Introducing the T-Deck Plus

[@drc6940]

Andy, great video as always, it wouldnt do any harm to explain in basic terms what a device does at the start of the video, it's use cases and the like. Its just we have a lot of new people entering the space so it's helpful for starters.

[@dingdingdingdiiiiing]

What, you mean every video should have a brief explanation of what meshtastic is?

[@drc6940]

@@dingdingdingdiiiiingI didn’t say that, read my comment again, it’s fairly self explanatory.

[@imdaprophet]

So what does it do. I’m giving up after 2 mins.

[@teh201d]

Algorithm showed me the thumbnail. Thought it was a smartphone. This comment implies it's not. Halfway through the video i have no idea what's going on.

[@davidbridge3542]

Lost interest because I didn't understand what it was all about. 😢

[@bigdeadlykicksandkickflips]

the future but we always go back to the old looks. I love that Black Berry Look. I'm glad i'm subscribed.

[@BillAnt]

It's a brand new Meshberry! :D :D Probably Blackberry would have been better off building Meshberries instead. lol

[@joeblow229]

Post apocalyptic Blackberry, nice!

[@dingdingdingdiiiiing]

They really should iron out the quirks before the horsemen saddle up.

[@BillAnt]

Behold the brand new Meshberry! :D :D

[@HarukiToreda]

You can get 2 days because that UI is designed to not enable Bluetooth since it is meant to be a full standalone unit. Leaving the Bluetooth disabled cuts down on consumption by almost half.

[@andykirby]

Very true 😁👍🏻👋🏻

[@OllieVK]

not just BT bud, the ESP32 is horribly inefficient compared to the SX126x series chips.

[@HarukiToreda]

@@OllieVK yes bud, that is a widely known fact, but that is not the question he asked in video. I am fully aware as I wrote a lot of the recent code to improve the power consumption bud.

[@robonator2945]

now that I think about it, an E-ink display of some sort on something like these seems like it'd be great.

[@kinnectar820]

@@robonator2945 Heltec has the Wireless Paper node devices with e-ink, cheap to, only $15, though I'm sure they are very outdated on performance vs the TDeck

[@marshmellow377]

I can't wait to get my hands on one of these! There is even a punch out port at the top for an external antenna!

[@renemichelnunes]

Once I bought two t-decks and one of them got the same laggish problem. However, I found that somewhat a little tini tiny capacitor near the touch screen conector had high ESR, so I removed it and solved the lag. Maybe during the soldering the capacitor got damaged or was a bad batch from the supplier. According to the schematic there are three capacitors near the touch screen connection, two of them are on the vcc (CW6 10uf, CW7 100nf) and one on the reset line (CW24 100nf), maybe CW24 was leaky and pulling the reset line low enough causing intermitency. Could be this thing happening on the plus version too? By the way very nice review.

[@0xKruzr]

this is a massive, huge upgrade in actual usability. thanks for the update Andy -- you just got yourself a subscriber for staying so closely on top of this!

[@christhompson1348]

Imagine getting a LoRa chip in the latest smart phone! The Samsung LoRa net Note 40+ loaded with Meshtastic from the factory!

[@AndrewMcClenaghan4182]

Just ordered one! Can’t wait to see how a fully functional unit goes.

[@BadHorsie2]

Any update or news on the UI firmware for the t-deck?

[@0xbitbybit]

Damn wish they still made phones with full keyboards like the blackberry style 😭

[@desktorp]

check out the Unihertz Titan.. I think they're still available.

[@chistinelane]

There's still a few. The unihertz titan series is pretty good

[@desktorp]

@@chistinelane that's what I said like 2 weeks ago but my comment is gone for some reason (thanks KZbin)

[@0xbitbybit]

@@chistinelane Nice thanks!

[@PaulTaylor1]

The day that new firmware is finally released for general use, these T-Decks will go out of stock overnight. 😂

[@WarrenPostma]

I think I'll wait this one out another year.

