Cool case! I wish it had a custom button/switch that could be programmed for single push/seniors help.
@kewo9744 күн бұрын
Merci pour cette vidéo, dommage qu'il n'y ai pas plus de vidéo de cette qualité en français
@RealBenAnderson16 күн бұрын
If I enable MQTT with the default server but on a custom channel, will it still crash my node or will it only communicate with other devices on the custom channel? How does one set up their own private MQTT server?
@davyvissers7766Ай бұрын
Nice design. Do you have the link to the stl? I can't seem to find it on printables.
@kevinbrouelette6361Ай бұрын
I was able to wire up a spare Oles I had after watching this video. Thanks for sharing.
@kiwironАй бұрын
Excellent work and presentation. Pity only to discover dimensions for practical 3D prints are a show stopper. However this looks like it could work for a (otherwise typically expensive) GNSS, RTK (centimeter positioning) drone antenna given approx double the frequency ( L1 at 1575 MHz ) and lower gain requirements reducing the number of turns. Less than 100 mm high, with 100 mm diameter ground plane from quick calculations. It would be good to turn your hard effort into a working unit. It would be useful if you could describe construction of the matching part.
@MakeDoAndMend12 ай бұрын
Looks good. I am thinking of making a vertical antenna. This looks Horizontal to me. George
@LucyTom-f5g2 ай бұрын
Damion Highway
@Funkteon2 ай бұрын
All I want is a LoRaWAN Meshtastic device that can transmit 40km from the Wadi Rum desert (1200m above sea level) to Aqaba (6m above sea level).
@AnnaMoore-j3v2 ай бұрын
Albina Ramp
@Funkteon2 ай бұрын
If I know the exact location/direction of a person I wish to connect to via a Meshtastic device 40km away, what antenna type/size would be required if I need it to be portable, i.e. I can fit it into a backpack?
@ChrisGillard-f4l2 ай бұрын
Hammes Tunnel
@SherlyMaycock-j4i2 ай бұрын
Gutmann Islands
@oooooooooooooooooo7093 ай бұрын
Super vidéo, merci 🙏
@frspascal3 ай бұрын
Bonjour.. Quelle configuration ?? Client, routeur?? Frequence ?? Quand je vois le nombre de nodes recus, je pense que mon t beam gps ne fonctionne pas.. (pourtant toujours une antenne connectee, 1.3/1de ros) longfast, client, 869.525 Mhz, jamais rien recu, meme en mobile... Des idees ?? Merci..
@millard5h4 ай бұрын
Interessant bon match avec le solaire
@Jordan-yp2rp4 ай бұрын
La boîte de Tic Tac: fallait y penser !
@user-kf5zw8uq7r4 ай бұрын
Top notch. look forward to Part 3. (and the Yagi build out!)
@hanfo4205 ай бұрын
7:28 1200m pcb stock lost signal and switched to dipole
@JGUIJanuszGerszberg5 ай бұрын
Is available any biger screen to connect and use?
@NoName2448--5 ай бұрын
Is There a charging Controller on the Board?
@vineyardsaker61955 ай бұрын
tres utile, merci beaucoup!
@Abdullu5 ай бұрын
is there any benefit of using the solar port instead of the USB port? From the diagram at 6:18 , it looks like the only difference is that the USB port serves both the "Wisblock core board" as well as the "charge chip", whereas the solar port only serves the "charge chip". Assuming the diagram is right, I have the impression that using the solar port introduces unnecessary conversion loss for providing energy to the "Wisblock core board" (solar port -> charge chip -> battery -> DC-DC -> Wisblock core board).
@MrFreddarama5 ай бұрын
What is the default password for the MQTT server? Thanks
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope5 ай бұрын
You just need to enable the MQTT in the corresponding radio config menu. The default values are set by default in the app.
@baderkanawati5 ай бұрын
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?
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope5 ай бұрын
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)
@baderkanawati5 ай бұрын
@@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!
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope5 ай бұрын
@@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.
@dacian.vladimirescu5 ай бұрын
But for 433mhz , what hardware ?
@dacian.vladimirescu5 ай бұрын
what hardware for 433mhz ?
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope5 ай бұрын
You mean about the antenna ?
