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The name gets me every single time. Always think it’s going to be about radio LoRa

by HumblyTossed 1y ago

frostyel 1y ago
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dannyfritz07 1y ago
Dang it! Got me too! I've been wanting to hop into Meshtastic lately.
- ijustlovemath 1y ago
  Set up a node! Bare boards that work with the app are like $50 and take a few clicks to flash and setup. The basic antenna with no amp makes contacts up to 50mi away if the conditions are right. I have one in a window and one in a backpack at all times.
  - jacquesm 1y ago
    It's insane how far you can go between hops, really most impressive. Where I live the mesh density is fairly high but I've also tried it in places where it was vanishingly low and yet I never completely lost contact. LoRa is very much an underappreciated technology.
- wkjagt 1y ago
  I have a couple of nodes up, but not seeing a lot of traffic
mrandish 1y ago
Yeah, kinda disappointed it's just more AI stuff...
canadiantim 1y ago
I thought it was Lora the CRTD implementation, but then realized that Loro
halfmatthalfcat 1y ago
Same - sad it's not.
- moffkalast 1y ago
  No such thing as LoRa and LoRaWAN without regret I'm afraid, all the range but no throughput.
  - halfmatthalfcat 1y ago
    You can do a lot with 255 bytes (SF5-8), just have to be creative :)
sifar 1y ago
And I thought you were going to say thinking machines :). Buy yeah LoRA trips me up too.
papascrubs 1y ago
Not just me then. It's always the first thing that springs to mind.
- apple4ever 1y ago
  Nope not just you! Gets me everytime.
  - CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
    Microsofts inability to properly name things once again introduces more confusion than clarity, thanks Microsoft :) At this point I think they do it on purpose, as their metrics for "people visiting the website/repository" or whatever gets increased as people thinking the repository is about the existing concept/technology.
dvfjsdhgfv 1y ago
By the way, some time ago when I checked there were two cool applications of LoRa: (1) a mesh, for (hopefully) truly decentralized and more difficult to disrupt communication, (2) a gateway, so that you could get data from your sensors in remote places via standard internet protocols. Both are very cool, but I wonder if I missed something else?
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The name gets me every single time. Always think it’s going to be about radio LoRa

frostyel 1y ago

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dannyfritz07 1y ago

Dang it! Got me too! I've been wanting to hop into Meshtastic lately.

ijustlovemath 1y ago
Set up a node! Bare boards that work with the app are like $50 and take a few clicks to flash and setup. The basic antenna with no amp makes contacts up to 50mi away if the conditions are right. I have one in a window and one in a backpack at all times.
- jacquesm 1y ago
  It's insane how far you can go between hops, really most impressive. Where I live the mesh density is fairly high but I've also tried it in places where it was vanishingly low and yet I never completely lost contact. LoRa is very much an underappreciated technology.
wkjagt 1y ago
I have a couple of nodes up, but not seeing a lot of traffic

mrandish 1y ago

Yeah, kinda disappointed it's just more AI stuff...

canadiantim 1y ago

I thought it was Lora the CRTD implementation, but then realized that Loro

halfmatthalfcat 1y ago

Same - sad it's not.

moffkalast 1y ago
No such thing as LoRa and LoRaWAN without regret I'm afraid, all the range but no throughput.
- halfmatthalfcat 1y ago
  You can do a lot with 255 bytes (SF5-8), just have to be creative :)

sifar 1y ago

And I thought you were going to say thinking machines :). Buy yeah LoRA trips me up too.

papascrubs 1y ago

Not just me then. It's always the first thing that springs to mind.

apple4ever 1y ago
Nope not just you! Gets me everytime.
- CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
  Microsofts inability to properly name things once again introduces more confusion than clarity, thanks Microsoft :) At this point I think they do it on purpose, as their metrics for "people visiting the website/repository" or whatever gets increased as people thinking the repository is about the existing concept/technology.

dvfjsdhgfv 1y ago

By the way, some time ago when I checked there were two cool applications of LoRa: (1) a mesh, for (hopefully) truly decentralized and more difficult to disrupt communication, (2) a gateway, so that you could get data from your sensors in remote places via standard internet protocols. Both are very cool, but I wonder if I missed something else?

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