This thread is for anyone working on personal projects to share their progress, and hold themselves somewhat accountable to a group of peers.
Post your project, your progress from last week, and what you hope to accomplish this week.
If you want to be pinged with a reminder asking about your project, let me know, and I'll harass you each week until you cancel the service.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Notes -
I've idly wondered before how hard something like Meshtastic would be, so this has definitely got me interested.
How did you choose the Heltec v3 over the many other options?
Are "guerilla installations" common in the Meshtastic community?
It's not difficult at all to get a board connected to your phone (via bluetooth) or home wifi network. About an hour or two of tinkering should get you up and running. If your home is located at a good vantage point and in a populated area, you should be able to connect to other folks quite easily, otherwise you might have to try going up a hill, or mounting the device outside. I use a portable USB battery pack to power it up on the go.
This was a month or two already, but when I was searching around online it seemed like the Heltec v3 was the cheapest and most popular product available that came with a case and antenna, so I figured to jump on the bandwagon. Worst case you'd be $20 in the hole. Make sure you get the one with the correct frequency for your country.
Not sure how many guerilla Meshtastic installations there are out there! If you ever run into any issues you might have to take it down so it needs to be at least somewhat accessible.
More options
Context Copy link
More options
Context Copy link