MQTT

06
Jun
Your Meshtastic Node is Dead (and You Don't Know It)

Your Meshtastic Node is Dead (and You Don't Know It)

961 of the 1,324 nodes registered on NEPAMesh haven't been heard from today. Some of them are yours. Here's how to find out, and what to do about it.
7 min read
21
May
8x32 WS2812B LED matrix scrolling NEPAMesh messages in green

I Built a Glowing Sign That Scrolls the Mesh (Because I Had the Parts and a Free Saturday)

Boredom, spare parts, and the NEPAMesh MQTT broker. The result scrolls every mesh message across 256 WS2812B LEDs in real time. 3D printed case, open source firmware, full build guide on GitHub.
6 min read