[@jaredneaves7007]

Hey Andy, been using you to track the meshtastic progress since I experimented with some of the first t-beams that came out. There are only about 4 devices active in my city within 200km so I thought I might get into it again and set up dome solar nodes on the biggest high points for everyone's benefit. It would be really cool to see you pull all your devices out in one video and go over what you would recommend currently for different use cases and which ones have become obsolete. Right now I've got a bunch of heltec mesh nodes in the cart for this project but if you have alternative recommendations it would be good to hear! Thanks for the vids!

[@andykirby]

Hey, glad you like the video. It's good you are thinking of setting up some good nodes to help the mesh. Take a look at the RAK wisblock devices, their built in solar input works very well indeed. It's still a good idea to use a battery protection module on your battery so that the node will restart if the battery depletes and solar energy returns to the panel.

[@5lip5pace]

nice nice, ill definitely snag one once the kinks are ironed out

[@iblackfeathers]

skeptical about the internal lora antenna. looking forward to tests versus an externally attached antenna.

[@richardandrews7626]

Definitely going to buy one if this comes to the market!!!

[@MaxSMoke777]

E-Paper! The display needs to be E-Paper! Also the radio needs to be hackable for wider frequencies. To make the network more secure you need to do burst broadcasting on wide frequencies to make it harder to track.

[@andykirby]

No no no not dreadful e-paper please!🤣

[@MaxBrito-k5d]

Looks good. At this step is just a pity not having a water-resistant case already included. Antenna-wise also seems like a problem to get proper reception at some range. Anyways, it is an excellent upgrade in a short time since the previous one.

[@lukejay]

good video thanks. I've been wanting to get into Meshtastic for a while and I think this would be a good device to get started on. One question though: what frequency should I get for use in the UK? Thanks.

[@andykirby]

Thanks, UK freq is 869.525 MHz, the device will automatically set it when you select your region.

[@lukejay]

​@@andykirby Thanks. I've just ordered one! 🙏

[@mrd3044]

Question Andy..... Where have you found to be the best place to buy to latest T Deck from? Cheers

[@Supermath101]

Aliexpress is one option.

[@mrd3044]

Thanks, will have a look.

[@suomi422]

Please could you check if you can connect better antenna to this device?

[@griffog2001]

You can. There’s a knockout on the top. Website shows it.

[@RGCbaseace]

Ok when you going to show how to put the fancy ui on it ?

[@Baelyn]

Any idea when the new firmware will be properly released? Very excited about it. Can't wait for the map to be functional.

[@andykirby]

Hey, join my discord to keep up to date with the progress. We have a GUI firmware channel there now. You can sponsor the project if you like it and help the main developer get it finished 😁

[@mrd3044]

Cheers for the update.

[@Tore_Lund]

Is the hardware different, you are talking about lower sleep consumption. Have they developed the internals further?

[@webfreezy]

Ah, a new Blackberry with Meshtastic support 😁

[@lukecowley470]

Great video Andy, love it, keep it up please,

[@juanjocastillo]

Great vid!! Is that a G-SHOCK GBD-200????

[@GRAN_EME]

finally a phone dat fits my needs

[@averagejoe3446]

have you opened it and checked to see if you can drill an antenna mount and upgrade the antenna

[@binaryswinery5862]

Where do you get the firmware for this device? I’ve just turned mine on and standard meshtastic is already installed lol

[@MattBaker1965]

Nice one Kirby !

[@VeniVV]

What firmware did you use, and where did you find it!? Lol

[@Elmantukas]

Now how does one know what mhz to go for? Seems like a lot of options on the purchase list...

[@tonynilsson3527]

Is it possible to use T-Deck Plus as a portable device thats tells you its time to buy och sell stocks based on own indicators.

[@Cherokeeseeker]

Great video

[@Ralokan]

Where do you find GUI firmware to test? I have searched for it multiple times and today as well.

[@W1SRR]

No love, perhaps one of the other subscribers will share it?

