RNode Firmware
Turns a LoRa board into an RNode radio for Reticulum, the encrypted network that runs over any link.
Chipnik catalog@chipnik-catalogWhat you need
- Board
- One of 4 boards: Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V3, LilyGO T-Beam, LilyGO T-Deck and 1 more
- Parts
- LoRa antenna for your region
RNode Firmware turns a LoRa board into a radio interface for Reticulum, a cryptographic network stack that works over LoRa, packet radio, Wi-Fi or serial links. Plug the RNode into a computer or phone running Reticulum and chat with Sideband or MeshChat over kilometres of air, end to end encrypted. Original project by markqvist on GitHub, GPL-3.0. Chipnik hosts the release binaries unchanged so you can flash them from the browser.
After flashing, set the frequency and other radio parameters from the computer with the rnodeconf tool, or let Sideband do it. The build also writes the RNode web console with Reticulum manuals to the file system partition.
Firmware files come from the 1.86 release.
Parts
Buy everything for this project
- LilyGO T-DeckBuyLilyGO
- LilyGO T-BeamBuyLilyGO
- Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V3BuyAliExpress
- Seeed XIAO ESP32S3BuySeeed Studio
After flashing
From the author’s guide:
- After flashing, set the frequency and other radio parameters from the computer with the rnodeconf tool, or let Sideband do it. The build also writes the RNode web console with Reticulum manuals to the file system partition.
Versions
1.86.0 added to Chipnik 2026-11-05
Release 1.86 of markqvist/RNode_Firmware, files unchanged. Release notes on GitHub
