2026-04-16T13:25:01Z https://yabu.me smallsolar https://yabu.me/npub13es67syuvsndcsynjrvjvm58tuwn8uf228kkrpxnh4jc3npnwajs5ngq65 https://files.techhub.social/accounts/avatars/110/125/136/651/538/699/original/865f02928170d952.png https://files.techhub.social/accounts/avatars/110/125/136/651/538/699/original/865f02928170d952.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9x7z9ulws6zckhfjw7hk8eagd38s0zcvf84urf005cr4a4xml5rgzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2re9ffc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgvs4vk96j968nmpfgx9c5pljd4aj4mhn7daqkr4ehdkgn4qrzllghp9kc4'>nevent1q…9kc4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah I learnt this pretty quickly, I think micro meshes are probably the way forward.<br/><br/>Could there be a role for filter nodes so that not all traffic gets dumped onto the mesh? 2026-05-09T08:12:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0f9u4fq5wrsnzm2w8h8yr7tkvhh3p5rfp5sc787kg0vm4gn5jpvszyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2c8kn2u Do you have an example of stealth solar?<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been thinking a lot about &#39;stealth solar&#39; where people attach #solarpanels to places in a subtle way to capture the sun&#39;s energy. It might be stealth as there are strict rules or just want to keep it low key. #balconysolar is sort of stealth gone mainstream.<br/><br/>With cheaper MPPT devices you can now accept slightly poorer efficiency due to placement and with microinverters don&#39;t need to make long strings. I particularly think that there is no point having a solar panel in storage, best get it out there and generating even if it&#39;s in a temporary place!<br/><br/>So I thought I&#39;d start a small website that documents different stealth setups, so if you have cheeky solar panels and would be willing to share a little info (but not too much if it would get you in trouble) get in touch.<br/><br/>#stealth #solar #solarpunk #balkonsolar #hiddensolar 2026-05-03T06:40:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7hkmfhtaj65zvznkk7257cd4mr86mzd63enekw4acpqlmh0c4nszyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk28d00ky In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9nwwgnhk2f9045wvm9xnt3naxdf6nsnt4hlpql8jqqz9c97kytmsupxu55'>nevent1q…xu55</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>just a little update, fixed the MicroPython firmware and I&#39;ve now got it working over #LoRa, its waking up from deep sleep, announcing, sending some sensor data via a LXMF message and then going back to deep sleep. When awake with LoRa its drawing about 50-70mA and is currently only on for about 5-10 seconds - hopefully will work quite well with solar/battery. 2026-04-09T15:10:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9fpu2y8fwa8frapw9txagxk6agqdsrfrgfu3v4yc9cs7h8gsmahgzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2qr6yhw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkj2d38wr4x9t8qlu5z0jww66xkmjfq9dt96p5frqhu2phxcd4fs9w94tk'>nevent1q…94tk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh good, was getting a bit worried. Just to check are you happy with my using your retic node to connect to? 2026-04-05T08:23:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspfk5cs87f6720wgsmuqrqkvxwudtk4lctpp434lvqz9u578r52kczyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2mt73vh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfpayxf4u4zptwc48cwqysh7gckehm2hgvunyjpjdm82uk7x93dgqc26zrw'>nevent1q…6zrw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve connected to your reticulum node and can see your nomad page. When I host a nomad page on my S3 it only reports a very small amount of free memory - I&#39;ve flashed with latest MicroPython and your codebase, I feel like I&#39;ve not configured it correctly. When flashing the device reports 8mb of PSRAM 2026-04-05T06:58:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgl5jf74jvwvwgxcdwq87366chglc2g3vrddt3hz6dvxs9lc6qqkgzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2qsn76j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy3mcnqymy3vqtydw3vgvkwalx2nmadxq7dz4nw9akm8qf7lnyptqshyn8q'>nevent1q…yn8q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hey, I&#39;ve got the s3 working now, starting to mess around with sensors and power saving, didn&#39;t know if you had any thoughts on the best way to transmit data, stick it in the announce? or LXMF message on boot? 2026-04-04T14:10:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp3uhhth5q2texnh9uups3q8vpqkguwzewx2nlkn50lfj69dcnmlszyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk24prs2s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2vhtx96jgexjtaav4jw8q0dvpnu98xpxcfytdewngtv26nulj5ece7v2e2'>nevent1q…v2e2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ordered 🙂 2026-03-30T07:33:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgv4wf3s0vnqsl2gu2tetsq56e95xnsj5ac52wgex02ngn56h8s3czyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2hmm33y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfalhkgq59v57yfn0wxkvqzlhqd3cylqsz720xsxgehjcue96vdesugr0pl'>nevent1q…r0pl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can easily get an alternative board, so cheap these days.