From the Meshtastic Interest Group at South Side Hackerspace: Chicago.
This build guide provides step-by-step instructions for flashing and setting up a Raspberry Pi Pico Meshtastic node over a serial connection on a computer running GNU/Linux.
With the array of different meshtastic devices available we are going to rein in the focus on the most reliable power saving options currently available and create a list of build options based off of them. Basic hardware that will be needed for each device will be:
This brings your base node cost to $65.90 starting. Builds will be listed below based on use-case and functionality. Also note that in all the pricing models, many of the items are sold in sets, so you get multiple items per build. For transparency we will list the cost to get the items to you. So future builds will likely cost less per build because you already have extras of certain items.