Discover the best Meshtastic devices tailored to your needs! From solar-powered options like the RAK WisBlock to budget-friendly choices like the Heltec LoRa 32 V3, this guide covers various use cases. Whether you prioritize portability, ease of use, or advanced features.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.radio/post/4523050

Discover the best Meshtastic devices tailored to your needs! From solar-powered options like the RAK WisBlock to budget-friendly choices like the Heltec LoRa 32 V3, this guide covers various use cases. Whether you prioritize portability, ease of use, or advanced features.

    • termain@programming.devEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Meshtastic® is a project that enables you to use inexpensive LoRa radios as a long range off-grid communication platform in areas without existing or reliable communications infrastructure. This project is 100% community driven and open source!

        • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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          3 months ago

          It is text-based only. And since it’s such a small amount of data, it can be transmitted a much longer distance.

          There’s also the Mesh part where if two nodes (radios) are too far apart, and another node is in between, it can act as an intermediary/relay to increase distance. You can use ~4 nodes (3 hops) in this way.

          Communications are also encrypted.

            • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Hehe no. It is text/emoji only. Best used in places where cell networks don’t exist, go down, or become saturated, or some combination.

              • TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.eeEnglish
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                3 months ago

                Oh. Not even 20 years in the future? Never would have expected the fediverse or iPhones that can talk to satellites.

                • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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                  3 months ago

                  It could certainly easily be added as another backup communication method built into phones, yes. But among many other reasons, Apple doesn’t touch anything “open”, so if anything they would implement their own LoRa protocol.

            • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Not sure what you mean by “connect”. You can connect hundreds of them in a mesh network (although the network will eventually become saturated if you don’t adjust), but message delivery is typically electronically limited to 3 “hops” for any particular message.