So I’ve been experimenting with LoRa and meshtastic.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Philip Engstrand last edited by
@phlpengstrand20 that was one of the old names. I will put something up on tcpid.org soon-ish. @cymplecy
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
But first: upgrades The two Heltec nodes now have batteries, so I can take them outside!
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Uckermark MacGyver :nonazi:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer really curious about the range you can achieve. And compare free range vs. city ...
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Paul Schoonhoven 🍉 🍋replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer you know the battery has a 🥴🥴 'CE' 'Chinese Export' logo and not European 'C E' logo?
As there is no price difference what to use, you can, be sure that it won't comply with 'E C' regulations.(top logo looks like the real EU logo.)
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Paul Schoonhoven 🍉 🍋 last edited by [email protected]
@vosje62 that’s an old urban myth, AFAIK. See „Misuse“ and „China Export“ at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_marking These Makerfocus batteries are a known good brand and used a lot in maker projects.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Uckermark MacGyver :nonazi: last edited by [email protected]
@maxheadroom The nodes I can directly „see“ from my Heltec node are 13 km away (with bad signal) and 7 km (fair signal). I don’t know which antennas these other nodes use, though. UPDATE: 19 km with "fair" signal.
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Vesna Manojlovicreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer of you’d like to work on this on thd hackathon setting - hit me up, I’d love to organize one (maygg bee in Lika?! [0] … OOOOOOORRRRR suggest it as a project on our upcoming hackathon [1] . And/of BattleMesh event in Germany next summer. [2] (0) https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/Lika/ProjekatPovezanoPolje (1) https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/announcing-the-green-tech-hackathon/ (2) https://www.battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV17
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Vesna Manojlovic last edited by
@becha Sounds good Let’s see if I have enough time (and energy) to document a more detailed plan so we can all find out what already exists and what needs to be made
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
And why not? Printed two stands so the nodes can sit around in style Big thanks to Alley Cat for sharing her beautiful case and stand at https://www.printables.com/model/936437-heltec-lora-32-v3-ht-slimpro-cases-by-alley-cat
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maryjane :fediverso:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer is that a heltec v3 with meshtastic?
cool case
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to maryjane :fediverso: last edited by [email protected]
@maryjane Yep, a Heltec V3 with a 2000 mAh battery in the Slim Pro case designed and shared by Alley Cat Makes everything look so much more professional
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osmodiareplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer ich habe die schon seit Monaten im Warenkorb und jetzt einmal bestellt. Werde schonmal den 3D Drucker anwerfen…
Ich werde berichten.
Würde es im Smarthome einbinden. Muss mich noch einarbeiten, was Authentizität der Messages angeht…
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to osmodia last edited by
@osmodia mit meshtastic 2.5.x (die Alpha Version) hat jede Node einen eigenen private key. Damit hat man „normale“, echte Verschlüsselung und Signatur für direct messages. Siehe https://meshtastic.org/docs/overview/encryption/
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
Tomorrow I will get a 6W USB-C solar panel so I can put one of my nodes outside on the balcony and hopefully extend its reach with the big antenna that should also arrive tomorrow A solar powered meshtastic node with backup battery. Total cost around 50€.
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Holgerreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer
I absolutely love reading your reports as you learn these things and progress to ever cooler setups. Thanks.Presumably, you'll want to hang this as high as possible for good distance. Does one need to worry about lightning protection in that case?
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Peter DL6PLreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer @stickus This reminds me of a Nokia 3310 replacement pcb, which I once stumbled upon: https://www.mastrogippo.it/2018/07/more-adventures-with-nokia-3310-teaser/
That would make a great #meshtastic messenger, wouldn't it? It even has space for a LoRa module…
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@DL6PL @jwildeboer @stickus I read this and immediately Nokia 3300b came to mind, that was my first phone! With the keyboard it’d be perfect for meshtastic — @joeycastillo please save us and make a replacement board for us!
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to José Albornoz last edited by
@eljojo Hahaha! Yes! Mesh Based Upcycling @DL6PL @stickus @joeycastillo
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Andreas Scherbaumreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer I looked into that a couple of years ago when working on a "blackout" paper for #Freifunk. Turns out, after talking to people about such options, the biggest hurdle is that if people don't use such an app almost daily, there will not be a big adoption.
Which in my case (blackout) is not helpful in emergency cases
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Andreas Scherbaum last edited by [email protected]
@ascherbaum Which is why I added the sensor network option