A learning-in-public log: LoRaWAN, Meshtastic, and the messier reality of putting long-range, low-power radio on a Scottish hill. New post most Sundays. Real numbers, real photos, real mistakes.
Latest · Standards · Phase 0 · Lesson 0.217 May 2026 · 9 min read
Most posts in this corner of the internet pick a winner. This one is the family tree — what each of the six technologies actually is, and where each one tends to fit, before the series picks one to dig into.
On the bench in the workshop: an STM32 Discovery kit, a Waveshare gateway HAT, three Raspberry Pis, a diymore LoRa V4 board, and — fresh in the post — two Meshtastic nodes still in their boxes. The kickoff for a six-month learning-in-public series on LoRaWAN and Meshtastic.