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MeshSmith Photon-1W

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
RevisionVariantBandSKU
915 MHzUS915 / AU915
868 MHzEU868

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

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

Details

Kind
Kit
Lifecycle
Active
Firmware support
0
Catalog completeness
60 %

Firmware support

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