Is your PINE64 RSS feed sad and lumpy? (It doesn't contain the full blog post, only a description) Well we have great news for you! We now publish the full blog post in your RSS feed (that's 65% more blog post per blog post!), don't know why it wasn't like that before, but there we go.
If you don't see this change already please update your RSS feed: pine64.org/blog/index.xml
Also appending the previous update with some new content in a blog post: pine64.org/2026/05/18/may_2026…
The PineDio USB LoRa Adapter is at the focus of a new effort to begin progress on potential new LoRa devices. MeshCore is the current protocol target for the USB LoRa Adapter along with help from the pyMC_core library project.
The current problem with the device is that the crystal oscillator is heating up too much and can cause clock frequency drifting instability. In a nutshell that means your messages come out garbled. This may eventually be fixed with a TXCO (Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator) to maintain a stable clock frequency.
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Quick update: May 2026
The PineVoice HA speaker is in the final stages as production begins, new PineTime revision to replace EOL display part, new PineTime Pro samples have been received by community developers, LoRa hardware development kicks up again along with other im…PINE64
