How New Long-Range Radios Will Change the Internet of Things

Re:How New Long-Range Radios Will Change the Internet of Things by dconrad on Thursday October 29, 2015 @04:50PM (#10474183)

For LoRa, check out Multitech, LinkLabs, and Libelium. Semtech has a development board, too, though it would need to be paired with a microcontroller. Warning that most of this stuff is not for the faint of heart -- you need to be ready to dive into datasheets, bring up radio drivers, etc.

For Sigfox, if you're not in an area with a Sigfox network, there's not much you can do. But TI has some killer FSK dev boards. http://www.ti.com/tool/smartrftrxebk and http://www.ti.com/tool/cc1101cc1190emk915

Ingenu has radio modules and dev boards, but I don't think they're set up to sell single-unit quantity.

If you're in San Francisco, we're making a going to be distributing dev boards that will work out of the box and come with a bunch of sensors. Just sign up on our website: www.beepnetworks.com

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Re:How New Long-Range Radios Will Change the Internet of Things by kazazes on Thursday October 29, 2015 @06:34PM (#10474868)

If you haven't lost your faith in Kickstarter yet, this project has $180k committed. A €40 pledge will get you a LoRa board and €200 for a LoRa gateway and what is essentially a demo dongle.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/419277966/the-things-ne...

Edit: fat thumbs, on mobile.

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Re:How New Long-Range Radios Will Change the Internet of Things by dconrad on Thursday October 29, 2015 @07:57PM (#10475358)

I love those guys go support them! But you will have to wait a while for their hardware.

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