Status

Project Status as of June 30th, 2025

Node Hardware. The first batch of the mini-node hardware was sold out, a second build is under way. After this we will be switching to a new mini-node design, which will be announced soon.

Development of a new high speed transceiver is slated to begin in the fall. This will be fully backwards compatible with the mini-node, and will implement more complex orders of modulation for higher speeds.

The Nucleo CC2 board is also still fully supported. Using external jumpers it can be connected to a Pi, and the same software for the Pi Zero will run on it, as will the user interface.

Node Firmware. Firmware is currently at release 1.3. Recent additions are the generation of a local VPN address from an internal unique ID register in the processor, and an echo mode that can be used for verifying operation of a remote node.

User Interface. A user interface is in development that uses a web browser to view discovered nodes on the network and facilities at remote nodes. Included in this development is a method of using an IP400 node as a Virtual Private Network tunnel to enable IP traffic to be passed through it. A preliminary specification is available and a prototype is running on the AREDN mesh, for more information please use the contact form on the ADRCS main website.

Other Software. A packet dissector for Wireshark, written as a script using the Wireshark Generic Dissector, can interpret IP400 packets and do some rudimentary packet dissecting. This can be found on the Pi Disc image.