T-Deck

I recently purchased a LilyGo T-Deck board to use as a Meshtastic mobile node. Intrigued by some videos I found, I decided to purchase a GPS module and install it. It wasn’t difficult, all you need is a little bit of skill, a soldering iron and, of course, a compatible GPS module.

The GPS module

Let’s start from the GPS module. I was looking for a cheap module, I consider the GPS option a nice to have feature so I deicided to invest a low budget. I choose the FlyFishRC M10 Mini and bought it on Aliexpress: FlyFishRC M10 Mini. There are many others but this one was easier to find.

I bought a T-Deck board because I wanted a portable device that was able to connect to the Mesh without the phone.

I evaluated several cards, I wanted something relatively cheap but also something that I could “build” by myself.

There are many similar devices, from the MeshPocket the power bank with Meshtastic inside created and sell by Heltec, to the LiLyGo T-Lora pager. But they were all ready-made and closed products. The T-Deck, on the other hand, was the most customizable, and I was also intrigued by the MUI, the advanced interface developed by the Meshtastic team. So it seemed to me the solution that fully responded to my requests. The choice therefore fell on the T-Deck. Also attracted by the old-style keyboard similar (or identical) to that of the Blackberry