Tag: LoRa
SparkFun LoRaSerial Kit Boosts The Range of Your Transmission
The SparkFun LoRaSerial Kit is a great way to transmit data over LoRa, providing you with a range far greater than that of WiFi or Bluetooth®. We've been able to successfully transmit data over a 9mi (15km) line-of-sight using two LoRaSerial radios with a larger 5.8dBi antenna on the...
Continue Reading433 MHz is alive! Communicating with 433 MHz sensors using an ESP32 board and LoRa module.
While Matter, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Zwave may get all the press these days, 433 MHz was the simple yet reliable technology that our sensors and devices relied on before they became popular. Given the wide range of applications for the 433 MHz, generalizations regarding the technology are...
Continue ReadingArduino announced two LoRa devices in collaboration with RAKwireless
Arduino and RAKwireless have collaborated to announce the launch of two industrial-grade LoRa devices– WisGate Edge Lite 2 and WisGate Edge Pro. RAKwireless WisGate offers a cost-efficient solution and acts as an LPWAN base station with multiple backhaul connectivity options. The...
Continue ReadingSeeed Studio teases WiLoBLIno, gets Seeed LoRa-E5 and ESP32 for rapid prototyping
Chinese embedded device manufacturer, Seeed Studio, along with Antonio Cotos Facal, CTO of Black Device have designed a WiLoBLIno hardware platform fueled by the in-house Seeed Studio’s LoRa-E5 and ESP32 modules. WiLoBLIno name is derived from Wi-Fi (Wi), LoRa (Lo), Bluetooth (BL), and...
Continue ReadingSemtech LoRa Edge LR1120 Designed for Worldwide Asset Tracking
California-based Semtech Corporation, the provider of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, will now support worldwide asset tracking on its LoRa Edge Platform. LoRa has been a popular choice for manufacturers for asset tracking in industrial and commercial settings,...
Continue ReadingDIY CircuitMess Chatter Uses LoRa Connectivity for Text Messaging
Satellite messaging devices have been around for several decades and with the introduction of various energy-efficient wireless technologies, many hobbyists and startups designed smartphone-like messaging devices, one being CircuitMess’ Chatter that uses LoRa communication and does...
Continue ReadingFeather-sized Challenger RP2040 LoRa with improved wireless connectivity
Released a few months earlier, the Challenger RP2040 Wi-Fi board comes in an Adafruit Feather form factor integrated with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller with 8MB of flash and a Wi-Fi radio. "This is a spin-off from our Challenger RP2040 Wi-Fi board, but...
Continue ReadingMeet the Coin-Sized GPS Cat Tracker – the Katzen Tracker
Cats are adorable creatures but with a knack for wandering and getting lost every now and then, so much that a common desire among owners is usually to have a reliable way to track them. While a host of adaptable tracking solutions exist, German Engineer, Gerhard Peter felt this is...
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