Your whole channel is a gold mine for Meshtastic. Could I ask you to add a link for the tape you use, it looks much better than the electrical tape I use. Also a link to the .stl for the base board. Can’t wait for the next video.
Thanks for the informative movie.... Can you also explain in the next movie.... how to setup the node.... Hidden or not.... Route client settings or other settings.... So settings best suited for the solar setup. Again thank you so much 🙏
Thanks so much for this guide it is very informative. I plan to build my own one of these as soon as I can get a hold of a wisblock. Congrats on 500 subs as well! :D
Thanks for part 2. Nice explanation and easy to follow. I will have to have another look at your antenna video. I have bought a few but have yet to find one that is on the frequency advertised.
Oh, thank you so much for this video. It was really cool and seven I think most of us have been playing with recently. Again, thank you excellent content!
Fantastic video - would love to hear your real-world experience, when you have it; in terms of battery levels and recharge etc. I've been told elsewhere that adding more batteries may mean that those small solar panels can't overcome the resistance of the batteries to actually charge the batteries up. Would be good to hear your thoughts on this.
So far , my experience with a 12000 mah battery is that even without a solar panel to recharge it, a RAK wireless node (ultr low power consumption, no screen, no GPS) will reach 50% state of charge after 2 months without any recharge. Adding more batteries does not increase the resistance, on the contrary since they are wired in parallel ! And even, the resistance of a battery ios justy a few milli Ohms and further, these solar panels are designed and sold specifically to recharge Li-Ion batteries of outdoor cameras.
Nice! Is it worth adding a BMS and a solar charger controller? I'm new to working with batteries and trying to get some lithium 18650s to do something similar. I currently use a flat pack from amazon like the 2000mAh 3.7v makerfocus. I'm trying to figure out if I can just keep using that and connect my usb solar panel to the Rak board or if I want to go over to the lithium 18650 and connect them straight to the board through the jst connector, which will probably require me a solar charger controller and a BMS, right?
If you are using a similar RAK board as in this video, you would not need to add any BMS nor solar charger. It is already built-in in this board. You have a solar charger connector and a separate battery connector to plug you battery, that will be recharged by the power input from the solar panel you plug in the solar connector. Choose of course a solar panel that outputs at 5V (or 6V is fine too)
@@PoweredMeshtasticEurope I see. Yeah I have the same wisblock but I assumed that if we’re using the unprotected cells then we shouldn’t rely on the board’s protection and controller. I’m assuming the heltec boards will probably require a solar charger controller since it only has the battery input? The current solar panel is one that I already have USB charger 21w and outputs around 5-5.2v. I might get a dedicated panel but for now using 21w isn’t an issue right? Thanks for the feedback and the helpful videos!
@@baderkanawati the Heltec board does not have an integrated solar charger indeed. The battery is charged on the Heltec board though an integrated charging circuit taking its input power from the USB-C connector. You could very well plug the 5V output of your solar panel into this USB-C connector.
Is the solor panel you choose able to keep it running indefinitely? Is there much downtime that you have to wait for the panel to charge the batteries?
So far sa good, no downtime. Voltage of the battery pack never goes down under 4.06V. Of course we'll have to wait the next winter to have a full year review
How many nodes or repeaters will Meshtastic use? I heard it’s only doing three hops, right? Or vanilla a message been forwarded and delivered by 10 nodes (repeater)?
Your whole channel is a gold mine for Meshtastic. Could I ask you to add a link for the tape you use, it looks much better than the electrical tape I use. Also a link to the .stl for the base board. Can’t wait for the next video.
info for kapton tape and 3D printed base plate added in description
Great, if you ever plan on selling these, I'd buy one 👍
Thanks for the informative movie.... Can you also explain in the next movie.... how to setup the node.... Hidden or not.... Route client settings or other settings....
So settings best suited for the solar setup.
Again thank you so much 🙏
Thanks so much for this guide it is very informative. I plan to build my own one of these as soon as I can get a hold of a wisblock. Congrats on 500 subs as well! :D
Thanks!
