Singapore Meshtastic

[elder kite]

Hi everyone, I got inspired to get my own T-Beam for meshtastic from this dude Ringway Manchester, and a whole lot of other people like Peter Fairlie, https://youtube.com/@peterfairlie2296?si=oHW7vHE_1aKrMLsz https://youtube.com/@RingwayManchester?si=rxsI-91_nTokmjAQ I am hooked up to MQTT and see a couple of people here (radios alone I get nothing...) Just wondering if there are any more people out there.

[turbid marlin]

I set up nodes on top of MBS two years ago and had good success, but am not currently in Singapore, pop over occasionally though.

[elder kite]

Wow MBS! As in you were staying there?

Would love to make contact when you're here.

[turbid marlin]

I was staying there, yeah. I used to live in Orchard, but I'm out of Singapore entirely for an unknown amount of time for now.

[elder kite]

Aw man.

[lone birch]

are the nodes still there? because we are hoping to have more nodes around singapore

[elder kite]

Yeah! I hope more nodes come onboard.

[lone birch]

there are a number of nodes of MQTT now..but more probably off MQTT

You can see those on MQTT at https://meshmap.net/

not everybody wants to be on MQTT so you will not see everyone in SG is that map

[elder kite]

Yeah. Mine is ZT in meshtastic.

[lone birch]

good to meet you here!

i am hoping to build more nodes in central

[elder kite]

Ooh. What's yours?

[lone birch]

i am not on MQTT now

[elder kite]

Ah.

[lone birch]

i have about 6 nodes and giving some to friends and family

and building more now

[turbid marlin]

No.

[elder kite]

Ooh

Now it's mqtt first, because RF is a bit too weak.

[lone birch]

Its okay, over time, more people will join the network

[elder kite]

Yep! Hopefully.

[tidal dove]

oh hellos!

[elder kite]

Hey!

Glad to see you're here.

[tidal dove]

im glwy on mesh btw

u might have seen me in the 9v1 or longfast

[elder kite]

Yep. I definitely recognise you..... ehem ZT, ZBS

[tidal dove]

oh hi! XD

haha so many same servers too

[elder kite]

Glad to see a lot more people here haha.

[elder kite]

Yes haha.... Electronics is cool 😎

[tidal dove]

yepps! :D

not many people on meshtastic in sg here i see

[elder kite]

Legit yeah haha.

Slowly coming in lah. Not too bad.

[tidal dove]

XD under 30 total messages

[elder kite]

Haha.

[tidal dove]

how do both your nodes look btw :D

[elder kite]

Want me to take a picture?

[tidal dove]

if you can!

[elder kite]

ZT my remote node (T-Beam)

[tidal dove]

ooh remote like you have it set up in your office or somewhere and you can communicate thru it?

[elder kite]

ZBS (T-LORA v2.1_1.6) with a sma antenna.

[elder kite]

It's more of "on-the-go" it's walking with me haha.

[tidal dove]

woah thats a really long antenna

[tidal dove]

oh! XD what battery capacity (wh?)

[elder kite]

It's a NCR18650B (3400MAH)

Good thing about the T-Beam it has its own li-ion holder.

[tidal dove]

oh! thats awesome

[tidal dove]

printed the case

[elder kite]

Haha. Got some company to print it for me.

[tidal dove]

ooh nice :D if you want i have an a1 mini and can help print but only have .4 nozzle

[elder kite]

Ah cool! Dont think I need to print anyth atm 😂

[tidal dove]

ah haha im in the process of strapping an 18650 powerbank to the back of my heltec

[elder kite]

Wah. Doesn't the Heltec have a JST connector tho?

[tidal dove]

yep dosent mean i cant do janky soldering XD

i just cut and add the connector onto things

[elder kite]

Haha.

[tidal dove]

my little guy

[elder kite]

Haha.

Nice.

[tidal dove]

i mean if you want i could do a little call and show you how im connecting it haha

its in probably the worst possible way XD

[elder kite]

Haha. I'm about to head to bed honestly lol.

[tidal dove]

ahh np! goodnight :D

im still having issues with my longfast channel as you can prob see lols

[elder kite]

Yep on telegram haha.... Good luck!

[tidal dove]

morning!

[elder kite]

Hey!

[tidal dove]

how ya doin?

heyo @turbid marlin :D

[tidal dove]

u can see the heltec batt connector to a 1s lipo connector XD

[tidal dove]

Added a stand

[elder kite]

Wah. Beefy haha.

