Laren
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Bad jokes, poor fashion sense. Dabbler in many things infosec because of shiny thing syndrome. Twitch streamer occasionally. SOC puppet, meat popsicle, HAM radio newb licensed AE. Transfemme, queer, polyam, kind of a thing.
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Picked up a new device: Cardputer ADV. And the LoRa hat, of course (I'm still messing with meshtastic!)
The device itself is *neat.* Length and width-wise, the size of a credit card. Thickness... not so much. The LoRa hat makes it sit at an angle, which *can* put it to face you. Wish they'd made it a flushmount thing, but know why they didn't - there's a pair of buttons on the top, as well.
In theory, one firmware at a time. In reality, there's a launcher firmware you can burn that can then be used to download other firmwares. :D
Since I know some folks who follow me are radio nerds - the LoRa hat adds a better LoRa transceiver and GPS. Comes with an 868 mhz antenna (Hunting for a 915 mhz for stateside use.) The Meshtastic firmware itself is... interesting. TBH, I wouldn't use it on the device itself - responsiveness is abysmal. You *can* pair it like any other BT device, so that's something at least?
Other neat firmwares for the thing. Wifi radar (gives you rough ranges, can help home in), a pwnagotchi-like firmware called porkchop with the most fantastic sense of style in terms of documentation, and like a dozen others I've downloaded but not yet tried.
This thing's gonna be my new favorite toy, I suspect. Might even be something I try building something for. (Baby's first IRC client?)
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