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Seeed Studio · Dev board
Seeed Wio Tracker L1
Low-power GPS board with solar input; Meshtastic community favorite.
Meshtastic: officially supportedMeshCore: supported
Price not listedList price on seeedstudio.com, checked November 1, 2026
At a glance
Battery
Not included
GPS
Yes
Screen
OLED
Water resistance
Not listed
Chip
nRF52840 (low power)
List price
Not listed
Strengths
- GPS built in for sharing your position
- nRF52840 chip, which Meshtastic says uses less power than ESP32 boards
- Runs either Meshtastic or MeshCore
Trade-offs
- No battery included; check the connector before buying one
- Price not listed by the maker when we checked
Based on published specs, not hands-on testing.
Specifications
| Type | Dev board / tracker |
|---|---|
| Processor | nRF52840 |
| LoRa radio | SX1262 |
| US 915 MHz version | Yes (862-930 MHz (Meshtastic and Seeed).) |
| Screen | OLED 1.3 in (L1); E-ink 2.13 in (L1 E-Ink); none (L1 Lite) |
| Keyboard | No |
| GPS | Yes (L76K multi-GNSS.) |
| Battery | Battery connector for 3.7 V Li-ion (none integrated on bare L1) |
| Solar input | Yes (Solar panel connector; triple power input USB-C / solar / Li-ion.) |
| Wi-Fi | No |
| Bluetooth | BLE 5.0 |
| Water resistance | Not listed |
| List price | Not listed (Seeed product page did not display a price when fetched.) |
Checked November 1, 2026. "Not listed" means the maker and official docs don't state it.
Similar devices
- Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V3 / V3.1 Dev board, $17.90–$19.90
- Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V4 Dev board, $17.90–$27.50
- Heltec Wireless Tracker (V1.1) Dev board, $22.90
- Heltec Wireless Tracker V2 Dev board, $30.90
Compare Seeed Wio Tracker L1 with Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V3 / V3.1 and Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V4
Sources
- meshtastic.org/docs/hardware/devices/seeed-studio/wio-series/tracker-l1/
- meshtastic.org/docs/hardware/devices/
- seeedstudio.com/Wio-Tracker-L1-p-6453.html
- github.com/meshcore-dev/flasher.meshcore.io/blob/main/config.json
- github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore/tree/main/variants
- wiki.seeedstudio.com/wio_tracker_l1_node/
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