Dreamcatcher on sale

sam_uk · 2017-11-06T22:01:58.024Z

Syed:

Out of curiosity, if you could have one additional major feature on the DC (hardware related), what would it be?

sudomesh/disaster-radio/blob/master/README.md

[disaster.radio](https://disaster.radio) is currently not actively developed and [seeks a new maintainer](https://github.com/sudomesh/disaster-radio/issues/110)

It is a work-in-progress long-range, low-bandwidth wireless disaster recovery mesh network powered by the sun. 

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sudomesh/disaster-radio.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sudomesh/disaster-radio)  

* [firmware/](./firmware) contains the main example code for ESP32 dev boards
* [src/](./src) contains the disaster radio library code used by the firmware and simulator
* [web/](./web) is the demo chat app served up by the disaster-radio
* [hardware/](./hardware) is the kicad board layout and schematic
* [enclosure/](./enclosure) are 3D models of the enclosure(s)
* [android app](https://github.com/beegee-tokyo/disaster-radio-android) source code for [DisasterRadio BLE Chatbox](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tk.giesecke.disaster_radio&hl=en_US) Android Application
* [mapping web app](https://github.com/sudomesh/disaster-radio-map) source code for mapping web-based appilcation

## Table of contents
- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- [Layout and Flow](#layout-and-flow)
- [Hardware Connections](#hardware-connections)
- [Initial Setup with PlatformIO](#initial-setup-with-platformio)
    - [Building firmware](#building-firmware)

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ESP-8266 is basically a solar powered WiFi to LoRa relay. It sits in your window or on your roof with a semi-directional high gain WiFi antenna pointed into your building and a solar panel pointing up/away from the building. You connect to the WiFi hotspot and it pops up a web app with a twitter-like interface. Send a message using the web app and it propagates across the entire network, hopping from node to node using the LoRa long range transceiver. The nodes need no cables nor any app installation and will operate as long as there is enough sun to carry them through the night.

Seasalt · 2017-11-07T03:35:41.057Z

sam_uk:

sudomesh/disaster-radio/blob/master/README.md

Great concept. How well doew it work in reality. My feeling on LORA is that it will probably work well in the beggining but will be very quickly crowded out by users not following the power limits correctly.

A little bit like CB became unusable.

Konrad_Roeder · 2017-11-19T22:56:59.722Z

I agree, 802.3af compliant PoE Ethernet would be very useful. This way, the receiver can be powered from up to 328 feet away with an optional COTS PoE injector. For us city dwellers, it helps to be able to disguise the DreamChaser as a TV satellite receiver dish. We have neighborhood HOA (home owner’s associations) that hate all sorts of antennas except for TV satellite dishes.

stienman · 2017-11-20T20:34:34.320Z

Amateur Radio - DX Cluster - KC5KQV

The Outernet as we know it today, will be changing for the better. No details yet, except to stand by for further information within a month.

Regarding your comment, is the Dreamcatcher still going to be relevant after this change?

Syed · 2017-11-21T22:42:33.855Z

Not immediately, but we intend to offer an add-on device to make it relevant.

ac8dg · 2017-11-22T10:23:53.593Z

The anticipation is great. I like the above “teaser” post

donde · 2017-11-22T16:25:18.279Z

Now that Dreamcatcher is sold out, the phrase “add-on device” will not be relevant to newbies just starting out. Come on Syed, we need a peek through the wraps of your present!

Syed · 2017-11-22T19:49:39.728Z

We have a last bit of link testing to do. Hoping to provide an update in the next two weeks.

donde · 2017-11-23T16:43:11.580Z

No problem. Happy Thanksgiving!

myself · 2017-11-29T14:59:13.242Z

Oh hey, there’s a thread here!

So, this thread got a little long, but the salient point of what I said there:

Rearrange the GPIO pinout to match (as closely as possible, function-for-function) that of a certain fruit-named board, including some mounting holes in the same places relative to the forest. That would allow lots of accessories meant for one to be used on the other without jumper wires, assuming some common features matched up on the same pins.

Also possibly fancier power circuitry. Taking a 3.7v lithium bank, boosting it up to 5v for a few inches of USB cable, then bucking it back down to the voltages used on the board, seems wasteful. It’s perfectly sensible for simplicity’s sake and failure isolation, but if some future version could include native lipo support (isn’t the A13 usually found in tablets anyway?) with arbitrary-voltage input for direct connection of solar or vehicle power, that would be super sweet. Seems like a lot of work, though.

Konrad_Roeder · 2017-11-30T01:08:04.901Z

There’s a wish list here!
I wish it had a 64 bit processor and a 12 or 14 bit A/D for higher order modulations.

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tylerhoot · 2017-12-01T23:42:36.509Z

Hmm what is this new change it sounds really good…you have me curious… and how a saying I Know goes " The cure for boredom is curiosity there is no cure for curiosity".

Konrad_Roeder · 2017-12-03T15:52:26.026Z

Well, the DreamCatcher is no longer on sale, but out of stock. A month has gone by and I’m still curious. Will we hear before Christmas? I don’t want coal

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ac8dg · 2017-12-03T17:48:22.156Z

I can hardly wait for a 30-day notice on something new !

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donde · 2017-12-03T19:58:03.784Z

As the early TV News says, “Film at 11” ! Maybe Dec 11. That’s about the date Syed said on Nov 11 indicating an announcement.

Konrad_Roeder · 2017-12-03T20:31:44.827Z

I have never heard of Craig Bruce. Is he this guy?
hivio 2014 - Craig Bruce on Making Great Audio Entertainment

–Konrad, WA4OSH

Syed · 2017-12-04T21:51:11.754Z

An announcement by 11 December is confirmed.

donde · 2017-12-05T19:23:04.378Z

Just went back to Wi-Fi router setup so you know I’m still here on Dashboard.
Will be in my Reserved Seat on 11 Dec awaiting announcement.

Konrad_Roeder · 2017-12-05T19:33:53.092Z

My Dreamcatcher died while being left out in the rain accidentally. It blinks, but does not receive. I’m now patiently waiting so that I can order its replacement.

–Konrad, WA4OSH

kenbarbi · 2017-12-05T22:21:43.405Z

Ken