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Isn't the radio modem proprietary with a blob? https://archive.is/lEfpQ https://archive.is/lEfpQ
by GNU_James 6y ago
Isn't the radio modem proprietary with a blob?
https://archive.is/lEfpQ https://archive.is/lEfpQ
- duckfang 6y agoI believe so, yes. But in all seriousness a line has to be drawn somewhere about open source'ness. For example, there's a few ways to remediate that. My preferred is a reference Gnuradio flow that, with an SDR, allows for communication with their device network. Secondarily, open firmware would be good... but with open firmware still results in closed silicon (and not everyone has access to a fab!). Closed source isn't always enough to run me away. Closed and closable interoperability does.
- bigiain 6y agoYeah. Things get a little fuzzy this close to the hardware. The “open source” project is a (platform.io) project that runs on the ESP32 (or a few other similar enough) microcontroller. It controls the LoRa (totally closed) firmware on the LoRa components (and GPS as well). Even your Gnuradio setup has similar black box firmware underneath that it relies on (unless you’ve got to extraordinary lengths to ensure the machine it’s running in has no propitiatory firmware for things like disk/ssd controllers, USB controllers, battery management systems, etc. )