Web of Issues (IoT) specialist RAKwireless has introduced a brand new, compact tracker designed to be used on the Meshtastic community-driven mesh LoRa community: the WisMesh Tag — which it is pitting head-to-head in opposition to rival Seeed Studio’s SenseCap Card Tracker T1000-E.
“The WisMesh Tag is your compact companion for location monitoring and mesh messaging. Constructed for Meshtastic customers who need one thing transportable, dependable, and ready-to-go,” RAKwireless says of its newest Meshtastic accent. “Not like DIY builds or restricted designs just like the [Seeed Studio] T1000-E, the WisMesh Tag delivers dependable outside efficiency with a 1,000mAh battery, IP66 score, and a simple reset button for firmware updates.”
RAKwireless has introduced a compact, rugged, card-style tracker for the Meshtastic community: the WishMesh Tag. (📷: RAKwireless)
RAKwireless appears very keen so that you can examine the WisMesh Tag to Seeed’s SenseCap Card Tracker T1000-E, boasting that its tackle the card-style Meshtastic node beats the competitors on each entrance. “WisMesh Tag has an even bigger battery, higher waterproofing, sooner GPS, and simpler buttons to press,” the corporate claims, with the WishMesh Tag boasting a 1,000mAh battery to the T1000-E’s 700mAh, an IP66 score to IP65, a claimed sooner GPS repair time, and a extra tactile push-button interface with easy accessibility to reset and boot mode buttons.
Each units come with no show, and are designed as largely passive nodes on the community-driven Meshtastic mesh LoRa community — transmitting their location on user-configurable intervals, relaying messages, and sending pre-written messages on a button push. Each can be linked to a number system over Bluetooth to be used as a full Meshtastic node with two-way communication, utilizing the Meshtastic app for sending and receiving textual content messages over the mesh.
The corporate is aggressively positioning the gadget as an enchancment over rival Seeed Studio’s T1000-E (above). (📷: Seeed Studio)
The actual-world efficiency distinction between the 2 could also be considerably lower than RAKwireless’ advertising and marketing might counsel, nonetheless: regardless of having a battery practically 50% bigger than its rival, the corporate admits that its runtime within the subject is simply “barely higher” than Seeed Studio’s earlier design — popping out at round 2-3 days of steady operation with the GPS receiver enabled.
The WisMesh Tag is now accessible to order on the RAKwireless retailer at $39 plus delivery; an non-obligatory keychain holder with leather-based strap is accessible for an extra $5.