Great video, been waiting for this one. Can you please write in the description what boards, solar panels, etc you are using? :)
Added in the description
Thanks for part 2. Nice explanation and easy to follow. I will have to have another look at your antenna video. I have bought a few but have yet to find one that is on the frequency advertised.
I never seen one in an elecrtic box, i'l definately replicate at home !
Thanks for the inspiration
A well made system, thanks for sharing.
Oh, thank you so much for this video. It was really cool and seven I think most of us have been playing with recently. Again, thank you excellent content!
Fantastic video - would love to hear your real-world experience, when you have it; in terms of battery levels and recharge etc.
I've been told elsewhere that adding more batteries may mean that those small solar panels can't overcome the resistance of the batteries to actually charge the batteries up. Would be good to hear your thoughts on this.
So far , my experience with a 12000 mah battery is that even without a solar panel to recharge it, a RAK wireless node (ultr low power consumption, no screen, no GPS) will reach 50% state of charge after 2 months without any recharge. Adding more batteries does not increase the resistance, on the contrary since they are wired in parallel ! And even, the resistance of a battery ios justy a few milli Ohms and further, these solar panels are designed and sold specifically to recharge Li-Ion batteries of outdoor cameras.
I just made a video about T-Deck. I'm loving it! Meshtastic is amazing.
you might want to waterproof those holes, water will creep in (speaking from experience with these boxes)
Liquid rubber is a great choice for that
@@titancrawfort5203indeed. That or silicone, whatever you have handy :)
A very interesting video - merci - many thanks.
you havent listed the solar panel you bought in the parts description.
Added, thanks (LEMNOI solar panel 6W on amazon.fr )
Nice! Is it worth adding a BMS and a solar charger controller? I'm new to working with batteries and trying to get some lithium 18650s to do something similar. I currently use a flat pack from amazon like the 2000mAh 3.7v makerfocus. I'm trying to figure out if I can just keep using that and connect my usb solar panel to the Rak board or if I want to go over to the lithium 18650 and connect them straight to the board through the jst connector, which will probably require me a solar charger controller and a BMS, right?
If you are using a similar RAK board as in this video, you would not need to add any BMS nor solar charger. It is already built-in in this board. You have a solar charger connector and a separate battery connector to plug you battery, that will be recharged by the power input from the solar panel you plug in the solar connector. Choose of course a solar panel that outputs at 5V (or 6V is fine too)
@@PoweredMeshtasticEurope I see. Yeah I have the same wisblock but I assumed that if we’re using the unprotected cells then we shouldn’t rely on the board’s protection and controller. I’m assuming the heltec boards will probably require a solar charger controller since it only has the battery input?
The current solar panel is one that I already have USB charger 21w and outputs around 5-5.2v. I might get a dedicated panel but for now using 21w isn’t an issue right? Thanks for the feedback and the helpful videos!
@@baderkanawati the Heltec board does not have an integrated solar charger indeed. The battery is charged on the Heltec board though an integrated charging circuit taking its input power from the USB-C connector. You could very well plug the 5V output of your solar panel into this USB-C connector.
Is There a charging Controller on the Board?
Is the solor panel you choose able to keep it running indefinitely? Is there much downtime that you have to wait for the panel to charge the batteries?
So far sa good, no downtime. Voltage of the battery pack never goes down under 4.06V. Of course we'll have to wait the next winter to have a full year review
How many nodes or repeaters will Meshtastic use? I heard it’s only doing three hops, right? Or vanilla a message been forwarded and delivered by 10 nodes (repeater)?
You can modify the time the signal gets passed on to other nodes. There is a setting in the app
But for 433mhz , what hardware ?
Bonjour , vous achetez ou le rak wisblock?
sur leur site officiel "RakWireless store" (google)
Merci
Subbed. Doing my part to get you to 1k subs so you can post links. :D
Very much appreciated, thanks! 5 to go...
@@PoweredMeshtasticEurope Congrats! You deserve it!
@@tonysdroid 1k subs reached ! Thanks