@dacian.vladimirescu5 ай бұрын
@@PoweredMeshtasticEurope antenna + board . I need for 433 mhz
@ehvway6 ай бұрын
merci beau coupe
@christo70596 ай бұрын
Merci
@AntennaSof6 ай бұрын
Great video! Thank you for showcasing AN-SOF. I'm the developer. I’d love to share your video on my social media with full credit to you and a link to your original video. Is that okay with you? Please let me know. Thanks again for your support! Best regards, Tony Golden
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope6 ай бұрын
Sure, no problem. Let's help and support each other ! Is there an email I can send you questions to about your software ?
@AntennaSof6 ай бұрын
@@PoweredMeshtasticEurope Thank you!
@AntennaSof6 ай бұрын
@@PoweredMeshtasticEurope Please, go to antenna simulator and visit the contacts section. I look forward to your message!
@AntennaSof6 ай бұрын
@@PoweredMeshtasticEurope Contacts section in antennasimulator. I look forward to your message.
@AntennaSof6 ай бұрын
@@PoweredMeshtasticEurope Please navigate to contacts in antenna simulator
@Tom-jd1rm6 ай бұрын
Great where can i get those 4 pin connector.
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope6 ай бұрын
Simply on amazon. Search for "4 pin servo connector"
@mostlysane776 ай бұрын
I am just making up one of these, and appreciate the video. However i wanted to check, the antenna is always shown with the radiant element horizontal. Should these not be vertical or the pattern will be emitting its longest range and strength vertically instead of horizontally? Just thought this might be good to mention. I tried putting a bend in my Very heavy Pigtail to change the axis and its throws the VSWR off by a full point. Really amazed at home much difference having it sitting anywhere another object makes. Antennas really are an art form almost as much as a science.
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope6 ай бұрын
Yes, the dipole emits as a flattened donut shape around the radiating elements, so you have to have the feeding cable horizontal and the radiating part vertical. Any addition of a capacitive or reactive objects to the antenna will modify its characteristics. Any addition of connectors will also increase the losses (I believe +3dB loss per additional connector)
@mostlysane776 ай бұрын
Thanks for the confirmation. Got mine to 1.4svwr at 48ohm. Tried a couple of times to get below 1.4 but couldn’t seem to quite get there before it started going back up.
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope6 ай бұрын
@@mostlysane77 That is pretty good and will already be a huge improvement over off the shelves antennas
@ON3PLZ6 ай бұрын
Great video, but no mention when someone is using a router/repeater.
@rickymcdaniel67086 ай бұрын
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?
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope6 ай бұрын
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
@XRinger6 ай бұрын
When I was younger, working at the MIT ATR (antenna test range) I was able to chat with John D. Kraus (he discovered the Helix antenna) and learned the details of how he accidentally made the discovery. It's in one of his books. Anyways, I was able to build and test the gain of small (Hydrogen Line) 1420 MHz Helix antennas to use as the feed point on an old TVRO 10' dish. That I used at home for Radio Astronomy and some SETI hobby stuff. I wanted to use a Helix feed because I wanted to reduce the heavy interference from GPS satellites that use Right Hand Circular Polarized, (RHCP). I actually made RHCP feeds, because the signal polarization is Reversed when it bounces back off the dish. (like looking in a mirror) So my rig was great for hearing LHCP but the RHCP GPS birds were very weak (-20db down). IIRC, there was a 3db loss with Vertical or Horizontally polarized signals. I was still able to hear SSB EME from South America when the Moon was up high. I'll be interested to see what a Helix can do on the 906 MHz US LoRa channel20. I have done a little testing with a 10 element Yagi and was able to get some fast TraceRoute returns from 3.1 miles, over a very poor path. The Yagi works a little better than my Reference (gain) Dipole. I like the idea of using high gain CP antennas on Nodes that are set up as long-range Repeater links between towns or remote locations.
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope6 ай бұрын
Great experience, I appreciate a lot you're sharing this. I guess the circular polarization is one of the big advantages of an helix versus a Yagi antenna to eliminate unwanted signal reflections and interferences. I used quite extensively helix antennas for drone video in the 5.8Ghz band. At such frequencies helix antennas are quite compact which makes them very useable. Seeing the relatively much bigger size of an helix for the meshtastic band, as you say, it can practically be used only for permanent fixed nodes.