[@edwardfletcher7790]

It's not general release yet, only beta test developers

[@LoftechUK]

It’s a working progress

[@PaulMacpherson-zv2sh]

Blackberry next gen & hoping its multi spectrum & multifunctional

[@LouisDeer]

Better than a Beepy!!! I wonder if its possible to install a 4g modem.

[@binaryswinery5862]

Will the 915 ghz version still work in the UK or do I need the 868 version? Thanks

[@andykirby]

Need 868 for UK

[@binaryswinery5862]

@@andykirby Thanks

[@thedivision-wpefanat1377]

Hi, where can i get this FW to my T-Deck?

[@JeanlucDRONE]

hi, can you give us the fancy ui firmware you are using. impossible to recover it. thank you in advance...

[@lua-nya]

So, in a nutshell, it's a fully decked out t-deck?

[@armisis]

Still waiting for mine to show up...

[@club_rock]

HEY HELLO You could talk about the fantastic Unihertz TANK 2 PRO With projector 👍 😎

[@wowcolors]

I thought the t-deck plus was the same hardware with a case, gps, and battery?

[@mybrighton]

How is the Microphone and Audio used in Meshtastic?

[@andykirby]

Mic is not used currently. Speaker is used for message notifications.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

It's a TEXT system....

[@Symbiiote]

For the love of god. Where do I get that firmware for my goddamn tdeck?!?!?

[@andykirby]

Try this github.com/meshtastic/firmware/actions/runs/10554039713

[@farmerdave33]

Vaporware

[@alanreader4815]

Can i still get one.

[@dannydandaniel8040]

Don't know what it is but I want one 😅

[@gadgettv2023]

So like can I text my dad from across the country? I’m confused.

[@JasonBrock]

Awesome

[@dimitris1351]

Pardon my ignorance but this just seems to be a glorified walky talky. I thought a good use case for this would be if the grid went down but the mesh limitation of 1-3 miles reenforces my previous point. Please correct me if I’m wrong

[@RabbitStu-M7UTS]

Has that firmware reappeared yet?

[@andykirby]

Yes there's builds available for testing.

[@Ralokan]

Where do you find it?

[@rubenrubnrbn]

Sad they dont make an eInk option.

[@nick-leffler]

Please bring audio

[@georgespeck8761]

really enjoy your videos😅😅

[@overgrey]

nice gadget, too much you know saying .. i want this badboy

[@jccooluser]

Guys hear me out , let's get DOOM running on this

[@andykirby]

I'm sure someone has done it!

[@adrianTNT]

Anyone knows a board/device with both qwerty keyboard and camera ?

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Blackberry Q10 phone

[@KirbEbike]

Perfect！

[@mikemar42]

"Whoops hit the reset" ... yep sounds like another lillygo device alright

[@webfreezy]

LILYGO and buttons - looks like for every device you have to 3d-print something to prevent accidental button pushes. 🤐

[@hanfo420]

"Keyboard letter styles are sent randomly" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@weerobot]

Wow They Made a Blackberry..lol

[@user-qp4ox8le5o]

2000 mah is 2 ah

[@marcfruchtman9473]

It looks really good, but the inability for the touch screen to work reliably, is an issue.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

It's a faulty capacitor on the LCD power rail. Unfortunately some Chinese parts are batches of fakes 🫤

[@thewatcher8872]

Don’t know why this came up in my feed …but why would I ever need something like this just curious?

[@andykirby]

Lookup meshtastic 😁

[@edwardfletcher7790]

It's a HAM Radio/Doomsday toy...

[@ts757arse]

My wife and I are often in the middle of nowhere with no mobile signal. We occasionally split up and take different routes and, for safety, we are on radios. They're a pain due to the size and antenna flapping around. The little meshtastic boards can go in a pocket and have very good range. They are also capable of broadcasting the GPS location, which is a great improvement over radios where someone has to manually find their position and communicate it. I'm experimenting with a node on the dog as most trackers need a mobile signal. Also looking at these for SAR teams.

[@zell666hell]

So what do you do with it, text people???

