I’ve been working on a little simulator for MeshCore, written entirely using Claude Code.

[matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange]

Just to give some visuals. #meshcore

[matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange]

Right now it handles simulations that involve collisions, delays and other common events (in a very simple model). Each node is a simplified Meshcore node running as a process. #meshcore

[occult@vox.ominous.net]

@matthew_d_green Cc: @nullagent @meph

[marsik@witter.cz]

@matthew_d_green I wonder if it is possible to adapt the #MeshCore core logic to run as a PC app and transmit or receive via a serial KISS TNC. Basically separating the protocol from the radio head. Because I just built one for testing LoRa and FSK

[tuga@masto.pt]

@marsik

Broadcast abuse isn't well received in software networks.
You can breach the domain with STUN and similar but it would no longer be mesh.

@matthew_d_green

[marsik@witter.cz]

@tuga @matthew_d_green I think you misunderstood the idea.

I would put a KISS protocol TNC radio module (just a modulator and PA really) out and run the whole #MeshCore logic as a software on a remote computer. Similar to how telcos use eCPRI.

This would still act as a regular MeshCore device.

What you are talking about is a bit unclear to me, but it sounds like the tncattach or 802.15.4 / 6LowPAN use case. Which is also totally valid, but different from what I want here.

[fdlamotte@mamot.fr]

@marsik @tuga @matthew_d_green maybe have a look at pymc core

GitHub - rightup/pyMC_core: A Python MeshCore library with SPI LoRa radio support

A Python MeshCore library with SPI LoRa radio support - rightup/pyMC_core

GitHub (github.com)

[woof@meow.social]

@marsik @matthew_d_green I remember playing around with Reticulum awhile back and it can operate over a bunch of different hardware like that. https://reticulum.network/

[matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange]

@marsik I think that’s basically what this does. It’s a real MeshCore node with all the radio layers turned into stdio ports. A better design would define this explicitly as a HAL.

[matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange]

@marsik oh never mind, I understand what you’re saying. What I want is that but bigger: I want a single radio to be able to support 100 simultaneous smartphone clients via BLE advertisements. For protests and natural disasters.