Power Up: Meshtastic LoRa Radio Battery Upgrade Revealed!
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- Опубликовано: 10 янв 2024
- 🔋 Unleash Endless Connectivity with Meshtastic Radio Battery Upgrade! 🔧
Are you tired of your Meshtastic LoRa radio running out of juice at the worst possible moment? We've got you covered! In this video, we're diving into the world of enhanced connectivity as we upgrade the battery on the Meshtastic device.
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Thank you for your practical explanations--I'm inspired now to go play with some of these!
You are so welcome! Keep us posted and ask any questions.
I was wondering what battery to use specifically with that tiny case for the Heltec module. Thanks for making it clear that there IS NO battery intended to be inside the case, that you use an outboard battery. I've already got batteries and holders for them, so now I'll just build the modules to work with external batteries. I have some 800mAh Tatto batteries I got for my Morserino, so I'll use those. Or I have 18650 holders and batteries like you're using.
One question, though. Why didn't you strip back the insulation and mechanically connect the wires? That used to be the standard -- that "solder is not glue", and you should twist wires to be soldered to the other wire, or to a terminal strip. I know you can't mechanically connect to a PCB pad, but that's the exception. But wire splices like that, you strip back enough insulation that you can do a proper splice, twisting the wire ends in opposite directions so you would have to apply significant force to pull them apart prior to soldering. Having shrink tubing (especially the marine grade, with hot glue lining) already on the wire so you can heat-shrink it over the connection for insulation is always a good idea.
I also have very small Solder Seal butt splices, if there's room for them. They're a heat-shrink tube, with a ring of low-temp solder in the middle, and hot glue rings near the ends. You CAN just put the stripped ends in so they overlap inside the solder ring, but I prefer to mechanically splice (or serve) the wires, then slide the Solder Seal splice over it, the exposed wire inside the solder ring. Then I can solder it, shrink insulate it, and melt the hot glue to seal it against water intrusion, all at once with my hot air station.
But I was taught that when soldering two wires together, you NEVER use the solder as glue to hold two wire ends together that haven't been mechanically spliced. That's just asking for a questionable connection.
Thank you for doing this video, though, you answered my primary question about the use of batteries and specifically those Meshtastic cases for the Heltec module.
For me this was a temporary setup. When I splice I will twist the wires, wrap together, and then solder and shrink wrap. I have yet to finalize this setup so I will temporary do them till I’m sure. I actually broke this battery box trying fly it on a drone so it is getting swapped out again lol. Thanks for watching and the feedback.
Makes me wonder I have blink cameras that run without batteries. Use only solar panels to run. I think the solar panels have batteries built into the back of the panels. After several days of little sun, they are still running....I will research that and share
Sounds good. Some are modifying solar lights as well
The heltec has a tp4054 controller - apparently you can hook up a solar panel to the usb and it will charge a battery. I haven’t done it myself - you need a bigger panel like a 7-10W - the price of heltec boards seems to have risen recently, by a few $ - I think they are great as handheld devices, but the lower power consumption, a wisblok board and a dirt cheap panel is a better solar combination.
It does seem most everyone uses the wisblock for outside use for sure. The low power consumption is key.
Does this device have the ability to recognize when you use different batteries with different outputs & to adjust the output to whatever it needs? Is that setting in the software etc?
3.3v & 5v etc?
I suck at electronics but I do know that say for example, this device needs 3.3v that you can't just give it 5v. You'll burn it out & potentially cause a serious fire etc.
& Vice versa. If it needs 5v & you're giving it 3.3v, it won't work right.
It would need electronics or software to recognize what you're giving it & adjust +/- it to what it steadily requires.
Many devices that are set up to use a standard battery that fits inside it don't have the ability to use other batteries because they're not set up for that.
It does not at this time. Even if they added it to the firmware I feel they would have to modify the circuit to allow. What I did on the wisblock board, I bought the green energy board that will take a large range of voltage in 5-37 (I think it was 37) and outputs to a solid 5volts. Using it with a larger 12 volt panel.
Would like to power one of these via the USB-C connector directly to AC wall outlet & run it 24/7 as home node. Do you think that's doable?
Certainly. Works fine.
There are several solar battery packs on Amazon. Not sure how much power these little LoRa boards need, but that seems like a simple solar power with built-in battery for $15~$30.
They seem to run around 3.5 volts. Maybe even up to 4 when charging
@@Disastercommunicationsis that going to work? It needs 3,7v. Any link to those solar chargers?