<br/><br/>It does work fine for about 5 minutes, I added `self.online = False` to the exception that prints the poll error in `tcp.py` and that seems to force it to try and reconnect for a period of time and it gets back working again quicker then just waiting and have it erroring 2026-03-29T19:49:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqgcr2792cjgleddkj6cyp43zmy3jkc0qnwk27e46qex6fcpa0mzgzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2ydv3c9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq43xvpkveypffj07z7w73uxk0xvhpe5gd2r4yv0x5pktg7k5zrrqydl4uu'>nevent1q…l4uu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ESP32-C6 board I have has a 4mb of flash, 512kb of SRAM but doesn&#39;t have PSRAM and is RISC-V - didn&#39;t know if the lack of PSRAM made a difference 2026-03-29T19:44:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs89ysv7qy788qj4hs6u28dpaedz4pgz4dwhnqe6rpemf7ldx0e8kszyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2qkycxs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsptzyu0cggfwmu97kxx0zrkcddqcyrxw6k9qzs6as72fwy6haruncr3tsdp'>nevent1q…tsdp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(continuing the sensor thought process) I was having a think about efficient uses of reticulum as a sensor network, for remote nodes with aggressive power saving I was thinking that the best option would be for them to wake up, announce and then send a lxmf message to a known destination before going back to sleep, reticulum would then route the packet via whatever route is possible.<br/><br/>While reticulum adds overhead overall for a sensor network I think the built in routing and multi-interface options makes it worthwhile - particularly with these fairly high powered MCUs these days. 2026-03-29T19:43:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy8nv3n3ypzrg98z5kf2fc53vcamjr3zzpx4fu9hvu47fxxuw5veqzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2p9m8st In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsptzyu0cggfwmu97kxx0zrkcddqcyrxw6k9qzs6as72fwy6haruncr3tsdp'>nevent1q…tsdp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve come across a memory issue with the C6 - I&#39;ve opened a GitHub issue, currently browsing the code to understand the issue. 2026-03-29T19:38:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8jjfff9jygxcef93mg992kma5sxl6ltsr96w6jjhuaf9n34ykdlqzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2f6xz0d I have a #coldframe made of perspex and wood which due to its location gets a lot of sun in the morning, I&#39;ve added some temperature sensors and it can get temps of over 40C at times, this is only for 30-60mins and then it gets a bit of shade and cools down.<br/><br/>I&#39;d like to try and take advantage of this burst of heat but spread it during the day - so Mastodon friends - would adding some thermal mass help, perhaps a plastic bottle of water painted black?<br/><br/>What&#39;s nice is that I have sensors so should be able to monitor effectiveness!<br/><br/>#diy <br/>#maker<br/>#gardening<br/>#greenhouse 2026-03-29T15:00:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspv7hjs3wkqyha73tkktngq7jw3paxekha3juys5szpmlhkd0zh9gzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2safrm7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2eelhl6pwtnfcutp3nuxda0f024lpq54kgpqy5hw295kwzyg4ungauk69d'>nevent1q…k69d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>just to say I&#39;ve got your code running on an ESP32-C6 (a dfrobot beetle dev board). Wasn&#39;t difficult and seems to be running pretty well, seeing a lot of traffic. I&#39;ve got it connecting to my local node on my WiFi network.<br/><br/>I&#39;m interested in using it for a sensor network backbone. 2026-03-28T20:13:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2eelhl6pwtnfcutp3nuxda0f024lpq54kgpqy5hw295kwzyg4ungzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2m6j390 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz7408lxgtqd94pv5xepcqzj2jves683u449edf3xqkffjppqd54qlsa2sj'>nevent1q…a2sj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is amazing work, I&#39;ve always liked #Reticulum but was limited that it needed a fairly substantial system to work. Looking forward to having a go with it 2026-03-25T06:52:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2egfgzfyxfufw0h3cs9u8csmv83yg907yrqcn77ukwh4432gdwczyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2slc642 I&#39;ve built a webring for solar powered websites and hosted it on squeak! - <a href="https://squeak.solarcene.community/webring/">https://squeak.solarcene.community/webring/</a><br/><br/>and to make it even better <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1f850xf2f74umrtxfedy70vsx7ech6xv6a5rqj466y057u9d3quask4rzmz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>𝒜𝓁𝒾⋆ ♡⃛</span> (<span class="italic">npub1f85…rzmz</span>)</a></span> has designed a 88x31 graphic - here is a big version<br/><br/>Get in touch if you&#39;d like to join.