We're making an open-source $30 GPS/mesh radio, would like advice

Re:We're making an open-source $30 GPS/mesh radio, would lik... by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @03:29AM (#22543838)

I’m interested, but we’ll see how it goes. This is a non-trivial endeavor.

I’ve been trying to write an open-source Apple driver for goTenna units, and have been unable to get them to help me out by providing their BLE spec.

That’s a shame, because I write really nice SDKs. Even if my driver was open and free, it would provide significant brand reinforcement. Win-win.

I believe that this tech is important, as it can provide service in disasters. I’m also big on open-source.

But I cut my teeth on RF stuff, and know that it’s a real black art. Software can get complicated, but is child’s play, compared to RF tech.

You have your work cut out for you.

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Re:We're making an open-source $30 GPS/mesh radio, would lik... by punkgeek on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:09PM (#22547546)

The current alpha works pretty well. (I'm sort of retired now, but my old job included writing software for these sorts of radios).

If you'd like to play with this project we'd love your help (and we have a documented ble api).

Here's an issue where various iOS types are ideating on possibly making an iOS app: https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-esp32/issues/14

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Re:We're making an open-source $30 GPS/mesh radio, would lik... by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @05:42PM (#22551086)

I'll probably look at it in a few days.

I'm actually in the middle of creating a Web-based instruction series on writing Core Bluetooth SDKs for Apple platforms (not just iOS).

Once I get that done, I may look at adapting this project:

For it. It started as a goTenna project, but they never got around to helping me out, so I gave up on them, and made it an OBD driver.

The infrastructure is still there for all kinds of stuff, so I could probably do something.

BTW: If that works out, it would be an SDK that would afford ALL Apple platforms; including Watch and TV.

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Re:We're making an open-source $30 GPS/mesh radio, would lik... by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:50AM (#22604378)

Just FYI. I ordered a couple of units, and will work on a native Swift SDK for the project, once I get them (AliExpress said "20-40 days").

In the meantime, I have my work cut out for me.

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