[tidal dove]

Yeppp

[lone birch]

Glad to see that you are using the design i have for Heltec v3. Just a quick tip for you. Use masking tape behind the keys to prevent them from falling out when you open up. Do you have M3 x 20 mm (Hexagonal Sock Head Cap and Nut) to secure the whole thing together?

[tidal dove]

Oh haha I find zipties easier

Been opening it up upside down

I do have proper nuts and bolts lols

[tidal dove]

Couple teeny issues,using pin headers isn't very easy with this design (maybe deeper version?) And my prg button gets pressed down too easily,(I could press the top right corner of the case and the button would click ) had to make a little shim at the bolt hole sorta bit to give it more space

[elder kite]

Weird...

[tidal dove]

Could u delete me from ur node list and wait for me to pop up again

[tidal dove]

(also having a couple issues with the key letters XD)

will be printing it in resin instead

[tidal dove]

(maybe an alternate design with no keycaps for larger nozzles)

or something like this but without tpu

[elder kite]

Oh wah didn't notice your message, sorry for the late response. Out at the moment haha... Will do so when I get home man.

[tidal dove]

btw if possible could u send a couple messages on 9v1

i wana test the buzzer i added

[tidal dove]

np!

[elder kite]

Will do.

[tidal dove]

ty!

[tidal dove]

are ya recieving my direct messages?

[elder kite]

Got it!

Have you tried talking to my non-Mqtt node? Haha... Does ZT show on your end?

[tidal dove]

ooh?

yes it does!

[elder kite]

Ooh nice. Just did a NodeDB reset. Give me a moment. Then you can try and DM.

Wanna try and DM? @tidal dove

[tidal dove]

i sent a couple messages over

would you like me to delete you and then retry?

they all say acknowledge

[elder kite]

Yes

[tidal dove]

i dont see u yet

u could try sending from ur side too

[tidal dove]

hmm i dont see ya

acknowledged

i see u now

[elder kite]

Oh! And my Bluetooth disconnected rip. I'll get back to range and see if I see your message.

[elder kite]

Kinda odd to see 0% haha.

[tidal dove]

maybe u arnt broadcasting it? dunno

[elder kite]

I can see it on my other node lol... Weird ahha

[tidal dove]

XD currently im in a condo on 2nd floor and its sitting high on a shelf

[elder kite]

Haha

[tidal dove]

i see a few others on 0% player 4 heltec p4tx ash zt hktb ash1 SzH p2tb d898 iceSG

seems like thats just some bug in the software

is my batt showing up on your side?

[elder kite]

Oh I can't even see your node. Weird!

[tidal dove]

oh noes XD

[elder kite]

Does my transmission on 9V1 go through? Haha.... Nothing received here.

[tidal dove]

yes it does

got a little song on my end

[tidal dove]

My node now has 4000-5000 mah lol

[elder kite]

That's cool!

[tidal dove]

used to have 1-2000 mah since i was using crappy cells, harvested the new ones from a worx battery

(btw @lone birch thanks alot for the model! :D)

[elder kite]

Ooh

[tidal dove]

XD if you have old devices and stuff i can harvest the batts from them

for lipos usually i just sand down the contacts and solder to the tabs, liions i buy battery holders for them

[elder kite]

My base station is using a Power Bank Li-Po, it was in parallel but the first cell puffed up.

Cut it out and threw it away haha...

Put on JST and now it works with my base station as a backup power.

[tidal dove]

Oh noess

[tidal dove]

nicee :D i trip my breaker quite frequently when using multiple power supplies and larger projects lols so backup power is always useful

[lone birch]

The design is meant for direct soldering to the boards without the pin headers. Using PLA is usually ok.

[tidal dove]

Yeaaa I could tell, do you still have the model files so I could just extend the base a little

[tidal dove]

I used petg too for everything except switches since I don't have it in white

[tidal dove]

yeaa theorethical max it lasts for is about 2 days

imma stop charging it for a bit, see how low it drops

[tidal dove]

hru :D

[elder kite]

Doing good haha.

[tidal dove]

nice :D

[tidal dove]

how are you guys doing :D

[tidal dove]

Batt lasting for over a day already

[tidal dove]

anyones node online rn?

havnt seen a node update in 48 hours

[elder kite]

Um might wanna restart your node.

Mine is still online.

