This repository contains the information and details related to the CPOSC 2024 talk:
Getting Started with Meshtastic
This talk is targeted at beginners and long-time licensed ham radio operator audiences alike, aimed to provide a high-level overview of the relatively new ecosystem of devices which can be used to inexpensively, easily, and securely communicate over long distances. The talk will focus on Meshtastic, a free and open source Long Range communication protocol used by inexpensive devices, considered the next-generation of LoRaWAN communication, making it easy to send data and text over long distances.
This code is hosted on both GitHub and GitLab.
The ideal audience member is someone who is interested in LoRa/mesh networks, has the desire to send data over long distances, or is interested in collaborating with a long range local area mesh network.
The talk covers a number of topics and common confusion points for those who are getting started with Meshtastic.
- Infrastructure-less communications
- Digital Security Concerns
- Creation of your own, custom sensor devices
- Central management of multiple Meshtastic devices/platforms
- Introduction
- Brief explanation on current state of various LoRa protocols
- Overview of Meshtastic devices/software
- Meshtastic Software in Detail
- Architecture and Design of Home Assistant
- Overview of sub-protocols, long range modes vs short range modes
- Network Security/Encryption vs Amateur Radio modes
- Meshtastic Hardware in Detail
- Various Open Source Hardware examples
- Making Custom Meshtastic Sensors
- Custom Temperature Sensors
- Integration with existing Internet-of-Things devices and Services
Attendees will gain knowledge necessary to install/deploy Meshtastic devices and learn how to use these devices to connect to a local area mesh network. Attendees will leave confident that they could deploy a device capable of connecting to a Lancaster-area Meshtastic network.
presentation/cposc2024.tex: LaTeX Beamer presentation files
Assuming you have Docker installed, you can simply run the following:
cd presentation
docker build -t latex:latest .
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/data latex:latest make allThe PDF will be generated by the docker container and placed in the local directory
Assuming you have pdflatex installed, or TeXLive
simply run the following command:
cd presentation
pdflatex cposc2024.texThe PDF document will be generated and viewable for you.
There are a number of projects and external resources which were referenced in this presentation. They can be found here: