On Aug 7, 2026, at 11:24 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Greetings, > > Would I be able to propose another project? I am really interested in > radio networking, especially LoRa and LoRaWAN. Specifically, I would > like to use Plan 9, Raspberry PIs, and LoRa devices for low-cost > emergency communications in very remote areas without reliable cell > service. My goal is to create a cheap setup with applications in the > emergency medical services where I live (forested mountains with awful > cell service, very rural population, and no line of sight). Ideally I > want to be able to call an ambulance and provide geolocation data with > $50 of electronics without the use of a phone.
One suggestion to write a 9p server that provides access to all of the features (or as many as you care about) of a low cost LoRa board via 9p. Then a pi zero2 or some such can connect to it via its serial port or usb or whatever and mount its 9p accessible devices. So your "emergency service app" runs on the pi but the low level stuff is on the LoRa board. This would be a standalone 9p based server but no less complex compared to one running under plan9. For each such "embedded device" add a <device>/help entry to describe what that device does and how to use it. Such a server can then be the template for other esp32 based boards! [No idea how hard this is but this is what I'd want. Eventually to build a HomeAssistant like app around 9p!] > > I don't follow 9front much, so I'm OK if they don't accept my code. I'm > more interested in working from Richard Miller's Plan 9 port for the > rpi, that is what I have setup on my rpi zero 2. I am also running 4th > edition P9 virtualized with some limited patches from 9legacy. > > One caveat is I'm not a traditional computer science/engineer student. > I'm currently studying medicine. I probably need to demonstrate that my > use of Plan 9 has some useful medical application somewhere. (I need a > good excuse for spending the summer working on Plan 9 instead of in the > bio lab.) ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T46370b0d2f10b254-M925e40c2eda5f6a79ae7df2a Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
