BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
PRODID:adamgibbons/ics
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:24421@offbeat.amsterdam
SUMMARY:Grassroots Communication Infrastructure Deployment: Build a Radio N
	etwork from Microntrollers!
DTSTAMP:20260701T205048Z
DTSTART:20260704T163000Z
DESCRIPTION:The goal of the workshop is to build a radio network linking th
	ree buildings at\nTBD.  Participants learn how to make cheap and simple Re
	ticulum transport nodes\nthat can be deployed anywhere.  Our telecommunica
	tion infrastructure will be\nusing unlicensed LoRa frequencies and run on 
	cheap chips called\nmicrocontrollers.\n\nThe key to environmentally and ec
	onomically sustainable community networks is\ncheap and simple nodes.  Mes
	h protocols like Meshtastic and Meshcore already run\non microcontrollers 
	without a need for a laptop\, single-board computer or mobile\nphone.  Thi
	s became a possibility with Reticulum as well recently\, due to\nfirmware 
	that can run the whole protocol stack on an MCU.\n\nIn this workshop we te
	st these new firmware\, with special focus on RTNode\nfirmware for the Hel
	tec V4 board.  The workshop builds on the Friday\nintroductory workshop\, 
	so it assumes familiarity with the Reticulum Network\nStack (RNS).  Partic
	ipants can develop their nodes further at the RNS solar\nrelay workshop th
	e next day (Sunday).\n 
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/grassroots-communication-infrastructure
	-deployment-build-a-radio-network-from-microntrollers
GEO:52.3539785;4.8544477
LOCATION:LAG - Eerste Schinkelstraat 14-16\, 1075 TX Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-zuid,community,course/workshop,discussion/presentation
	,schinkelbuurt,workshop,work space/diy
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The goal of the workshop is to build a radi
	o network linking three buildings at TBD. &nbsp;Participants learn how to 
	make cheap and simple Reticulum transport nodes that can be deployed anywh
	ere. &nbsp;Our telecommunication infrastructure will be using unlicensed L
	oRa frequencies and run on cheap chips called microcontrollers.</p><br><p>
	The key to environmentally and economically sustainable community networks
	 is cheap and simple nodes. &nbsp;Mesh protocols like Meshtastic and Meshc
	ore already run on microcontrollers without a need for a laptop, single-bo
	ard computer or mobile phone. &nbsp;This became a possibility with Reticul
	um as well recently, due to firmware that can run the whole protocol stack
	 on an MCU.</p><br><p>In this workshop we test these new firmware, with sp
	ecial focus on RTNode firmware for the Heltec V4 board. &nbsp;The workshop
	 builds on the Friday introductory workshop, so it assumes familiarity wit
	h the Reticulum Network Stack (RNS). &nbsp;Participants can develop their 
	nodes further at the RNS solar relay workshop the next day (Sunday).<br>&n
	bsp;</p>
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Grassroots Communication Infrastructure Deployment: Build a Rad
	io Network from Microntrollers!
TRIGGER:-PT1H
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR