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Garden Light Turned Mesh Network Node
- mikeweiss 3y agoHow well could meshtastic work in a natural or man made disaster where internet and power grids are down?
- worthless-trash 3y agoIf its solar powered, then it should work to some capacity.
- amatecha 3y agoOne of Meshtastic's common applications is standalone solar nodes that just sit on the top of a large hill or mountain and relay messages "indefinitely". There are a few in my area and it enables basic text communication even if there was no internet or power grid. Here's a recent video on building a solar Meshtastic node: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCrBMthrCKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCrBMthrCKc
- eql5 3y agoThere are limitations. It scales well with a maximum number of around 70-80 nodes, which is a quite low number.
- eternityforest 3y agoIIRC that's per-channel, but nodes can relay data for channels they aren't members of
- _spduchamp 3y agoI recently learned you can attach garden light solar panels to audio jacks to turn vibrations in light into sound. I mounted two in a suitcase to make a DIY synth. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2L2k3ZNBTC/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2L2k3ZNBTC/ It's such an easy and fun hack.
- jasonjayr 3y agoHow does the sound change if you use a candle or some other analog light source? (or even a DC battery with a non-LED light?)
- _spduchamp 3y agoIf it is a solid light there is no sound. It is the change in light value that makes the sound. A candle flame would make a wobbly electric signal that you could use as a control on a CV modular synth but it wouldn't be much of an audible sound on its own.