@Edent what's so bad about <div> ... or: Why do you want to avoid them?

[pini@mamot.fr]

@Edent I've attended this seession a few days ago: https://techwerkers.nl/en/events/2026-01-15/

It was recorded.

They recommend MeshCore over Meshtastic.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@pini thank you - that's useful.

[krahabors@toot.lv]

@Edent I do not have anything new or fancy, I'm sure there will be better recommendations.

[krahabors@toot.lv]

@hanscees @Edent
Basically any device with nrf controller will be good for battery use, but those with esp32 controllers are power-hungry. Even more if there is a display etc.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@krahabors I'm not interested in new or fancy. I just like tried and tested.

[hanscees@ieji.de]

@krahabors @Edent I don't know what an nrf controller is.
But I am learning: https://howtomechatronics.com/tutorials/arduino/arduino-wireless-communication-nrf24l01-tutorial/#transmitter-code

But there are low power firmware variants. https://github.com/dt267/MeshCore-Low-Power-Firmware-For-Heltec-V3-V4

However for beginners (like me also) just stick to normal firmware.

[krahabors@toot.lv]

@Edent DIY combination of nrf52840 with sx1262, usually called faketec, is good enough for me. Even without common PCB, wired dead-bug style:)
There are factory made versions of that combination now and a lot of newer, probably better options.

[krahabors@toot.lv]

@hanscees Guys in our community have found those extremely low power versions have issues with stability, probably need some more tweaking.
@Edent

[miclgael@hachyderm.io]

@Edent

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[emily_s@mastodon.me.uk]

@Edent smells ripe for a custom ad block rule

[mossman@social.vivaldi.net]

@Edent I don't know if Benn Jordan has a presence on Mastodon, but I'm sure he'd have something to say on the subject. ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_F4rEaRduk

[commissarbas@toot.community]

@Edent I'm on #meshcore because that looks to be more active in my area. (Netherlands)

I sarted with 25 euro investment for a helltec v3 (3.2 iirc) and I learned a ton about wireless signals already. I am planning to build a repeater to get the network more stable and put that out on the balcony where I live.

I'm having fun but it's still very new. It feels like proper emergency comms are still with the hams, but then I need to get a license.

Highly subjective takes, all of this. 😊Learning

[alisonw@hachyderm.io]

@Edent
I put up a meshtastic node before xmas. It's currently down though while I improve the power supply. I'm in the countryside.

[kianryan@oldbytes.space]

@Edent
Well. At least the developer is aware.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@CommissarBas cheers.

[hisold@toot.io]

@Edent That always works surprisingly well on most sites. Sometimes you can't scroll anymore afterwards. Take a look if overflow: hidden was set on the body tag.

[marxjohnson@indieweb.social]

@Edent I have a Meshtastic node (Heltec v3). AIUI the difference with Meshcore is that 'tastic can be fully P2P, while 'core requires router nodes and allows more "hops". So 'tastic is best for ad-hoc setups, 'core is better for co-ordinated, semi-permanent networks. However 'tastic recently made router-router hops "free", so it can be used for both situations.

[daks@mamot.fr]

@Edent
I saw a conférence about Reticulum (at CCC IIRC) and it looked very interesting, I don't know a lot about mesh so I have no adive but I would compare it to meshmatic

[icecarrotpig@toot.io]

@Edent I prefer Meshtastic, but my local mesh switched to Meshcore. MC is not as good. It doesn't do as much. If you turn on a new node, it takes days to populated with the mesh nodes and half of them are unreliable links. I wasn't involved in the vote to switch.

Meshtastic has sensor integration and some simple stuff to get started. It's useful for IoT stuff. It quickly finds local nodes even factory fresh.

Both apps are quirky. Only one of them is open source.

[icecarrotpig@toot.io]

@mossman @Edent I loved this video. It didn't get the details right, but it captured the spirit.