No Net? No Problem - Regional communication with LoRA and Meshtastic
Track one is on the 2nd floor of Jupiter NEXT
LoRA radios are inexpensive, low power radios capable of transmitting a few kilometers depending on your environment. They can be used for all sorts of low data rate communication.
You can use mesh software so that each radio that receives a packet forwards it to other nearby radios allowing packets to travel longer distances. Meshtastic and Meshcore are two open source mesh software packages that let communities create wide area networks that can transmit over much longer distances.
This talk will explain the basics of LoRA radio, the hardware and software options, and how you can get started.
It really is fun and inexpensive.
I hope you’ll come away with an appreciation of digital radio communication and join the community.
About the speaker
Daryll Strauss has been a technologist in Hollywood for the last 30 years. He started using Unix systems and global networks in 1984 during his undergraduate education at Carnegie Mellon and hasn’t stopped since.
Strauss was responsible for the Linux render farm used for Titanic in 1997 and developed the driver for the 3Dfx graphics cards in 1997 which was the first hardware accelerated 3D for Linux. He was also a founding member and board member of Crash Space, a hackerspace in Los Angeles.
I’ve been involved in technology and security for Hollywood for the last 30 years. I’m currently consulting with MovieLabs for their zero trust security.
Daryll runs the Academy Software Foundation Zero Trust Working Group and spends his spare time doing hobbyist electronics, 3D printing, and writing software.