<![CDATA[Whoa #reticulum #micropython #camera !]]>Whoa ! It’s working! Currently testing TCP interface only. Also a bug i need to go around - if MeshChat tries to initiate Link, the confirmation packet from esp32 doesn’t get the confirmation, so MeshChat keeps retrying. However if I send opportunistic msg, esp32 initiates the Link and the image gets sent successfully. Good progress anyway 🥳🎉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/b41041ab-1554-4774-8371-070fd54c1b21/whoa-reticulum-micropython-cameraRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 06:31:45 GMTSat, 25 Apr 2026 06:52:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Whoa #reticulum #micropython #camera ! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:18:24 GMT]]>I've implemented bz2 compression/decompression module in C. There’s fallback python decompressor but compression in python takes forever on the microcontroller so we send uncompressed if C module is not available for some reason. Text payloads compress 60-80%. JPEG skipped automatically because they are already compressed. Code uploaded to the repo.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/circfruit/statuses/116471202062070031https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/circfruit/statuses/116471202062070031Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:18:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whoa #reticulum #micropython #camera ! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:58:30 GMT]]>Hm, I think I should make the bz2 compression module in C as well. This would speed up link resource transferring - images, files. Also might be good idea to get t-deck repo up to date and make the client actually receive the cam images on the t-deck screen 😁

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/circfruit/statuses/116469944165042477https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/circfruit/statuses/116469944165042477Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:58:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whoa #reticulum #micropython #camera ! on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:03:50 GMT]]>The new changes to micropython are uploaded to the repo. If someone is using it, you should update - the C crypto modules significantly increase performance https://github.com/varna9000/micropython-reticulum

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/circfruit/statuses/116466898086994808https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/circfruit/statuses/116466898086994808Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:03:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whoa #reticulum #micropython #camera ! on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:44:46 GMT]]>@circfruit tripple win well done!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mekhos/statuses/116466823108415823https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mekhos/statuses/116466823108415823Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:44:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whoa #reticulum #micropython #camera ! on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:17:59 GMT]]>I fixed the bug! As a result of the efforts 3 major micropython improvements:

1. Added IFAC support - now node can join password protected interfaces

2. Implemented the cryptography modules in C with bindings with fallback to native module The result on this is mind blowing: complete decode chain reduced from 3 sec to 75 ms!

3. Camera works! You can select quality and resolution of the image. I’m still to test over LoRa but on TCP receipt it’s almost instant.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/circfruit/statuses/116466717808988245https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/circfruit/statuses/116466717808988245Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:17:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whoa #reticulum #micropython #camera ! on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:39:58 GMT]]>@circfruit nice work!

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