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RP2040 uses (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Cenzorrll@lemmy.world to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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Alright meshers, I've been playing around with meshtastic for some time now and I've ended up with a good number of devices. I'm mostly in the rakwireless boat, with a pair of heltecs.

I have two RP2040 (rak11310) units that I just can't come up with a good use for. They use less power than a heltec on full blast, but don't have Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. If you disable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on the heltec and turn on power saving, the heltec ends up using less power for what I can see as the same capabilities as the RP2040.

So, what can I put these units to use for? The processor is definitely more powerful than the NRF52 boards, but meshtastic doesn't seem to need any more than the NRF52 has to offer. With power saving, the heltecs can perform equally well with less power, while also having a more powerful processor in case it's needed.

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[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is about on par with what I was thinking. If not a BBS, it could end up being a dongle for a computer. I was thinking they might make pretty good rnode endpoints, if they ever got firmware for it.