RAK WisMesh Pocket Teardown | NEW Meshtastic WisBlock Radio

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The RAK WisMesh Pocket is an out-of-the-box Meshtastic radio, ready to pair to your phone for decentralized text messages independent from cell towers or internet.
In this video, I review the features, and disassemble the radio to take a peek at the unique WisBlock Baseboard developed specifically for this radio.
I'll follow up with some testing and a full review in another video. This radio was a prototype sent ahead of time by RAK, and they had some further tweaks to make. They'll be sending me the final version for testing.
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@TheBiggE. Ай бұрын

I really don’t understand how we still don’t have a simple ip68 enclosure for these ready made units that are selling.

@marcellobrown 3 ай бұрын

Just got mine today. Setting it up. So far it’s been great.

@OoZaineee 7 күн бұрын

I would love to see the 3D print of your 19007 device. Really good looking design (better than what i came up with)

@Atlavox 2 ай бұрын

Just got the WisMesh Pocket I bought from Rokland and the GPS is working great on it. I'll tear that one apart too and see if I can tell what's different about it.

@MyTube4Utoo 3 ай бұрын

My WisMesh is supposed to be here Tuesday (7-9-24), but it sounds as though I should maybe expect a GPS issue. Hopefully, the unit used in this video came out of an earlier batch, and whatever problem existed, was discovered and fixed before subsequent lots were shipped. Surely RAKwireless has a decent Quality Control program in place. Of course, this device made it out. I have three WisBlocks, and one of them is the older microUSB revision boards, and I've never had a problem with anything. I know it's cheaper to embed different technologies, i.e., GPS, accelerometer, etc., into one package, but there's also something to be said for having separate, easily swappable modules, too. Oh well, it's not the end of the world. It looks like that may still be a few months away. 😮 Regardless, I'll at least (hopefully) have a cool new shirt to wear. It let me choose a size when I ordered, so I guess they still had some left. 👕✅ Thanks for the video.

@Atlavox 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, my impression is that whatever was sent to me was not the final production run because they said the replacement one they were sending me was already in their US warehouse. Apparently, the GPS issue was interference, so maybe they simply rerouted the antenna cable or something. I don't know.

@MyTube4Utoo 3 ай бұрын

@@Atlavox 👍

@mikesimpson6757 3 ай бұрын

I got mine in the mail yesterday and am only so-so with it. The battery pack has been running for about 28 hours and it is down to 45% charge. The screws were all loose so I took it apart it is not waterproof. The GPS was disabled on the configuration menu and I enabled it but the GPS still doesnt work. Hmmm. So far Im not really impressed. I ran it up a 50ft pole in my yard and have about a 3 mile range as the crow flies. I am going to disable the gps and the screen, and run with a fixed location while it is playing as a Router_Client.. I also changed out my antenna. The stubby is not good swr.

@Atlavox 3 ай бұрын

I was told they were experiencing some interference issues with the GPS on earlier models but I was under the impression their warehouse was already stocked with the fixed versions. Idk, I'm going to have to check it out when I get the replacement because I couldn't tell if the GPS was built-in to the board or if it was supposed to be an additional module. I expect battery life to be excellent, but I'll do a full test to see actual.

@garyr5520 2 ай бұрын

Any idea what material they are printed in? I've got one on Pre-Order right now and I'm hoping that leaving it in a hot car won't cause issues with the case warping or distorting over time.

@tomgarciaaz 3 ай бұрын

I'm interested in your solar rig. Waterproof I assume?

@Atlavox 3 ай бұрын

Yeah. I actually had the manufacturer add a gasket around the entire thing to seal it. The only thing that's not technically waterproof rated is the antenna, but I haven't been able to find one that has anywhere near the performance of the one I've got, so personally I'd rather have the better performing antenna. idk, still researching.

@TexasBuyer2001 2 ай бұрын

@@Atlavox , will those fancy fiberglass antennas work on your upcoming solar rig?

@Atlavox 2 ай бұрын

@@TexasBuyer2001 If it's got an SMA, yes. Usually I find those expensive outdoor fiberglass ones have that N-type connector.

@RobGuglielmetti 2 ай бұрын

Anyone else have a display shift issue? The text is shifter a few pixels to the right so the device names all have the last two vertical columns of pixels wrapping to the left edge of the screen?????

@k6usy Ай бұрын

Settings > display > OLED Type > set to “SSD 1306”

@RobGuglielmetti Ай бұрын

@@k6usy thanks, I knew there was a setting but couldn't find it. For my case, a little too late because other issues with the unit caused me to return it. But thanks for sharing this here! And no shade on Rokland, they took it back and were willing to send out a replacement unit but I decided I have too many of these things already, ha.