The SuperBase is a $75 standalone Meshtastic device from muzi works, combining a Base Uno and Super IO board inside a 3D-printed translucent PETG case. It offers built-in GPS (dual GPS/BDS), a digital compass, a large square OLED screen, and a 1500mAh battery that lasts up to 2 days with GPS enabled. Available pre-assembled or as a DIY kit requiring soldering.
- Powered by the nRF52840 SoC and SX1262 radio, supporting both 868MHz and 915MHz via a universal stubby antenna
- Weighs 80.3g (2.8oz) with antenna; dimensions roughly 48 x 80 x 19mm
- Features a 2-mode power switch, tone buzzer for notifications, fast USB-C charging up to 1A, and onboard RTC
- Customer reviews (4.55/5 from 11 reviews) praise portability and ease of use but note the translucent case chips easily and the display shows horizontal line shadowing at max brightness
- Powered by the nRF52840 SoC and SX1262 radio, supporting both 868MHz and 915MHz via a universal stubby antenna
- Weighs 80.3g (2.8oz) with antenna; dimensions roughly 48 x 80 x 19mm
- Features a 2-mode power switch, tone buzzer for notifications, fast USB-C charging up to 1A, and onboard RTC
- Customer reviews (4.55/5 from 11 reviews) praise portability and ease of use but note the translucent case chips easily and the display shows horizontal line shadowing at max brightness
An exploration of how Global Positioning Systems translate time into distance to determine location. The article explains the fundamental mechanics of trilateration, why a fourth satellite is required to correct for imperfect consumer clocks, and how Einstein's theories of special and general relativity must be accounted for to prevent massive positioning errors.
Reitti is a comprehensive personal location tracking and analysis application that helps you understand your movement patterns and significant places.
A Pygame-based Meshtastic / LoRa node visualizer for offline SIGINT and field research, reading live serial data to display GPS positions, mesh links, and signal reach in real time.
Usually databases are treated primarily as fairly dumb data storage systems, but they can be capable of much more. Case in point the PostgreSQL database and its – Ada-based – PL/pgSQL programming language, which allows you to perform significantly more complex operations than would be realistically possible with raw SQL. Case in point the implementation of a Kalman Filter by the folk over at Traconiq, which thus removes the necessity for an external filtering pipeline. Using a Kalman Filter is highly desirable when you’re doing something like vehicle tracking using both dead-reckoning and GPS coordinates, as it filters out noise that can be the result of e.g. GPS reception issues.
This article details SCATANA, a plan developed during the Cold War to manage air traffic and radio navigation aids in the event of a national emergency. It explains how the system worked to shut down civilian air travel and deny navigational information to potential enemies while ensuring the safety of existing flights.
Daniel Kleppner, a renowned physicist who made significant contributions to atomic physics and quantum computing, passed away on June 16, 2025, at the age of 92. He was best known for his work on hydrogen masers, which laid the groundwork for the Global Positioning System (GPS), and his pioneering research on Rydberg atoms and Bose-Einstein condensation. Kleppner spent nearly four decades as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and received the National Medal of Science in 2006. His final words were a toast to the future of science at his grandson's high school graduation party.
It is a solar-powered communication node that integrates the XIAO nRF52840 Plus main controller, the Wio-SX1262 LoRa module, and the XIAO L76K GPS module. It is specifically designed for areas without network coverage. With a built-in battery, it supports long-distance communication, precise positioning, and low-power operation. It's suitable for expanding network coverage in outdoor areas.
A tutorial on how to flash Meshtastic with the Fancy UI firmware on the LILYGO T-Deck Plus, including detailed steps and troubleshooting tips.
>T-Deck Plus, flashed 2.5.4.8d288d5,
>then went into configuration set GPS pins
>- RX 44
>- TX 43
>- enabled GPS
>then went into configuration set GPS pins
>- RX 44
>- TX 43
>- enabled GPS