[tidal dove]

werid

4th factory reset i guess

i will try reflashing software this time

lemme try bundling web ui too

[tidal dove]

could u try sending me a message

delete me first

[elder kite]

Wait. Lemme see.

[tidal dove]

How's everyone doing

[tidal dove]

@lone birch 3d printed a taller case

Or more of an extender

Your little tabs snap off easily

Hard to print in a better orientation

Mine I printed as two sections that snap together btw, used orca slicer cut feature

[tidal dove]

Happy new year btw

[tidal dove]

heyo anyone here still? XD

hi @elder kite :D

[elder kite]

Heyo.

[tidal dove]

how ya doin? :D

i've not been on as often, recently got an internship

[elder kite]

Doing fine.... Assignment period...

[tidal dove]

ooh you are in poly/uni?

[elder kite]

Y3 poly haha

[tidal dove]

ooh! good luck :D what course?

[elder kite]

IT haha. My internship was last sem lol

You?

[tidal dove]

starting poly this april mechatronics & robotics

[elder kite]

Nice. You are from O Lvl stream one ah? Haha.

[tidal dove]

yepp!

[elder kite]

Wah nice nice. And you are messing around with meshtastic, that's cool!

[tidal dove]

yepp! bringing the node to my office sometimes :D

[tidal dove]

yep! my node now has a rotary encoder, keyboard, gps, temp humidity pressure sensor, message led and buzzer

got a vibration motor too

[elder kite]

That's nice!

[tidal dove]

have not implimented the vibration motor yet

but i found one

[elder kite]

Ah. Perhaps under one of the triggers.

[tidal dove]

oh? wdym trigger

[elder kite]

Under external notifications.

I think you can trigger the vibration motor from there?

[tidal dove]

ah yea

im not sure if i have enough power for it too haha

[elder kite]

Ahh. Lol. True.

[tidal dove]

after all, all of thats being used

it draws abt 0.06a at 3.4v

i really need myself a power supply :p

[elder kite]

Yeah haha

[tidal dove]

im using a buck converter and a laptop charger and a multimeter XD

[tidal dove]

hows everyone doing?

[elder kite]

Doing fine.

[tidal dove]

nice :D

[tidal dove]

any projects ya been doing?

[elder kite]

Assignments.... Due within a week so.

Kinda overloaded.

[tidal dove]

yeaaa im interning too, god i hate programming in propietary languages that only work for certain things

super busy :p

[elder kite]

Haha. Yeah...

[tidal dove]

what subjects are you studying?

[elder kite]

Well. Quantum Computing, Digital Forensics, Virtualisation and Datacenter Management as well as Cloud Native Architecture and Development.

[tidal dove]

oh WOAH

that is amazing!

[elder kite]

Yeah. But overwhelming.

[tidal dove]

i can tell lol

[tidal dove]

where do you plan to work in btw

[elder kite]

Like industry?

[tidal dove]

yepp

or company

[elder kite]

Ah. I wanna be in IT lol.

[tidal dove]

Owh nicen

[tidal dove]

@patent solar

[patent solar]

hi

[tidal dove]

henklo

[tidal dove]

@elder kite nodes :D

[elder kite]

Nice

[tidal dove]

I will be posting these on makerworld soon it's based off another design tho

[elder kite]

Nicee!

[tidal dove]

https://makerworld.com/en/models/1281470-heltec-v3-fully-printable-case-including-rivets

planning to get tpu for the outer case lols

[elder kite]

Nice haha.

[tidal dove]

how ya doin?

[elder kite]

I'm doing fine haha

[tidal dove]

lil lab bench psu i made

[elder kite]

Nice.... Did you have to deal with mains?

[tidal dove]

mostly no, just modified an atx psu lols

added a boost into a buck converter which is the xy5008 thing

[elder kite]

Damn nice. ATX is kinda mains though 😂💀

[tidal dove]

yea so i said mostly no lols

[elder kite]

Nice

[tidal dove]

kept the case grounding sooo it should be fine

just that the boost converter can go above 90v lol

[elder kite]

Lol

[tidal dove]

sooo theres abit of high voltage thats exposed but ehhhh

dont touch and ya fine ig

thing weighs like 3kg too

[elder kite]

Yep.... And keep yourself floating from ground.

[elder kite]

Ah

[tidal dove]

cable management is uhhh

suboptimal

but it has not shorted yet so is fine

[elder kite]

Yeah. Janky is fine lol

[tidal dove]

i used this lol, made for EV stuff

[elder kite]

Damn