LilyGo T-Deck LORA device - setup
"A what now?", "What is that and why is it needed?" Basically it's a communications device that does not use WiFi or Bluetooth or 4G/5G SMS / GPRS - it uses the LoRa comms protocol, it's basically Radio Frequency output that will broadcast for miles / kilometers - average of 2Km but if you live in a flat area it can reach 20Km. That's "free" comms between devices, passing "data", ie. small packets of text based data between devices, it's not built for audio or video (that "can" be done, but it's not the purpose). So when the world ends, or a nuke drops or a solar flare bursts and an EMP pulse fries all the electronic devices (you did store a bunch of these in a Faraday cage didn't you?) you'll still be able to have comms without using smoke signals. There's a bunch of YouTube videos about that sort of scenario - however, that's not what I was wanting to use it for. I actually just wanted to have co...