{"id":16522,"date":"2017-03-01T20:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16522"},"modified":"2017-03-01T14:16:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:16:45","slug":"more-detail-on-the-raspberry-pi-zero-ws-wireless-antenna-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16522","title":{"rendered":"More detail on the Raspberry Pi Zero W&#8217;s wireless antenna design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16523\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PI-Zero-W-Ground-Plane.jpg?resize=550%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PI-Zero-W-Ground-Plane.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PI-Zero-W-Ground-Plane.jpg?resize=300%2C136&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PI-Zero-W-Ground-Plane.jpg?resize=260%2C118&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PI-Zero-W-Ground-Plane.jpg?resize=160%2C72&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/\" target=\"_blank\">MagPi<\/a> writer Lucy Hattersley has interviewed Raspberry Pi&#8217;s Roger Thornton, head designer of the Raspberry Pi Zero W. In their conversation, Roger reveals how the antenna works and what they needed to do to the board design to fit everything in. Makes for very interesting reading &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/pi-zero-w-wireless-antenna-design\/\" target=\"_blank\">take a look\u00a0on The MagPi site here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MagPi writer Lucy Hattersley has interviewed Raspberry Pi&#8217;s Roger Thornton, head designer of the Raspberry Pi Zero W. 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