2026 – Beyondlogic

Evaluating 802.11ah HaLow using the ESP32-S3 & FGH100M-H

June 2, 2026 Craig Peacock 0

At the time of publishing, one of the easiest ways of prototyping or evaluating a 802.11ah HaLow client without having to spin your own PCB is using the commonly available Wi-Fi HaLow Transceiver for Seeed Studio XIAO (SKU: 109100041). This board is available from suppliers such as SeeedStudio, Aliexpress and DigiKey. The PCB is populated with a Quectel FGH100M-H HaLow module. This module operates in the 915MHz ISM band and according to the latest Product Brochure (V8.6) from Quectel has FCC (United States), RCM (Australia & New Zealand) and Anatel (Brazil) regulatory certification. The FGH100M-H is based on the Morse …

Building OpenWrt for the Seeed Studio WM6108 802.11ah HaLow Radio

May 22, 2026 Craig Peacock 0

The Seeed Studio Wio-WM6108 mini-PCIe module is a popular choice for creating a 802.11ah HaLow router. The mini-PCIe card can be inserted into the WM1302 Raspberry Pi Hat and attached to a Raspberry Pi. Seeed Studio have a pre-built OpenWRT Image on their Wiki page, but it is a bit outdated and based on Morse Micro’s 2.7-dev release. They also don’t provide any guidance to how to build your own updated version. This article shows how to build an OpenWRT image (based on Morse Micro’s 2.11-dev release) and what changes are necessary for the WM6108. It is aimed to be …