<br/><br/>#solar #webring<br/> <img src="https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/263/731/297/506/777/original/e61cce49b94d1637.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-20T21:57:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0xrdgr7c92jjzzrs3kjw20l72ugrvfakjd022v8tdey3vmzkmkpqzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2nan30k Finally finished my clunky #postmarketos test rig for mainlining the a5y17lte. I took a very bust up Samsung A5, wired up push buttons for the main buttons, managed to solder to the very small pitch serial line (only get Tx from the phone), printed a case with my 3d printer and then attached a usb-serial converter (1.8v) and it works.<br/>Now to work on the actual kernel! #DecemberAdventure<br/> <img src="https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/115/740/780/808/111/818/original/95bab83af84a444a.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/115/740/780/800/750/389/original/27afe7c63195096f.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-18T13:24:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9fm2zz9885guwh4kjk0wvr5jnr98c5zsnh6ujjvr4p9f2zn2n6sqzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2fxgugp #gardening question, I have had an amazing #Tomato crop this year and still have loads of green tomatoes left, the weather is increasingly wet and overcast (UK), do I just harvest them all and bring the m inside to see if they&#39;ll turn red with a bit of warmth? 2025-09-18T09:12:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd6rkgdqr0skem45xt0ntn30hfnanz47gpzdnn2pcuysmxgeksmuczyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk22zt6t0 Woohoo, my favourite mastodon pastime is pre-ordering books when authors announce them and then forgetting and they arrive.<br/><br/>Today I received &#34;Futures to Live By&#34; by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12nl4aest6celjg8q43w9dcrxw4kqx50dnevt7m2rl2tmx8csta7sm3zkfu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ana Sun</span> (<span class="italic">npub12nl…zkfu</span>)</a></span> and published by polestars books.<br/><br/>Looking forward to reading it. #solarpunk #books #authors #bookstodon<br/> <img src="https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/115/196/544/155/685/327/original/e7953a389de0fe9c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-13T10:37:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsza7e499jsse853p8m4y5sv9s39vezlr9a0v7cm2hgg53077uc0eszyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2zpal9c #solarpunk achievement: just exchanged 1/2kg of our tomatoes for 1kg of our neighbours plums from their over laden tree.<br/><br/>#gardening #FruitTree #community<br/> <img src="https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/115/083/299/922/501/307/original/5ac02f393081b594.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-24T10:36:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdpnneny4qjxqstck5fnlm7ey7kuz6a3qy7afuhuz0pvjqqlp7mqgzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2xpjwq6 Overall we aren&#39;t doing super well with vegetables from the garden, courgettes have been small and quick to go mouldy, french beans have been sparse (though easier to manage as no sudden glut). This year I&#39;ve commited a whole bed to tomatoes and must admit they seem to be doing well, just got my first red ones. And I&#39;ve had mixed results with the aeroponics (but that&#39;s just an experiment)<br/><br/>I probably should have added some manure to the beds, but it quite possibly has been the very hot weather we&#39;ve had.<br/><br/>#gardening 2025-07-16T17:30:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdgdhsgukyn3xfms5ksmlq040p35gjz54kdkye0d3szqy5zfsvmqqzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2jwrzsv Behind the kids playhouse we dumped a load of old containers, just found a cheeky oak (I think) trying to grow, moved it now to somewhere more fitting for a future ancient tree.<br/>#gardening #oak #OakTree<br/> <img src="https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/728/117/003/997/180/original/b8b1116219a1d7bb.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-22T17:10:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdlvp8lhuykc2avqefn6f99pgfl33sn3qm9ckz5604q9ncfxj6q2gzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2ffz95e It&#39;s hot in the UK, currently in the ritual of closing windows/blinds to limit how much hot gets in, unfortunately houses are well insulated so while it&#39;s cool for a short period of time eventually the heat gets trapped and stays put...<br/><br/>Don&#39;t remember having to do this a few years ago #climatecrisis #ClimateCrisisIsNow 2025-06-19T07:04:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz745wy7fnc559wrahxqdnqe4tptjx9g4hy2cae3nqycmem753fjczyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2ec7zh4 It&#39;s the time of year when I get to be super #solarpunk - cutting back the vegetation that&#39;s starting to shade the #solar panels that run the solarcene server.