LoRa mesh (for example Meshtastic and Meshcore) is ideal for tracking a pet. At right you can see a credit-card-sized tag that could be clipped to the collar of a pet. It contains a GNSS (GPS) receiver and a LoRa transmitter. Using LoRa mesh, it will constantly update the pet’s owner as to the exact location of the pet. (more…)
(Update: a new node has been installed in the Ptarmigan neighborhood area.)
With the addition of just two or three nodes in helpful locations, it will be within reach to provide very good LoRa mesh coverage in Summit County, Colorado. You might wonder “What is LoRa mesh and why do I care?”, and you might next wonder “How can I help?” This article explores these questions. (more…)
(Updated to include the WisMesh tag, blog article.)
When a person is using a LoRa Mesh network, very often the person is using a small handheld LoRa device. This article talks about the pros and cons of several popular LoRa devices.
Recently I added an environmental sensor to a rooftop solar LoRa mesh node. (There are two popular communities for LoRa mesh, namely Meshtastic and Meshcore.) This provides telemetry of temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure. In this article I describe what was required to accomplish this. (more…)
Here’s the inaugural post for a new blog about efforts to develop a LoRa mesh network in Summit County, Colorado.
What is LoRa mesh, you might ask? What is a problem for which a LoRa mesh network might be a solution? (more…)