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Package just arrived by DHL… cant wait to get it charged up!
Keep looking for test results

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Hi there,

Oh’ SNAP :hand_with_index_finger_and_thumb_crossed: , Crackle :firecracker:and POP :exploding_head: that looks good , WOW!

You got a angle your working for it?
I may throw down some shekels for a 10" tablet for a Meshtastic app runner and a few other SDR lightweight apps & projects. My Mesh node has bee up a long time and folks are messaging it often , but it is too dam small to read the screen easy and I ain’t breaking out the phone to dork around.

GL :slight_smile: PJ :v:

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the phone is the way to go… but a tablet will work too… i just ran a mission with it and practaced with the drone… problem is it is so flat around here

I set the range test to ping every minute… then get my stopwatch going on the phone… that way i can countdown to incoming ping… pretty cool way to check signal… also i found a website that shows in red cloud areas on the map that should be line of sight

gps is really wide on these other devices… T-1000 can tell i am in the house… just not which room

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Hello community!

I hope you can help me with the Wio Tracker L1 Lite. I’ve been working with this board and need specific information about the pin configuration that I haven’t been able to find in the publicly available documentation.

Specifically, I’m looking to know which nRF52840 GPIO pins are connected to:

  1. L76K GPS module (UART communication pins, control, etc.)
  2. SX1262 LoRa chip (SPI, control, interrupt pins, etc.)
  3. Other critical system signals
    I’ve tried:**
  • Reviewed official Seeed Studio documentation
  • Consulted Meshtastic wiki
  • Explored firmware repository on GitHub
  • Can’t find detailed schematic or specific pinout

Does anyone have:

  • The complete schematic of the board?
  • technical documentation?
  • Source code where these pins are specifically defined?

Any clue, link, or contact would be greatly appreciated! :pray:

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good question… I have sent a message to my guy

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Can the Wio Tracker L1 E-ink connect to TRMNL devices? or vice-versa? I am looking for an integration of Meshtastic devices. TRMNL devices offer long off-grid battery runtime. Their big E-Ink display would be ideal to show e.g. incoming Meshtastic messages. What would be required to enable this type of interaction? The Meshtastic project provides also its InkHUD interface. Maybe that would be a start. However, I do not have the knowledge to build a specific display driver for the TRMNL devices. Any ideas to approach this best?

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I understand that there is some cooperation going on between Seeed Studio and TRMNL. Wouldn’t that be an ideal setup to provide Meshtastic integration on TRMNL? Seeed Studio must have capable talents

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what do you mean exactly… i dont understand TRMNL is a software that communicate data to deployed elink devices… can you say what you want integrated? e link is just an optional display for the meshatatic radio… it is intended to help lower power consumption. are you asking for TRMNL to offer support for some sort remote display to show what the meshtastic radio is seeing at a remote location?

This is an interesting idea. I dont know of anyone who is using meshtastic for that level of communication and the elink refresh rate is not fast enough to make it a real time display can you say mofre about how someone would use this

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The case says “PWRD” on the front. What does PWRD” mean?

And while we are on the topic, it looks like at some point in the product development the designers were planning to rub some orange putty into the “PWRD” grooves. See for example this image https://media-cdn.seeedstudio.com/media/catalog/product/cache/bb49d3ec4ee05b6f018e93f896b8a25d/2/0/20260408-135305.jpg

It looks like the designers had in mind that the Meshtastic logo and the four letters were meant to be flush with the surface, and colored orange.

But anyway, what does “PWRD” mean?

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Is there room inside the case of the Wio Tracker L1 Pro for me to add a BME280 sensor? Is there a standard Grove connector on that circuit board?

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Thank you cgwaltney for your reply, which points to a page that confirms that yes, the circuit board does have a standard Grove connector. This still leaves me with two unanswered questions.

By way of background, it looks like my Wio Tracker L1 Pro (which arrived yesterday) was assembled with a power screwdriver set to “high” because it is impossible to get two of the screws out. If I could get all four screws out, I would simply open the case and see for myself the answers to these questions.

First unanswered question. Yes, the page that you link to confirms there is a Grove connector. But it looks like it is smack hard up against the bottom wall of the case. Impossible to reassemble the device if a person has plugged a Grove plug into the Grove connector. Is that so?

Second unanswered question. Assume for sake of discussion that the first question is somehow overcome and I successfully wire into the grove interface. Is there then some open volume inside the case that could house the BME280 sensor itself?

Again if only it were possible to coax out the remaining two screws, I would open the case and see the answer for myself.

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I doubt there is room.

I would say get the 3d case model and extrude some additional space

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Still hoping to hear what “PWRD” means.

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I assume it meant Powered…. but that doesnt make 100%

seems like i asked this and i dont remember

I think i asked and its powered by

Meshtastic… as opposed to the other ones