@XRinger6 ай бұрын
@@PoweredMeshtasticEurope A small 8-turn Helix on 906.875 MHz would not be very large. It might a be good Hand-held rig for finding lost Nodes, or checking site locations for link suitability. In the USA, small handheld antennas are sometimes used in a "Fox Hunt" to find hidden radios. I believe most of the animal tracker RDF systems these days still use Yagi beams. Which are not really safe to use close quarters, due to the Eye hazard. Which makes the Short Helix more desirable in my opinion. IMHO, after installing many a UHF Yagi on towers. Yeah, I still climb my little 30 foot Ham tower (ROHN 25G) at the age of 78! One more good reason to use CP is the low Loss when connecting with a Vertical or Horizontal polarized antenna, it's only 3dB. However, if you are using a Vertical antenna, to connect with an antenna that fell over and is now Horizontal, you could see about a 20 dB loss. In some cases, that signal would be undetectable. GPS satellites use RHCP, which means the tiny antenna in your Node can be sitting at almost any angle and still work just fine.
@bordjukov6 ай бұрын
Please make a video how to design a Yagi next ❤👍
@TheOisannNetwork6 ай бұрын
Unless my headphones just broke, I think your audio is borked. I can only hear you from the right channel.
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope6 ай бұрын
indeed
@UnnamedPB6 ай бұрын
Link to calculator?
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope6 ай бұрын
I did not use a calculator for the helix dimensionning (because as said in the video, I found them incorrect or badly programmed so fields would not update or they would take fixed decisions on certain parameters that I wanted the freedom to change) so I made my own excel sheet with formulas and best practices gathered online from various sources. I can share the excel file if needed
@BigDogMoya15 ай бұрын
@@PoweredMeshtasticEurope Thank you for the great information in this video as well as part 2. Any chance I can also get the spreadsheet?
@NikoSan7136 ай бұрын
Merci, Je suis impatient de voir la suite.
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope6 ай бұрын
merci
@EA1FRU6 ай бұрын
Moi aussi
@EA1FRU6 ай бұрын
Great!!!
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope6 ай бұрын
Thx
@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE7 ай бұрын
A well made system, thanks for sharing.
@m7trsradio7 ай бұрын
Great testing nicely done 👍🏽
@m7trsradio7 ай бұрын
Great video well done 👍🏽 73
@BBoxn7 ай бұрын
Great video but sometimes we don't need 10 minute videos telling us what something is or additional words. Short 3 minute videos on how to configure something is just as good.
@giovannimoretti97517 ай бұрын
Very elegant design. I have a RAK Starter Kit on the way that I'd intended to use with a solar panel and battery as the Heltec V3 doesn't last overnight. I'm tempted to order another starter for a pocketable unit. A question: How long does the 1000mAH battery last?
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope7 ай бұрын
Thx. A 1000mAH battery won't last very long with a Heltec V3 board, depending on your usage intensity. If it just sleeps most of the time (is not used inten sively) it will last a few days. Basically such "mobile" oriented nodes are supposed to be charged as often as your smartphone and use a USB plug at every occasion you have (so that your mobile node is always ready to go).
@user-kf5zw8uq7r7 ай бұрын
Great design. Thank you for STL
@Farming-Technology7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tutorial. I'm fed up paying good money for bad antennas. I'm sure you know already but you can up the resolution on the nano by going. Stimulus, cfg sweep, sweep points. I think that model can do 1000.
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope7 ай бұрын
Thanks I'll try !
@MariuszLinder7 ай бұрын
hello can speak with , about .... greet
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope6 ай бұрын
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@bdauma7 ай бұрын
Thanks for supporting Meshtastic. By the way is it possible to get the FCStd file?
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope7 ай бұрын
File has been added to printables
@TonyLing7 ай бұрын
Doesn't carbon fibre block RF?
@PoweredMeshtasticEurope7 ай бұрын
It would surely with real carbon fiber plates/elements. In this case the PLA-CF plastic is the standard PLA enriched with some CF fibers in a very low density. The CF addition is more of a gimmick that adds to a better surface apperance (you see less the printing layers thanks to the "fuzziness" of the fibers). I do not believe it really impacts the RF, but could be tested for sure (if I have time)