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It's extremely long range for low-power devices. LORA is mostly used for sensors, trackers and other miniature, usually battery/solar powered devices that need
by ivanhoe 7y ago
It's extremely long range for low-power devices. LORA is mostly used for sensors, trackers and other miniature, usually battery/solar powered devices that need to run for months or sometimes years unmaintained.
- tlrobinson 7y agoAlso, very small antennas, especially compared to typical HF antennas (sometimes the entire 60+ ft backstay on a sailboat, for example)
- windexh8er 7y agoFor those interested in playing around PyCom (MicroPython devices) are great. As an example the LoPy 4 supports LoRa, Sigfox, Bluetooth and Wifi. https://pycom.io/product/lopy4/ https://pycom.io/product/lopy4/
- therein 7y agoI got one of those but only having one. I can think of some uses for it if I had two but with only one, couldn't do much with it.
- windexh8er 7y agoKeep in mind that's not exactly true. There are gateways that can be used such as "The Things Network": https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/ https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/