If you are self assembling the board you can view the interactive BOM here below
iBOM
| BOARD | iBOM url |
|---|---|
| V4 | https://markbirss.github.io/MESHSTICK/ |
diy CH341 USB-TO-SPI SX1262 LoRa Meshstick that you can have manufactured or part assembled and finish by just adding the USB 2.0 connector, Waveshare SX1262 TXCO Core LoRa module and SMA anntenna connector
Waveshare SX1262 TXCO Core module is on the back side of the board.
More vesions being evaluated are SX1280, 1W eByte E22, wio sx1262, LR1110 and LR1121
Verion 1 did not have the 24C02 I2C flash chip that is being used to store a unique serial number for the device.
The 2 pin jumper is populated when you want to program the flash chip. (IMSProg is used in the example bellow)
5312cc00861a12550403000000000000
32303030303031360000000000000000
4d455348535449434b20505752442042
59204d45534854415354494300000000
Remove the jumper for normal use (once the 24C02 flash is programmed)
Confirm that your unique iSerial is actually read from the device (with jumper removed) e.g using lsusb
lsusb | grep CH341
Bus 001 Device 016: ID 1a86:5512 QinHeng Electronics CH341 in EPP/MEM/I2C mode, EPP/I2C adapter
Use the device numder 016 above for -s
lsusb -s 016 -v|grep -i iserial
iSerial 3 20000016
BOARD VERSIONS
V2 (2 layer board)
v2.zip (includes GERBER, BOM and CPL)
V3 (4 layer board)
v3.zip (includes GERBER, BOM and CPL)
V4 (4 layer board)
Adds I2C header for connecting more I2C devices in the furture
v4.zip (includes GERBER, BOM and CPL)
LCSC #C9900018296 Alternative parts number available from Mouser or DigiKey
EMPCB.SMAFSTJ.B.HT https://www.digikey.co.za/en/products/detail/taoglas-limited/EMPCB-SMAFSTJ-B-HT/3522337
Other possible candidates
LCSC Part # C496550
Use Case
You want to add a Meshtastic Powered Meshstick to your Raspberry Pi, OpenWRT Router or Desktop Computer running Ubuntu 24.04/ Debian 12/ Fedora or Steam Deck to use Meshtasticd (linux-native)
arm64/armf/x86-64 and all OpenWRT architecture packages are available
yaml.conf source
https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/blob/master/bin/config.d/lora-meshstick-1262.yaml
Lora:
Module: sx1262
CS: 0
IRQ: 6
Reset: 2
Busy: 4
spidev: ch341
DIO3_TCXO_VOLTAGE: true
# USB_Serialnum: 12345678
USB_PID: 0x5512
USB_VID: 0x1A86
UPDATE [2025-03-08]
If you have installed meshtasticd package, you will first need to stop the meshtasticd service to run mui
sudo systemctl stop meshtasticd
sudo systemctl disable meshtasticd
Support for 2.6.x MUI
UPDATE [2025-04-27] OS Image - Mesh Hessen Raspberry Pi Image - (Contributed by @Do3MLA, Manuel)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g-4EMshe5GP99uXz_K4nthUIZ1fj3jOa/view
Mesh Hessen Raspberry Pi Image Changelog:
Meshsens (updated)
Meshtastic CLI (updated)
Meshtasticd Native Linux 2.6.4 including MUI version 2.6.6
(Prepared for the MeshStick)
For other HATs or dongles, you will need to adjust the Meshtasticd settings.
The image is ready to use.
Download with Chrome
Extract with 7zip
Flash with Belena Etcher
There are two startup scripts on the desktop: one for using the MeshStick via the MUI window, and one for using it via Android.
Or build native-tft mui yourself
https://meshtastic.org/docs/software/meshtastic-ui/
sudo nano /etc/meshtasticd/config.d/x11.yaml
Display:
Panel: X11
Width: 480
Height: 480
Platformio python install
sudo apt -y install python3-full python3-virtualenv
virtualenv .
source bin/activate
pip3 install platformio
Raspbian Dependancies
sudo apt install -y libusb-1.0-0-dev libgpiod-dev libyaml-dev libyaml-cpp-dev libbluetooth-dev libxkbcommon-dev libinput-dev libi2c-dev
Build and run native-tft (MUI) - 2.6.x
git clone https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware
cd firmware/
git submodule update --init --recursive --remote;
pio run -e native-tft
.pio/build/native-tft/program
TESTING
Various developers including myself have already received and tested the early version 1 of the Meshstick devices.
More updates to follow soon
UPDATE [2025-04-02]
Important Note: Remember to move the voltage jumpers to 3V3
PiggyStick wio-sx1262 [2025-04-11]
PiggyStick LR1121 E80-900M2213S 868/915 and 2.4Ghz Dual LoRa Radio Module (only one radio use at a time) [2025-04-14]
if I2c flash is really needed connect other side - but after flashing the eeeprom you will need to cut pin1 of ch341
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005400942525.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005305349454.html
UPDATE [2025-05-05]
Piggystick also works mounted in front with a flipped pcb ( ou can even swap radio modules out )
Newer editions of the CH341B dongles are also supported and working as exspected
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