# 2 Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Using Reticulum Over Bluetooth _Showcase · started by John Poole on Sat, May 23, 2026 4:28 PM_ --- ## Original post **John Poole** · Sat, May 23, 2026 4:28 PM I migrated torlando's Bluetooth Interface to C++ and then integrated it with Chad Attermann's microReticulum. Here's a post with a demonstration using two $17 Pi Zero 2 W boards employing Reticulum over Bluetooth. https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=720 --- ## Reply 1 **KenAKAFrosty** · Sun, May 24, 2026 1:42 AM John, this was such a delightful read! I felt it when you mentioned how just having the two cheap devices talking directly, over bluetooth with no extra radio involved, had a certain seduction to it. I've been having a blast tinkering with the same on ESP32-C6s (trying various bluetooth approaches, plus using it's esp-now mode for wi-fi-based data over the same band). Reading posts like yours help keep me inspired on building, and encouraged that others are out here making really cool stuff every day! Thanks for sharing --- ## Reply 2 **John Poole** · Sun, May 24, 2026 2:51 PM Ken, thank you for the kind words. Please do not hesitate to request an account on my Forgejo server in order to access my code. I have many exercises for the T-Beam Supreme as I wanted to confirm their operation (& existence) and learn what they are capable of. If your are a tinkerer, as I am certain you are, there should be stuff of interest to you there. --- ## Reply 3 **KenAKAFrosty** · Mon, May 25, 2026 11:31 AM **John Poole** wrote: > Ken, thank you for the kind words. Please do not hesitate to request an account on my Forgejo server in order to access my code. I have many exercises for the T-Beam Supreme as I wanted to confirm their operation (& existence) and learn what they are capable of. If your are a tinkerer, as I am certain you are, there should be stuff of interest to you there. Thanks John. I just checked over that post (and other parts of the blog) but I couldn't for the life of me find the server. I understand not linking to it directly, for the very reasons you've got it there in the first place. But can you roughly point me to where I should look? --- ## Reply 4 **Anonymous** · Thu, May 28, 2026 7:41 PM **KenAKAFrosty** wrote: > **John Poole** wrote: > > Ken, thank you for the kind words. Please do not hesitate to request an account on my Forgejo server in order to access my code. I have many exercises for the T-Beam Supreme as I wanted to confirm their operation (& existence) and learn what they are capable of. If your are a tinkerer, as I am certain you are, there should be stuff of interest to you there. > > Thanks John. I just checked over that post (and other parts of the blog) but I couldn't for the life of me find the server. I understand not linking to it directly, for the very reasons you've got it there in the first place. But can you roughly point me to where I should look? On my blog (URL is in the initial post of this topic) is a form submission which is kept private unless I approve it. Provide me your name, email, and desired "handle" on my Forgejo and I'll get you set up and we can continue ironing out any problems via email. I haven't gotten set up to use Reticulum yet... so many choices as to clients. --- ## Reply 5 **JohnPoole** · Thu, May 28, 2026 11:47 PM **Anonymous** wrote: > **KenAKAFrosty** wrote: > > **John Poole** wrote: > > > Ken, thank you for the kind words. Please do not hesitate to request an account on my Forgejo server in order to access my code. I have many exercises for the T-Beam Supreme as I wanted to confirm their operation (& existence) and learn what they are capable of. If your are a tinkerer, as I am certain you are, there should be stuff of interest to you there. > > > > Thanks John. I just checked over that post (and other parts of the blog) but I couldn't for the life of me find the server. I understand not linking to it directly, for the very reasons you've got it there in the first place. But can you roughly point me to where I should look? > > On my blog (URL is in the initial post of this topic) is a form submission which is kept private unless I approve it. Provide me your name, email, and desired "handle" on my Forgejo and I'll get you set up and we can continue ironing out any problems via email. I haven't gotten set up to use Reticulum yet... so many choices as to clients. The "Anonymous" post immediately above was me... interesting that an anonymous person could post, I did not realize I was not logged in. --- ## Reply 6 **Sojourner** · Mon, Jun 8, 2026 3:11 PM Hi! super cool, but how is this different from using Torlando's python ble interface? ---