Need help getting started
I've been interested in meshtastic for some months but never bought anything to get started, I don't know a lot about electronics so I didn't want to waste money, but now that it's summer maybe I can learn about it and build my own.
I was looking at the heltec vision master 290 but I read there's better devices regarding battery use than ESP32, I also would like to connect a keyboard to it to use it without the need of a phone and idk if it would work
To summarize, all I think I might need and would appreciate reccomendations:
- A board with low battery usage
- Compatible battery
- A compatible screen if the board doesn't have one (E ink preferably)
- Compatible keyboard (small)
Where's the best place to get those parts? Could I repurpose something from old hardware?
I know I could buy a ready to use device with all I want but I think this could be an opportunity to learn and I don't want the easy route or pay that much (I want it to be easy lmao but you get me, yay, learning stuff)
Edit: I'm from europe if it's important to the reccs