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How to put Meshtastic Radios into Boot Mode
The Meshtastic Radio Boot Button Reference!
December 14, 2025
Mesh Mentor's 2025 Black Friday Deals Round Up
2025 Meshtastic Black Friday Deals Round Up!
November 28, 2025
DALL-E Generated Image: Getting started with Solar Meshtastic Nodes
Your first solar powered Meshtastic node project!
September 21, 2025
DALL-E Generated Image: What is Helium Mining and How Is It Related To Meshtastic?
Helium vs Meshtastic: What is Helium Mining and How Is It Related to Meshtastic?
July 15, 2025
DALL-E Generated Image: How Often Should You Update Your Meshtastic Radio's Firmware?
Let’s Get That Meshtastic Firmware Updated!
July 13, 2025
DALL-E Generated Image: What is Helium Mining and How Is It Related To Meshtastic?
Channel Names: Don’t Hit That Spacebar!
May 25, 2025
DALL-E Generated Image: Meshtastic Vs. SenseCap.png
Meshtastic Vs. SenseCraft (Formerly Named SenseCap)
October 14, 2024
DALL-E Generated Image: What is a Meshtastic Base Station?
Understanding Meshtastic Base Stations
August 28, 2024
Quick Tip: New Fully Assembled T-Deck with GPS Installed!
August 21, 2024
DALL-E Generated Image: What is a Paxcounter and How Can You Use it With Meshtastic?.png
Meshtastic Paxcounter Module 101
August 12, 2024
DALL-E Generated Image: Why Choose a WisBlock for Meshtastic?
RAKWireless WisBlock Meshtastic Starter Kit 101
August 9, 2024
DALL-E Generated Image: What is Duty Cycle in the context of Meshtastic Nodes?
Why is Duty Cycle Important for Meshtastic Nodes?
August 6, 2024
How Does Meshtastic Use GPS Data?
How Does Meshtastic Use GPS Data?
August 3, 2024
DALL-E Generated Image: What are the Benefits of Setting Up a Meshtastic Gateway
What are the Benefits of Setting Up a Meshtastic Gateway?
July 26, 2024
DALL-E Generated Image: Reasons to upgrade your Meshtastic Node's GPS Antenna
Reasons to Upgrade Your Meshtastic Node’s GPS Antenna
July 24, 2024
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How Does Meshtastic Use MQTT? And, What it it?!
July 23, 2024
DALL-E Generated Image: What is Meshtastic MQTT Map Reporting
What is Meshtastic MQTT Map Reporting?
July 20, 2024
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Quick Tip: Battery Polarity is Important!
July 19, 2024
DALL-E Generated Image: What is Meshtastic?.png
How (and Why) To Get Started with Meshtastic
July 14, 2024
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Do You Need a License to Use Meshtastic?
July 10, 2024
How to put Meshtastic Radios into Boot Mode
Posted inBeginner Featured Meshtastic

The Meshtastic Radio Boot Button Reference!

Posted by meshmentor December 14, 2025
Meshtastic boot mode, DFU mode, Flash mode made easy. Find boot button locations on popular boards radios in our quick reference guide.
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Mesh Mentor's 2025 Black Friday Deals Round Up
Posted inFeatured Meshtastic Quick Tips

2025 Meshtastic Black Friday Deals Round Up!

Posted by meshmentor November 28, 2025
Mesh Mentor's borrowed Black Friday 2025 Deals guide! Get the radios, antennas, and gear you wanted for much less right now!
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DALL-E Generated Image: Getting started with Solar Meshtastic Nodes
Posted inFeatured Meshtastic Tutorial

Your first solar powered Meshtastic node project!

Posted by meshmentor September 21, 2025
Build your first solar-powered Meshtastic node with easy-to-follow steps, or consider kits like the SenseCAP P1 Solar Node for Meshtastic. Post includes tips for solar setup, battery sizing, troubleshooting & off-grid optimization.
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DALL-E Generated Image: What is Helium Mining and How Is It Related To Meshtastic?
Posted inBeginner Meshtastic

Helium vs Meshtastic: What is Helium Mining and How Is It Related to Meshtastic?

Posted by meshmentor July 15, 2025
What is Helium Mining and How Is It Related to Meshtastic?
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DALL-E Generated Image: How Often Should You Update Your Meshtastic Radio's Firmware?
Posted inBeginner Featured Meshtastic

Let’s Get That Meshtastic Firmware Updated!

Posted by meshmentor July 13, 2025
How Often Should You Update Your Meshtastic Radio's Firmware?
Read More
DALL-E Generated Image: What is Helium Mining and How Is It Related To Meshtastic?
Posted inBeginner Intermediate Meshtastic

Channel Names: Don’t Hit That Spacebar!

Posted by meshmentor May 25, 2025
We recently discovered that if you create a channel name via the Meshtastic Web client or via an Android app (and others) and have a space in the channel name, you may have a difficult time if your friends on iOS try to join up (if and only if you've…
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DALL-E Generated Image: Meshtastic Vs. SenseCap.png
Posted inBeginner Featured Meshtastic

Meshtastic Vs. SenseCraft (Formerly Named SenseCap)

Posted by meshmentor October 14, 2024
Meshtastic vs. SenseCap: A Comparative Look at Two Innovative IoT Solutions
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DALL-E Generated Image: What is a Meshtastic Base Station?
Posted inBeginner Featured Meshtastic

Understanding Meshtastic Base Stations

Posted by meshmentor August 28, 2024
Understand how a Meshtastic base station enables centralized data collection and enhanced power management.
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Posted inBeginner Meshtastic Quick Tips

Quick Tip: New Fully Assembled T-Deck with GPS Installed!

Posted by meshmentor August 21, 2024
Calling all Meshtastic beginners in the USA! Rokland just announced that they're selling fully assembled T-Decks with GPS installed! These awesome little radios have an upgraded whip antenna too. Check it out and be sure that "Complete" is selected! Before now, you would have needed to buy the base only…
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DALL-E Generated Image: What is a Paxcounter and How Can You Use it With Meshtastic?.png
Posted inFeatured Meshtastic MQTT

Meshtastic Paxcounter Module 101

Posted by meshmentor August 12, 2024
Learn how to integrate a Paxcounter with Meshtastic to count people and analyze foot traffic in any area.
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While we love the Meshtastic project, this site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Meshtastic project. Meshtastic® is a registered trademark of Meshtastic LLC. Meshtastic software components are released under various licenses, see GitHub for details. No warranty is provided – use at your own risk. Learn more: Meshtastic.org

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