Purpose: A catalog of the specific hardware stacks and software configurations required to build the Hybrid Event Network.

• The “Adafruit Universe”: Overview of the modular hardware selected for the project.
• Device Roles:
  • The Master Gateway: Specifications for the Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 equipped with an Adafruit LoRa Radio Bonnet to run meshtasticd and bridge traffic.
  • Mobile Nodes: Wearable stacks for staff using the Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Express and LoRa Radio Wing.
  • Media “Triggers”: Setup for Prop/Scenery nodes using Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W units to monitor for cues.
• Configuration Steps:
  • MQTT Broker: Setting up the cloud server (e.g., Mosquitto) to manage traffic topics like meshtastic/location_A/cues.
  • Channel Settings: Creating secondary channels like MEDIA_CUES with “High Reliability” settings (slower speed, error correction).