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Review of ThinkNode M1 and M2 LoRa nodes, and getting started guide for Meshtastic off-grid messaging and GPS sharing ...
These antennas are highly directional, but they allow [Peter] to connect to Meshtastic networks in the semi-distant city of Toronto which he otherwise wouldn’t be able to hear.
To get started with Meshtastic, all you need is a $25 development board with a radio and an antenna - and a smartphone of course. Messages are able to be sent from the smartphone app which ...
RAKwireless WisMesh Board ONE allows users to create custom Meshtastic nodes with optional OLED, GPS, antennas, battery, and enclosure.
There’s been a lot of buzz about Meshtastic lately, and with good reason. The low-power LoRa-based network has a ton of interesting use cases, and as with any mesh network, the more nodes the… ...
When you combine LoRa with Meshtastic, you get a mesh network that’s capable of functioning independently of cellular phones and the internet. Meshtastic devices are designed to create a network ...
The BBS system uses a WisBlock Meshtastic radio with a status display [middle left and center], which can communicate wirelessly using LoRa and bluetooth antennas [top].
Everyone knows what it’s like to lose cell service. A burgeoning open source project called Meshtastic is filling the gap for when you’re in the middle of nowhere—or when disaster strikes.
IEEE Spectrum wrote about running an old-school bulletin-board system (BBS) from a Raspberry Pi 3 over LoRa, using the off-grid mesh-networking capabilities of Meshtastic, and it sounds like a ...
Outdoor activities such as mountain climbing and skiing may take place where your smartphone is out of range and cannot be used. Meshtastic, an open-source software that uses a microcontroller for ...