I’m interested in this project, but I am unsure if there’s anything actually useful or fun you can do with it.

So tell me about the fun stuff you’ve built!

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    9·
    14 hours ago

    It has the potential to replace cell networks and give people sovereignty and privacy over their communications.

    It can be used in emergency situations when power goes out or cellular traffic becomes saturated (concerts, sports events or other events), or when there simply is no cell service (I think the original intent of LoRa is long range monitoring of various sensor data).

    It can be used to transmit location data that is visible for miles and miles around from a drone or plane, in case of emergency.

    But really its mostly just for fun.

    • iiiEnglish
      6·
      14 hours ago

      (I think the original intent of LoRa is long range monitoring of various sensor data)

      Indeed. I use it professionally in agricultural r&d. Infrequent, remote data sampling.

      I found meshtastic the other way around: wouldn’t it be cool to use this for text messaging. Turned out: someone beat me to the idea :)

      • EvilCartyen@feddit.dkOP
        2·
        12 hours ago

        I’d be interested in exploring LoRa sensors - but I am not sure how many of those are available to hobbyists.

          • EvilCartyen@feddit.dkOP
            2·
            11 hours ago

            I should approach this in stages I guess :)

            So - if I get something like a Station G2 and place it somewhere in my home - I can then get some Dragino sensors and add them to my network, even long distance? That’s the idea, right?

            We have a cabin off-grid - no power for most of the year - and I’d be interested in adding some sensors down there.

            • iiiEnglish
              2·
              11 hours ago

              That’s the idea yes.

              But range depends on a lot of factors. In my context it’s open fields and forests. The path from your cabin to your home, I expect to be more challenging.

              • EvilCartyen@feddit.dkOP
                2·
                11 hours ago

                It will be challenging, for sure - it’s in the woods, after all, and it’s 150 km away. But that’s exactly what LoRa is developed for, right? And if more people go online the problem of distance will disappear…

                • iiiEnglish
                  2·
                  11 hours ago

                  Lora in itself is just the radio communication, low level.

                  It doesn’t do the meshing. That’s meshtastics’ thing. There’s also lorawan that does it.

                  More info (1).