Yeah, basically, but very low bandwidth (but also very long range). I haven’t played with Meshtastic much, and this would be my first project to use it. PainlessMesh is faster but shorter range. I figured I would try to combine the two to cover both bases.
The other hardware I was looking at was the BeepBerry (https://blog.beeper.com/2023/05/16/beeper-x-sqmfi-beepberry/) but it’s not in production at the moment, and no idea if/when it will be again. It has a memory LCD display which is better for battery and outdoor use. It’s PiZero-based and I’d have to add on the LoRA and GPS, but the T-Deck is the next best thing (at least, that I can actually buy lol).
Cheers.
The Meshtastic project sounds interesting, sort of DIY mesh network internet of sorts.
Yeah, basically, but very low bandwidth (but also very long range). I haven’t played with Meshtastic much, and this would be my first project to use it. PainlessMesh is faster but shorter range. I figured I would try to combine the two to cover both bases.
The other hardware I was looking at was the BeepBerry (https://blog.beeper.com/2023/05/16/beeper-x-sqmfi-beepberry/) but it’s not in production at the moment, and no idea if/when it will be again. It has a memory LCD display which is better for battery and outdoor use. It’s PiZero-based and I’d have to add on the LoRA and GPS, but the T-Deck is the next best thing (at least, that I can actually buy lol).