Build your
own node.

Every xTAK product runs on a carry-anywhere appliance you can build yourself. These are our reference hardware builds — the exact nodes we run, with full parts lists, substitution notes, and step-by-step build guides. Pick the node that fits the mission, source the parts, and put a self-contained TAK network in a case.

CHOOSE YOUR NODE

Reference build

Scout

Smallest · Pi Zero 2 W

The lightest node — a pocket-to-pack Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W running digiTAK, offline maps, and GPS for a single operator on the move.

digiTAKmbtileserver

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Reference build

Patrol

Medium · team / mobile

The everyday node. Battery-powered netTAK mesh with GPS timing and an external-antenna option — built to move with a team.

netTAK Meshmbtileserver

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Reference build

Basecamp

Largest · site / whole-suite

The do-everything node. Dual-USB expansion drives cameras, mmWave sensing, and the digiTAK, sdrTAK & loraTAK radios — one box runs the whole suite.

netTAK MeshdigiTAKsdrTAKloraTAKmbtileserver

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New to these builds? Patrol and Basecamp run on a Raspberry Pi 4B, the Scout on a smaller Pi Zero 2 W — each in a field case running the xTAK software you license. The one part we sell directly is the Wi-Fi HaLow radio (Vantron VT-USB-AH-8108), required only for netTAK Mesh — everything else is off-the-shelf and linked in each build's parts list.

SOFTWARE SUPPORT

What runs
where.

Every build runs netTAK Standalone and mbtileserver out of the box. Beyond that, each node runs the packages below — just add the small plug-in device each one needs.

Scout

digiTAK · digirig

Patrol

netTAK Mesh · HaLow

Basecamp

netTAK Mesh · HaLow digiTAK · digirig sdrTAK · RTL-SDR loraTAK · Meshtastic

Scout is the digiTAK node, Patrol the netTAK Mesh node, and Basecamp runs all four — on their own or several at once.

Build yourown node.

Scout

Patrol

Basecamp

What runswhere.

Build your
own node.

What runs
where.