In the first episode of Voice of the Mesh, we cover the latest developments in Meshtastic and related tech. This episode discusses the new Meshtastic Site Planner, updated features of the web flasher for firmware, recommendations on RF hardware for Raspberry Pi, and the launch of RakWireless’s Meshtastic Designer. It also includes news about new hardware from RakWireless, community events such as balloon launches, and interesting community projects.
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Timestamps - 00:00 Introduction to Voice of the Mesh
- 00:37 Headline News: Meshtastic Site Planner
- 01:51 New Year, New Look: Web Flasher Update
- 02:39 The Crystal Oscillator Problem
- 04:14 Rak Wireless Launches Meshtastic Designer
- 05:35 Firmware Releases
- 07:50 Latest in Hardware
- 11:26 Community Highlights and Events
- 12:42 What’s on Social?
- 18:23 Conclusion
Links - Meshtastic Site Planner, an Open Source Tool to Optimize Your Mesh Deployments
- New Year, New Look!
- I Goofed! The Meshtastic CRC Problem
- RAK Wireless has launched the Meshtastic Designer
- RAKwireless WisMesh Pocket Mini all-in-one
- LowMesh Pocket-S Portable Solar Node
- WisMesh Board ONE
- BSky - Noisebridge Balloon Launch
- Meshtastic Talk @ FOSDEM 2025
- Reddit - First Solar node
- Reddit - Latest build: Birdhouse node
- Reddit - The Use Case I Prepared for Happened: Meshtastic Found My Dog
- Reddit - My first Meshtastic device in action while skiing
- Reddit - Pretty proud of my first WisBlock build
- Reddit - Fresh Node
- Andy Kirby - “I have some BIG news!”