[TomWS]

the power of the esp8266 allows advanced features like OTA, listen mode etc.

LOL!  The 'power of the esp8266' also prohibits battery operation!

I will agree, however, if you are Mains powered, it's a great little device with lots of 'Horse'power at a very low cost.

Tom