10-15-2021, 03:59 PM
Hello everybody,
This is my first post on PINE's forums. I'm in my EECE degree's senior year, and am working on a project proposal for, essentially, the PineCom in backpack form.
I am going through this thread and using a lot of the ideas and suggestions by you fine folks. As others have pointed out, there is a really wide spectrum of ideas about what this device should do. I have to narrow the field significantly, which is something I can do on my own - but I am really excited to engage with the Pine community. I plan on making my project files entirely open source (obviously this won't apply to some vender-supplied chips, e.g. the LoRa module itself, much as with the PinePhone).
The thing about a good senior project is, it can't be only for its own sake. It has to meet the needs of a target audience. The audience I want to target is both professional and recreational outdoors users who need long-distance off grid communications. It's not intended to be a playground for hardware, but a rugged and practical upgrade to your PinePhone.
The core of the project will be the LoRa chip, an external antenna, and an R Pi Pico microprocessor to control the chip. The best additional features to include are still under consideration. I've identified a high-end GPS, a solar panel+battery combo, or other sensors (barometric pressure, temp, humidity, etc.) as the most useful potential additions for that target audience of outdoor first responders and recreational campers, hikers, adventurers, etc.
I have only read six pages of this thread so far, but I really appreciate everyone's input. I hope this project can guide the development of the PineCom proper (I have another name picked out for my project...). I will read the rest of the thread this weekend.
This is my first post on PINE's forums. I'm in my EECE degree's senior year, and am working on a project proposal for, essentially, the PineCom in backpack form.
I am going through this thread and using a lot of the ideas and suggestions by you fine folks. As others have pointed out, there is a really wide spectrum of ideas about what this device should do. I have to narrow the field significantly, which is something I can do on my own - but I am really excited to engage with the Pine community. I plan on making my project files entirely open source (obviously this won't apply to some vender-supplied chips, e.g. the LoRa module itself, much as with the PinePhone).
The thing about a good senior project is, it can't be only for its own sake. It has to meet the needs of a target audience. The audience I want to target is both professional and recreational outdoors users who need long-distance off grid communications. It's not intended to be a playground for hardware, but a rugged and practical upgrade to your PinePhone.
The core of the project will be the LoRa chip, an external antenna, and an R Pi Pico microprocessor to control the chip. The best additional features to include are still under consideration. I've identified a high-end GPS, a solar panel+battery combo, or other sensors (barometric pressure, temp, humidity, etc.) as the most useful potential additions for that target audience of outdoor first responders and recreational campers, hikers, adventurers, etc.
I have only read six pages of this thread so far, but I really appreciate everyone's input. I hope this project can guide the development of the PineCom proper (I have another name picked out for my project...). I will read the rest of the thread this weekend.