MeshSmith Photon-1W
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MeshSmith 1-watt LoRa board built for the Seeed Xiao MCU ecosystem with an Ebyte E22P (SX1262) radio delivering 30 dBm output and a built-in ATGM336H GPS. Ships as a $65 DIY kit (no MCU), a $75 build with a Xiao nRF52840 or ESP32-C6, or $95 with solar management and a 3×18650 holder using the Waveshare Solar Power Manager (D). Power-source agnostic: the main board has no built-in charger — external regulated 5 V powers the board. Battery sense connector for monitoring charge state. Stemma QT/Qwiic I2C expansion port included.
~$65 approx (2026-06)
- MCU
- nRF52840
- Radio
- SX1262
- Display
- None
- GPS
- Hangzhou ZhongKe ATGM336H-5N
- Battery
- External
- Connectivity
- BLE, Wi-Fi
Roles
CompanionRepeaterRoom server
Transports
bleusb
Variants
Purchasable options for this device| Revision | Variant | Band | SKU |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | 915 MHz | US915 / AU915 | — |
| — | 868 MHz | EU868 | — |
Hardware
Radio
- Technology
- LORA
- Chip
- Semtech SX1262 ↗
- Band
- EU868US915 / AU915
- TX power
- 30 dBm
- Antenna
- SMA
Processor
- Family
- Nordic nRF52 series ↗
- Model
- Nordic nRF52840 ↗
- Architecture
- ARM Cortex-M4
GNSS
Battery
- Battery
- External connector
- Built-in
- No
- Charging
- No
Solar
- Solar charging
- Supported
Expansion
- Connector
- Stemma Qt (I2C)
Connectivity
- Bluetooth
- BLE
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11 b/g/n/ax
Firmware support
No firmware in the atlas lists this device yet.