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On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 08:26:21 -0500, c186282 wrote:

> On the flip you can get a Pico with wi-fi already
>    built in, perhaps more useful than Rf24 unless you want yer Ards to
>    be like a very 'private network'.
>    There are some other serial->RF transceivers out there too which work
>    down in the megahertz zone and may offer more range.

Like everything else, there are trade offs.  There may be better choices 
today but I've got nrf20L01 modules that are easy to use.

> 
>    Anyway, Ard 'C' is pretty straight 'C'. Some of the libs CAN have an
>    'object' character however, but I don't see that as an entire
>    paradigm shift to CPP.

The nuts and bolts are hidden but as soon as you say  Serial.begin(9600); 
you've left C.