timmbogner/Farm-Data-Relay-System

Hardware question

byronczimmer opened this issue · 1 comments

byronczimmer commented

The read me links to a lilygo product that looks like it is sold out.

Have you found a similar esp with lora onboard, hopefully with a similar protective enclosure?

timmbogner commented

Thanks for pointing that out! It looks like the LoRa32 v1.3 boards are the closest to the original 1.0's I've been using. I'd be surprised if the 1.3 didn't fit in the case for the 1.0, but I can't guarantee it. Their customer service is usually pretty responsive, so you could ask. The main difference I see is that the reset pin is GPIO23 instead of 14. I'll be checking this board out soon.
I also suggest checking out the other offerings from LilyGo, specifically the LoRa32 v2.x line and the Meshtastic T-Beam. They are popular in the Meshtastic community, which means it's likely there are cases available for them somewhere. If nothing else, there are some 3D printable case designs.
I've been having some issues troubleshooting the T3-S3, so I would avoid it for the moment.
If you have something picked out, feel free to post it here and I'll try to help with the correct pin configurations. I'll be moving this topic to 'discussions' once I update the readme.