Tinkering Workshop: MeshCore LoRa Radios
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Last month we experimented with MeshCore LoRa radios. We successfully set up 2 Heltec v4 devices and exchanged messages back and forth between them across Haarlem with no internet connection in between.
This month we're going to continue this project. Bring your own devices so we can set them up together. We'll also plan on setting up a solar powered repeater.
If you have any interest in radio, wireless communication for disaster situations, microcontrollers, or just interesting technology in general then you might find this interesting.
This is a list of some of the more popular compatible devices: https://nodakmesh.org/meshcore/devices
Tinytronics is a Netherlands distributor of many of them:
https://www.tinytronics.nl/index.php?route=product/search&search=LoRa%20868
Be sure to pick a device that supports 868Mhz LoRa.
Last month we also received messages from different location all across The Netherlands over the MeshCore network.
More information on the Dutch MeshCore network: https://forum.meshcore-net.nl/
Also useful for making GPS trackers.