So I’ve been experimenting with LoRa and meshtastic.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
It's really satisfying to be able to do all of that with a few mouse clicks and some simple calculations. Should this case work, I will upload it to https://makerworld.com and tell Alley cat, who might make it far better as she knows her model the best I just didn't want to bother her with my extravagant idea
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by [email protected]
I'd say, that's a perfect fit Now to solder the connector and move the board from its old case to this one I also put the case together with the battery in it — no problem at all. Still enough space left to secure it with foam double-sided tape. Nice! I'm happy
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by [email protected]
As promised, if you want to print this case yourself: https://makerworld.com/en/models/671349 or if you prefer printables: https://www.printables.com/model/1022773-ac-slim-pro-10000
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Richard Hughesreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer if it helps, I pressed the button on the bits for a T-Deck based on your posts.
I've got some older LoRa modules I'm going to try and make work with the newer hardware. I'm also pondering putting something on a M.2 PCB and making it all internal in my ThinkPad...
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Richard Hughes last edited by
@hughsie Hahaha! The mesh is spreading Have fun!
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by [email protected]
And the new antenna on my balcony node has made it possible that I could send a message successfully from my orange node with its little antenna to the T-Deck at home (also just a little antenna) by using it as a hop in the mesh. That’s 900m in a densely built part of Munich with a measly 22 dBm transmission power. Nice!
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CodingPanicreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer what does your balcony setup look like? Any special antenna? I can’t get more than 30 feet with an antenna in my setup. (I’m US frequency, also using the heltec based board.)
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to CodingPanic last edited by
@codingpanic I got this 16€ antenna which promises a 8 dBi gain, directly connected to the Heltec V3. And it seems to work. I’m no expert, didn’t measure the output
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
And before I go to bed, I finished upgrading the balcony node from a 2000 mAh battery to the 10000 mAh version in the big case. It came with 77% charge, so should survive the night. The node is outside on my balcony, connected to the 6W solar panel. I’ll be travelling for a few days, so it’ll be interesting to see if it stays online while I’m away.
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Evan Light (looking for work)replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer How would you go about such a bigger run? Curious for some of my own 3d printed and custom electronics ideas I've had.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Evan Light (looking for work) last edited by
@elight I wouldn't I'd happily do a run of 25-50 devices for friends and followers who know what they are getting into, but that'll be the max. If I would do that, I'd get the orders in (prepaid, no discussion, trust me or not), source the components needed (+5% to have some wiggle room for defective stuff) and spend a weekend on putting stuff together and shipping it.
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Simon Bissonreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer That's pretty much its main use case. Look at the cobra hood of a modern LED streetlamp. They're LoRA nodes with a mix of (mainly air quality) sensors.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Simon Bisson last edited by
@sbisson But typically LoRaWAN, which is quite, but not completely open. Meshtastic replaces (AFAICS) the WAN part of the stack with a more open solution.
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Barthélémy Rochatreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer Hello, I am interested in your experience. Do you plan to document it?
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Barthélémy Rochat last edited by
@barochat This whole thread is part of that, yes I will put in a short blog series sometime soon, promised
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F4GRX Sébastienreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer so why not use regular FSK at low bandwidth instead so it can interoperate with more stuff?
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@feyter
Why not using both?
Globally with one system (e.g. Smartphone), and (hyper)locally via such a mesh?I wonder, how much of a "nerd"* one has to be, to get into this topic!
*) not at all meant negatively!
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to F4GRX Sébastien last edited by
@f4grx because right now I’m invested in meshtastic, which already has quite a lot of support and is GPLv3 licensed. I might look at other solutions later too, but my bandwidth is limited
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to flo last edited by