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Re:An Introduction to Meshtastic by Melatonic on Friday May 08, 2026 @04:40PM (#48068524)
Sounds intriguing. How is the battery life? Color e-ink or BW?

Would be great if it also ran some type of Topo mapping software!

Re:An Introduction to Meshtastic by filcuk on Friday May 08, 2026 @05:05PM (#48068762)
BW. I don't think colour would do much, as the screen is 250x122. Battery may depend on what you can find, but the one I have should last several weeks (still testing). I started on a tiny LiPo I ripped from my cat's floppy fish toy.

To give more info here, it uses Heltec Wireless Paper, which is a self-contained unit and just needs a battery added.