Help me with designing a node (feddit.dk)

submitted 1 year ago by EvilCartyen@feddit.dk to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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I want to put a node up on my house to act as a repeater or station, but I don't know how to spec it from the PCB available as-is on Aliexpress and other venues.

So - what would you do?

Which board
Which antenna
Which power source (solar + battery?)

It needs to function on an unheated loft in Denmark year-round...

Surely, some of you have done this before, so please halp :)

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[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Seeedstudio solar p1 pro already premade. Also, a loft is not high enough to be repeater or router mode. Use client. Repeaters and routers go on top of mountains or towers. A client still repeats other data when it's heard, but only after routers and repeaters have had a chance to do it first, since they are higher up.

[-] EvilCartyen@feddit.dk 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I like the idea of a pre-made unit.

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