ChatterBox Off-Grid Secure Mesh Texting Device
A project in Berne, IN by Matthew Calhoun000days
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Securely send messages locally, without using internet, cell service, or any other centralized service. Be ready for grid down!
Backers: 32
Average Pledge Per Backer: $137
Funded: $4,385 of $32,000
Dates: Jul 26th -> Aug 25th (30 days)
Project By: Matthew Calhoun
Backers: 32
Average Pledge Per Backer: $137
Funded: $4,385 of $32,000
Dates: Jul 26th -> Aug 25th (30 days)
Project By: Matthew Calhoun
$4,385
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 25 @ 18:09 -0400 GMT
13%
of goal
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Latest News
Anti-Jamming, Frequency Hopping, and Packet Striping 
August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
This is a little bit technical, but I wanted to provide some interesting RF-related details about ChatterBox that I haven't yet documented anywhere else. These are a couple of features that have very recently been added and are currently being field... (Read More)
FCC Lab Testing to Begin This Week
August 4th - via: kickstarter.com
In an effort to compress the delivery timeline, I have gone ahead and secured the funds to begin FCC licensure testing for ChatterBox at with a major approved test vendor. This should shorten the delivery timeline by at least 4 weeks, if all goes... (Read More)
ChatterBox Firmware Now Partially Open Source
July 31st - via: kickstarter.com
I have partially open-sourced the ChatterBox firmware. The ChatterBox firmware is split up into two repos. Most of the hardware interactions (user interaction, graphics, control flow, etc) happen within the ChatterDevices code, which is what I have... (Read More)
Mesh Graph Visualization Tool and Source Code Available
July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
I have publicly released the source code for ChatterAnalyze, a small and simple python-based app that lets you connect (via USB) to a PC or Mac to any running ChatterBox and visualize that ChatterBox’s live view of the mesh graph using the... (Read More)
ChatterBox User Manual Early Release
July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
The ChatterBox user manual is very much a work in progress, but you can get an early release of it here. The goal is for ChatterBox to be so intuitive to use that you don't ever need to look at the manual or even understand how it works. But, if... (Read More)
More Field Teseting
July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
As it happens, there is a local festival going on in my tiny home town, where helicopter rides were available. So I grabbed a couple of ChatterBoxes and got in a short but sweet 30 minutes of testing. During this time, the ChatterBox I brought was... (Read More)
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