[@陳平安-f9e]

这次屏幕终于居中了？

[@resonanceofambition]

If I could just have a phone with intelligence but without "intelligence". High quality everything but without companies ruining/deciding what I can't and can't do. Simple terminal interface that can view images, play music, call people, create notes, long battery-life and NO high end OS that wears everything down and looks hideous with all those childish, idiot-proof icons and colors.

[@andykirby]

Look up de-googled smartphones there's a few options for OS's that run on modern hardware.

[@resonanceofambition]

@@andykirby Thanks but De-googled isn't enough. Maintenance is a pest. Something very simpel like a linux kernel with modem software would be preferable imo. But it doesn't really exist yet.

[@drawincode1800]

Then MAKE IT! YOU ARE THE DREAMER OF DREAMS! ​@@resonanceofambition

[@richmoney3560]

looks like a blackberry

[@andykirby]

It does!

[@experimentalcyborg]

god fucking dammit i just ordered the original 2 days ago

[@farmerdave33]

Vaporware

[@audguy]

@@farmerdave33 Uhh, no, I received one today

[@TheMRTVID]

What dies it do novice here

[@andykirby]

Lookup meshtastic 😁

[@TheMRTVID]

@@andykirby thamks

[@lua-nya]

​@@TheMRTVIDTo be more precise it allows for a meshtastic node that doesn't need a client such as a smartphone connected in order to give people the whole experience.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

It's a HAM Radio/Doomsday toy...

[@tenij000]

can work if dont like uk censorship

[@mistakay9019]

this looks great, however what does it do! haha i have NO idea 🤣

[@denniscrowley8517]

What the hell is it???😅

[@вечная_мерзлота]

it's missing camera and flashlight

[@lua-nya]

It doesn't have a reasonably fast way to transmit pictures. Well, maybe WiFi or Bluetooth?

[@drawincode1800]

I really do want one! But what the fuck would i need one for?

[@andykirby]

Meshtastic 😁

[@drawincode1800]

@@andykirby My friend you're going to have to expand on that for Me to pull the trigger and buy one.

[@citizensteve6713]

10-minute twatwaffle about hey this is new…. All about that hustle, more videos to apese the algorithm.. Not that spectacular.

[@jeffdhartman]

Just don’t watch and carry on with your miserable life.

[@user-qp4ox8le5o]

Wow, 20 year old technology, today.

[@hanfo420]

I get the feeling that this is just a big scam with more and more devices coming out by the same vendors and the real use case being super small ...and the software being basically always beta or alpha state.

[@MAGICMESHROOM]

I get the feeling that you’re a boonie

[@scratchblack]

Wtf is it. Might help you saying that at the start

[@andykirby]

Apologies, this is for Meshtastic and development.

[@benjaminnevins5211]

battery is too small.

[@andykirby]

2 days on latest firmware. It's fine.

[@OllieVK]

Better off chucking money at a WizMesh Pocket and just using your phone.

[@dronepilot918]

WTF happened to your hair?

[@andykirby]

Cut 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Dylan-nh3lq]

Can i get that lily t deck and use the screen and keyboard in a rasberry pi 0 or a slimmed down pi 4b ? Very curious abkut that or at least the keyboard

[@cjmagnuson1008]

Lilygo (direct) shipped me 2 Plus units, and the UI in the upper right says NoGPS so it appears they shipped me two units without complete Plus features.

[@andykirby]

Have you enabled GPS in the settings and changed rx and tx pins?

[@cjmagnuson1008]

@@andykirby thanks for the comment I forget what I did but the UI on the app let’s me turn it on now. Does the IOS app only let you work with one or the other? Although I can pair each one up I haven’t figured out how to get the to send messages to each other. One of them sends a message but it goes to the phone. These are interesting units.

[@garyhull7037]

How do you turn on gps on tdeck plus thanks

[@cjmagnuson1008]

@@garyhull7037 It's on the phone app someplace. I don't have the radio in front of me but that's what I remember.