<br/> <img src="https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/647/583/289/258/192/original/a2ddd9692edd5ca0.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-08T11:48:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvvnlrzx7qevj9peunjkq0j6362987yl3fvsfrz7rgcrvyen4a0egzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2x7w44t #gardening #climate<br/><br/>It&#39;s been a while since we&#39;ve had any proper rain here, and our #rain water storage is at about half, looks like it&#39;s going to be dry for another 2 weeks so hopefully after that we&#39;ll get a good amount of rain otherwise it&#39;s going to be &#39;challenging&#39; summer.<br/><br/>Local farmers seemed pretty concerned about the lack of rain when I last chatted with them. 2025-05-11T11:06:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspewmtfh6ed7z63jxh3s8re9lhlec5ysyq4h4rghld9qxthdxr6tgzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2zgy8vx Pots are out in my greenhouse, chillies are in the middle, some seeds of courgettes on the right, tomatoes on the left and also a random 2 pumpkins. Also my daughter&#39;s sunflowers she started to grow at school <br/>#gardening<br/> <img src="https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/284/804/257/895/393/original/494665b99e60684b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-05T10:11:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2aze64fj7n63pz6daqmcw5z9gdqjffx2ek9hqk0tmgdd92tqw6rgzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2uwwhk0 Today was a good day, the weather was warm, spent the morning out in a sculpture garden with the kids, had lunch out and then afternoon in the garden, weeded the raised beds, added a bit of compost, compost pile was full of worms which was good to see, moved some furniture and made a small little sitting nook which with the addition of some festoon lights will make a lovely spot for the summer evenings.<br/>Also dodged having to move the solar panels when my partner started discussing adding a table and chairs to the garden and then the nook creation distracted the discussion.<br/>#gardening<br/>#springiscoming 2025-02-22T19:06:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx7y8l7v8mmtn5xu3nm38qk2kxw3wy325jgf33nyq8dafydrxpqwgzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2yu3vcw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswh3p27j6te7fcs2dx9tgwsd39mp7m8eplzyhjmfjsxvklh8s9u5cnqcu96'>nevent1q…cu96</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Managed to come online for a few hours but still not enough sun and battery voltage dropped too low and the shutdown mechanism kicked in. Still very cloudy but forecasts suggest some sun today/tomorrow. Next time I can get it back online we&#39;ll go into super power save mode and will run the instance for 4hrs a day <br/><br/>But it highlights a challenge going forward with the #climateCrisis and #solarpunk thinking, looking at forecast (<a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-change/climate-change-in-the-uk">https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-change/climate-change-in-the-uk</a>) we are going to get wetter winters and I suspect more cloud cover, even with efficiency we still need an energy source and in the UK on a small scale #solar isn&#39;t going to be enough and sadly #wind isn&#39;t great on a small/personal scale<br/><br/>for the individual, family or small community might need some more thoughts 2024-11-08T07:40:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswh3p27j6te7fcs2dx9tgwsd39mp7m8eplzyhjmfjsxvklh8s9u5czyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk23g2kur Solarcene.community is offline as we&#39;ve had solid clouds for over a week and the battery voltage has decreased down to the shutoff level.<br/><br/>I&#39;m leaving it offline while I let the battery recover, will aim to power it back on tomorrow perhaps 2024-11-05T22:27:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyyhay5q4n2pqvpz80a4u3x4p4p096dfx6x9vt0tuh8qrzmjww5eczyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2vkn0ns Can I have some #gardening #vegetables #tomatoes advice, we have got lots of tomatoes that are still green, 2 or 3 are starting to turn when I checked this evening.<br/>The weather is forecast to go cold, from tomorrow we are looking at 4 days of nighttime lows of 5C.<br/><br/>What should we do? I&#39;ve seen references to try and ripen them on the windowsill or can we cover the plants? 2024-09-09T19:29:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf20mdxnl5am3lgukdrz2xx288qvgzvvjh378t8q7yy6ut0penm7qzyz8xrt6qn3jzdhzqjwgdjfnwsa036vl39fg76cvy6w7ktzxvxdmk2mfvrmk How are peoples #potato crops this year?<br/><br/>I’ve not done as well as previous years and the quality has deteriorated (despite being a fresh raised bed), think I might take a break from potatoes next year<br/><br/>I was gifted some tomatoes and also found some bargain plants at a supermarket and they were doing pretty well which is nice!<br/>#gardening 2024-08-14T16:45:35Z