@carlrowan

Everyday post about LoRa, LoRaWAN and RAKwireless. LFG 🚀🚀🚀

Joined March 2011
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The advantage of LoRaWAN is range. Make sure your capitalizing on it and get the best coverage you can. Field Tester Plus allows you test your #LoRaWAN Network Coverage. Check it out on #RAK booth in Embedded World!
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Innovations are welcome in LoRaWAN. If you see a problem, solve it. Here's an outdoor gateway without outdoor antenna. Peculiar approach. That's WisGate SOHO. It is very common to see outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway with outdoor antenna attached with it. #lora #lorawan #rakwireless
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WisGate SOHO provides alternative approach to outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway deployment. Ideal on deployment that doesn't need city wide deployment but focused deployments - small farms, green houses, construction site, public parks, etc.
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Pair with Battery Plus and solar panel, you have a portable outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway in your LoRaWAN hardware arsenal. Don't forget to visit RAK Booth in Embedded World!
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Downlink means sending commands back to your LoRaWAN end-device. This is the RAK9105 LoRaWAN DC Remote Switch which can reset your 12V/9V/USB-C powered devices and equipment (CCTV, accesspoint, etc) or any DC powered load. #lora #lorawan #rak #rakwireless
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The RAK9105 accept those downlink payload then allows you to switch ON-OFF USB power and DC powerline in barrel jack connector. Powered by the very popular RAK3172, this is a versatile piece of tool that can be handy on some projects.
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WisBlock by @rakwireless is essentially a modular IoT hardware that solves the problem of unreliable headers. It is secured by tiny screws and uses board-to-board connector. Depending on your use case, you can combine different modules to achieve your desired output #lora #iot
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WisBlock composed of three main parts (the animation shows them): Base (RAK19007) with built in battery charger, solar connector and USB cable. Core (RAK4631) combines MCU + RF Sensor (RAK12027) like an earthquake sensor
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WisBlock has over a hundred modules that you can combine together. Check the entire collection here - store.rakwireless.com/collec…
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For a successful LoRaWAN project, you need software tools that will help you deploy a reliable LoRaWAN Network. That's the WisGate OS2 and WisDM of @rakwireless #lora #lorawan #rak #rakwireless
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The very first packet you'll receive in LoRaWAN is not the sensor payload. It is the RF signal RSSI and SNR which is part of the join uplink, a useful metadata. - Assessing RF conditions. - Adjusting datarate. - Stability of your join attempts. #lora #lorawan
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If I back 10 years ago, Arduino is the equivalent of Vibe coding in the Hardware/Embedded domain. Embedded software engineers have huge resistance against Arduino including me. I am a PIC user before the era of Arduino. Can you use Arduino for production?
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Of course, senior engineers already has a "feel", an "intuition" that they developed a long the way that goes beyond measured values, test result, etc.
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I am seeing this now on AI guided development of software. I use claude code, cursor, replit, lovable, firebase studio, etc., to experiment on AI, nothing serious. Just personal tools. But I see the same trajectory.
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The easiest way to check LoRaWAN coverage is having one LoRaWAN Gateway and one @rakwireless Field Tester Plus store.rakwireless.com/produc… Why? Let me explain.
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2. There is no cloud backend happen, all is processes is happening on the WisGate OS2 of your LoRaWAN Gateway. You need to run the extension to one LoRaWAN Gateway (WisGate Edge) and you can basically do coverage mapping anywhere.
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3. RAK10701-Plus Field Tester doesn't need internet to work. No SIM card. NO BLE. Just plain display and few touch. PS, RAK team will be in Embedded World, checkout the Field Tester and the new Field Tester Pad in our big booth. #lora #lorawan #rak #rakwireless
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