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I carried the $54 Thinknode M5 everywhere for weeks, and now I want to build my own mesh network

It's a first-entry to the world of Meshtastic.
wqad

The devices that let you text without internet, cell service or satellite

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — It starts with a few boxes of wires, batteries and plastic cases. With a few minutes of fiddling, two dozen Augustana students are connected to a unique network. It's part of a ...
GIGAZINE

Meshtastic, open-source software for microcomputers that enables location information sharing and message transmission and reception by GPS without the need for a smartphone

Meshtastic is free open source software for microcontrollers that extends GPS wireless communication technology to share location information and send and receive messages within a few miles, even ...
Hackaday

What The Well-Dressed Radio Hacker Is Wearing This Season

We’ve seen a lot of interest in Meshtastic, the license-free mesh network for small amounts of data over the airwaves. [Ham Radio Rookie] was disappointed with his Meshtastic node’s small and ...
Geeky Gadgets

Meshtastic GPS mesh communicator

– Communication API for bluetooth devices (such as our Android app) to use the mesh. So if you have some application that needs long range low power networking, this might work for you. – Eventually ...