Aethernode and Aethermobi - building blocks for urban deployments
Started by aetherlab ·
Hello!
To mark me appearing here, I want to share the repo for the two main projects I work on now:
- aethernode is a base-station unit for Reticulum LoRa networking
ESP32 VR00Mversion - https://github.com/ahedproductions/aethernodeESP32 S3version - https://github.com/ahedproductions/aethernodeS3
- aethermobi is a high-power mobile node - https://github.com/ahedproductions/aethermobi
✪ We host git.aetherlab.org at
https://git.aetherlab.org/explore/repos
✪ We host an RNode flasher at flasher.aetherlab.org at
https://flasher.aetherlab.org/explore/repos
✪ We host rns.sofia Propagation Node at
1e96a12e2ac59bfebd604a6e3cb95a68
✪ We host rns.sofia EchoBot at
97d4013e7a75cf64cfeae7d0e892b3aa
✪ We host rns.sofia TCP at
-rns.sofia-
BackboneInterface
IP: 193.193.182.147
Port: 4242
Transport Identity f28806251f4c62021da8e55c687107a4
✪ We run a LoRa network at
Frequency: 438.15MHz
BW: 125kHz
SF: 9
CR: 7
As an RF/PCB Design professional I will be happy to share knowledge with the community.
Bill, LZ1SWE
fc84a309506a48d32b478cb1299dc351:/page/index.mu
Aethermobi, box is in the works, will share file for printing.
Added environmental sensors to the Aethernode. Hopefully they will provide useful data in multiple locations over the city. Both are I2C types.
https://atlas-scientific.com/probes/ezo-hum-embedded-humidity-probe-plastic/
Aethernode S3 PCB's have arrived! I hope I get them up and running soon. Hats off to JlcPCB!
That is one powerful little brick! Looks good in black :)
It's great to see the progress of your projects, nice work!
Yesh! It feels heavy and dense, this one, in ASA it will be even more like this. The ability to have a good antenna with actual gain and real power, after all even with all those cell towers around you, your mobile's cellular modem is actually 1W or more, is crucial in urban areas, where one cannot place too many stationary nodes. This will give you oomph when you need it, keep you consumption very low, when you don't. The batteries will last for days even on 1W and moderate traffic. Setting the power on this one is done like this:
On the left is the value you put in Sideband, on the right - the output power you will get from the 30S modules.
Work can now be found on our self-hosted git:
https://git.aetherlab.org/explore/repos
Will decide on what happens to the GitHub repos soon.
Two of the nodes have the TX433-JKS-IPX20 antennas (https://www.cdebyte.com/products/TX433-JKS-IPX20)
STEP files for the boxes are in the gits. Enjoy!
First aethernode S3 is being brought to life. It will become the 3-rd deployment in Sofia city soon, widening the LoRa coverage and allowing a new set of environmental sensors online.
Sofia 2 is deployed! It has already returned lots of data from it's env sensors. I have done a preliminary coverage test run. I truly hoped to get roof access for this one, but people are... people.
Sofia 3 has been deployed last night! Now we have the first set of sensored nodes up, marking a milestone. Wardriving and coverage mapping will commence in due time, thanks to Nickie's indispensable toolset - the wardriving bots, app and maps. (https://git.rns.moscow/explore/repos). I will post pictures from the site, as soon as our generous host takes them - we worked well into the dark hours.
I want to extend my deepest gratitude towards lootus - without her engineering skill, open mindset and well thought out and timed advice's, the install would have never been that clean! I am truly thankful she is part of our community.
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Sofia 3 has been deployed last night! Now we have the first set of sensored nodes up, marking a milestone. Wardriving and coverage mapping will commence in due time, thanks to Nickie's indispensable toolset - the wardriving bots, app and maps. (https://git.rns.moscow/explore/repos). I will post pictures from the site, as soon as our generous host takes them - we worked well into the dark hours.
I want to extend my deepest gratitude towards lootus - without her engineering skill, open mindset and well thought out and timed advice's, the install would have never been that clean! I am truly thankful she is part of our community.
That git link appears to be messed up
This is really, really awesome work!! Those finished kits look clean. Big fan. In for updates
Well, my very generous node host went off to vacation actively and did not bother to send pictures to me, of course. But anyway, rns.sofia LoRa group is now all ESP32 S3 based, got the old WR00M boards out, as I admit they have a worse noisefloor values, and the boomerang leads back to me doing a dumb mistake. I have updated the design files (Gerber's), but if anyone has built an aethermobi WR00M and has issues, please get in touch, I will help clear them out. NOTE:The S3 board is OK.
The network now looks a bit like this:
The 3 nodes are placed in Sofia like this:
I took some time off working on HW, but I will start building the next set of nodes for deployment soon. I also did some preliminary wardriving and started to map node coverage for Sofia 1, and realized i need to do a lot more walking to get it well mapped... :D
I use Nickie's great wardriving suite - map, app on Graphene OS and wardrive bots on all node's OrangePI's. https://git.rns.moscow/deuxyeux/rns-wardrive-tools
