📖 Start Here — IoT & Sensors Guide

This book covers using LoRa mesh as the communication layer for sensor networks - environmental monitoring, smart agriculture, asset tracking, and data pipeline integration. Most of the detailed sensor-telemetry workflows here are built on Meshtastic; MeshCore's sensor support is newer and more limited (see the MeshCore Sensors section below for an honest summary of what it can and can't do).

🚀 Quick Start by Goal

• Just want temperature/humidity from my nodes: Meshtastic Telemetry Module (in Meshtastic book)
• Build a custom sensor node: Building an Environmental Sensor Node
• Get data into Grafana: MQTT to InfluxDB and Grafana
• Water quality / flood monitoring: Water Quality and Flood Monitoring Networks
• Air quality monitoring: Air Quality and Environmental Monitoring Networks

📚 What's In This Book

Sensor Node Hardware

• Sensor Node Hardware Selection
• Building an Environmental Sensor Node
• Solar-Powered Sensor Node Deployment

Data Pipelines

• MQTT to InfluxDB and Grafana
• MQTT Integration for Sensor Data
• MeshCore Sensor Data Integration
• Home Assistant and Node-RED Integration

Application Guides

• Environmental Monitoring with Meshtastic
• Remote Asset Tracking
• Building a Mesh Weather Station Network
• Field Sensor Deployment Guide

Real-World Projects

• Water Quality and Flood Monitoring Networks
• Air Quality and Environmental Monitoring Networks

MeshCore Sensors

MeshCore sensor support is an evolving, compile-time capability - there is no standalone "Sensor" firmware variant, adverts do not carry sensor readings, and telemetry is pulled via a request/response protocol. Read these pages for an honest, scoped overview rather than a turnkey workflow:

• MeshCore Sensor Nodes - what compile-time sensor support actually is, how telemetry is delivered, and the real meshcore_py data path
• MeshCore Sensor CLI Reference - the real sensor get / sensor set / sensor list commands

➡️ Related Books

• Meshtastic - Telemetry module and MQTT integration
• Room Servers & Gateways - MQTT gateways and Node-RED
• Solar & Power Systems - Powering remote sensor nodes