MeshCoreNG
MeshCoreNG is a Next Gen variant of MeshCore. It builds on the existing firmware and protocol to make repeaters smarter in dense networks — without breaking compatibility with existing clients.
What is different from MeshCore?
MeshCoreNG adds:
- Dense-mesh controls — tune how aggressively repeaters forward flood adverts.
- Dense stats — real-time network telemetry per repeater.
- Bridge firmware — TCP, RS232 and ESP-NOW bridge variants for controlled transport between selected RF deployments.
- RS232 bridge — connect repeaters without WiFi through a USB relay script or a direct wired UART link.
- Web flasher — browser flashing and firmware downloads backed by GitHub Release assets.
- Regional tooling — Dutch region lookup data and region profile support for deployments that need scoped forwarding.
- Better channel detection — hardware CAD scan before transmitting.
- Power saving and battery guards — configurable sleep plus low-battery boot/runtime protection.
- Malformed chat filtering — sanitize companion chat display and drop malformed public chat at repeaters by default without breaking binary payloads.
- Atlas foundation — disabled-by-default telemetry structures for future topology, observer and network-health tools.
Everything else stays the same. Existing MeshCore clients, apps and firmware keep working.