Heltec vs T-Deck: Review of Heltec's WiFi LoRa 32 Expansion Kit (Touch) with Blackout Comms Dev

Описание: Buy this Heltec Touchscreen from Amazon:
https://amzn.to/4j79nuS

I've spent a decent amount of time with the new Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 Expansion Kit with touchscreen while porting the Blackout Comms firmware to it, testing range, etc. The device comes with Meshtastic pre-installed, but I'm testing it with Blackout Comms, since that's what I work on.

I talk through some of the features and details of the new device and do some field testing, comparing it with the Lilygo T-Deck.

DIrect download link to Blackout Comms firmware for Heltec:
https://www.chatters.io/heltec-v4-exp...

Buy direct from Heltec: (make sure you add GPS & touchscreen!):
https://heltec.org/project/wifi-lora-...

Blackout Comms off-grid texting & tracking firmware is now available for Heltec v4 LoRa 32 Expansion Kit, which is basically a pocket-sized touchscreen communication device.

With Blackout Comms firmware, encrypted texting, location sharing and other capabilities are easy to use and fully off-grid!

Blackout Comms is designed to be a private off-grid texting & tracking system that does not use phones, internet, or cell service, yet allows you to communicate with others nearby in your private cluster (mesh network). Location is shared within the private group all the time (unless disabled) and messages/locations are end-to-end encrypted at all times.

Blackout Comms works with a variety of devices, including Lilygo Pager, Altware Pagers, T-Decks, Lilygo T-Beam Supreme, Lilygo T-Beam 1W and more. More device options are in the works. You can have any combination of up to 90 devices in your private mesh cluster.

You can also build many compatible devices yourself:
https://chatters.io/diy