2 hours ago · Life · 0 comments

After destroying two low-power mesh radio boards (RAK boards) thanks to bad builds and antenna problems, I finally built one that I did not destroy. So far it works! Mesh radios are small radios which communicate text messages over long distances by passing the data from one radio to another. The protocol I am using on this board is Meshtastic. A friend and I are experimenting with these boards for fun right now, however some people genuinely use them for communicating in areas with no cell infrastructure. (Some people also invest in them for prepper reasons.) Here is a picture of my final creation - a $15 e-ink radio board that I stuck into a tupperware using Sugru. I ended up choosing a Heltec Wireless Paper board rather than another RAK board - partially because it was cheaper but also because the kit comes with two plastic sandwich boards and standoffs to protect the chip with. This made it a lot easier for me to secure the board inside the tupperware, and to protect the IPEX…

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