Today I received a new #RAKwireless toy based on #STM32 RAK3272-SiP breakout board.
Works like a charm on #meshcore
There is only the chip on the board (no regulator) but you can directly use a usb-serial converter to power it up and communicate with it ;)
🎙️ In the Network Ep. 1 is live!
We sat down with Ken Yu, CEO of RAKwireless, to talk about RAK’s journey, their role in the Meshtastic ecosystem, and what’s coming next.
Watch now: https://youtu.be/kGGa_2cmqNY
Wow, it seems like I just had a #RAKWireless current sensor go bad after about a month of use.
It was impeding current flow (thus stopping the battery from being charged) and when I swapped it out for a replacement, the replacement worked just fine.
And there's the #RAKwireless shipment email. Origin: China.
I guess we'll see how well this #meshtastic hardware fares in the new tariff regime, and whether tariffs are applied based on when the product was ordered or based on when the product hits the border.
I ordered a #meshtastic device from #RAKwireless, and have zero idea when it's going to show up. Shopify wants me to install an app to see tracking, and it's through a courier in any case. No idea how tariffs are going to impact the purchase, either.
Anyone have advice?
Once you get the right hardware (RAK4200) everything suddenly works as expected
#rak #lora #rakwireless #lorawan
Spent half a day trying to get uart2 on a RAK4600 to work, only to find out that contrary to the provided documentation it is not supported
#rak #lora #rakwireless #lorawan
My original plan was to use the RAK11300 RP2040 + SX1262 LoRa module to transmit air temp/hum/qual. data via LoRa.
... which works... but the RP2040 does not meet my power consumption targets. I knew it was not the most energy efficient uC, but hoped the RP2040 ecosystem would balance out the power insufficiencies...
In the end I decided to switch to another uC.
RAKWireless also offers the STM32WLE5 as a WisBlock module, so that's what I will try next. [1]
For proper debugging a STLink Debugger has been purchased recently ;-) Waiting for the module to arrive, though ⌛.
[1]: https://store.rakwireless.com/products/wisblock-core-module-rak3372
If you are in the #netherlands and interested in #lora and #meshtastic it’s time to celebrate because TinyTronics now has the full range of hardware and sensors from #RAKWireless in stock! No more excessive wait times or import fees to get your hands on the good stuff! https://www.tinytronics.nl/index.php?route=product/search&search=Rakwireless (not affiliated but I use this store quite a bit and highly recommend!)
RAK3172T in Arduino
As the RAK11300 did not really match my requirements (it uses way too much energy), I looked further and found the RAK3172 which is based on an STM32WLE5CCU6 - an STM32 chip which usually include good powersaving modes. As with the RAK11300, I did not want to go down the Wisblock way and designed my own breakout board:
This was act
https://www.nico-maas.de/?p=2693
#Computer #Hardware #LoRaWAN #ProductSpecific #Projects #Radiolib #RAK3172 #RAK3172T #RAKwireless #STM32
GeeekPi RPi 4G Hat for RAKwireless RAK5146 USB
In 2021 I started playing around with the SX1303 based RAKwirless RAK5146 USB LoRaWAN concentrator in mini-PCIe form factor ( 1, 2 ). Back at the time I used the RAK2287 Pi Hat which - even though the website states otherwise ("Note: RAK2287/RAK5146 Pi HAT is compatible only with the SPI version of the RAK2287 and RAK5146 LPWAN concentrators.") is actually compatible with t
https://www.nico-maas.de/?p=2678
#LoRaWAN #IoT #LoRaWAN #RAKwireless
Ordered some LoRa stuff this morning. Can't wait to try RAK Wireless's 11300 LoRa module with integrated RP2040 ARM microcontroller!
Added some NVRAM storage for LoRa state persistency, a temperature / humidity sensor and an E-ink display.
I'm planning to build a prototype for my own room climate sensor. If it all works out well, I will create my own circuit board and 3D printed case for that sensor.
#lora #loraWAN #rakWireless #maker #diy #electronics #wisBlock #theThingsNetwork #ttn #ttnMunich #rp2040
Morgen geht der LoraWAN Gateway in Puchheim wieder Online. Installation erfolgt morgen auf dem Hochhausdach.
#lora #lorawan #gateway #sensor #diy #rak #rakwireless
oh man, what a fun few hours! lol
I tried setting up my Meshtastic kit and had nothing but problems, lol
the short version is, the OLED faces the other way, over the switch on the 19001 board, in order to work
if you don't get this working, you'll frequently encounter, "Timed out waiting for connection completion" when connecting to it via USB
Thank you to someone on the @PrideRadioGroup Discord server for walking me through a few things 🙂
#meshtastic #WisBlock #RAK19007 battery #socket polarity wrong way round. What is best work-around if I want to keep plugging in batteries that I charge using the right polarity?
1) Cut the cables & swap the poles of my batteries & then adapt chargers' polarity round? Is that a fire risk if someone then puts in a normal polarity battery?
2) Soldering out socket & turning it round?
3) An adapter to be had?
4) Adapt the socket?
5) Adapt the battery plug?
https://store.rakwireless.com/products/rak19007-wisblock-base-board-2nd-gen
#rakwireless
Very light #node....perhaps... will it fly ...? #rakwireless #WisBlock #rak4631 #meshtastic #drone #drones #HolyStone #HS175D
RAK11300 Teardown
About a year ago I got some RAK11300 modules - which are a nice combination of an RP2040 alongside a SX1262 radio on one module - designed a breakout board - tested it - and quickly shelved it. Reason was that this module was somewhat Arduino compliant - as stated - however only with RAKwireless Arduino mbedOS Repo. Alongside of it being a bit.
https://www.nico-maas.de/?p=2607
#Computer #LoRaWAN #ProductSpecific #Projects #Arduino #LoRaWAN #RAK11300 #RAKwireless #RP2040
#RAKwireless #IoT Applications
I described the #WisBlock ecosystem in an eBook titled „IoT-Projects for Makers: with WisBlock from RAKwireless • just Click, Code & Connect • to the finished device.“
More info: https://ckblog2016.net/2023/10/05/rakwireless-iot-applications/
IoT-Projects for Makers with #WisBlock from #RAKwireless
The English version will be available from amazon.com on June 30, 2023. I hope that the readers will have as much fun working with the WisBlock modules as I had written this #eBook. The German version is already available as an eBook from amazon.de, and the printed version will follow in the next few days. 2023-06-28/CK
http://ckblog2016.net/2023/06/28/iot-projects-for-makers-with-wisblock-from-rakwireless/
My #solar-buffered #LoRaWAN-node works from March 2022.
Via this public link https://app.datacake.de/skript-verlag-kuhnel/devices/d/aa04221f-ae67-4932-9936-e7e10c04594c you can see the operation of this LoRaWAN-node.
Further applications based on #WisBlock from #RAKwireless are described in a new #eBook available at https://www.amazon.de/IoT-Projects-Makers-WisBlock-RAKwireless-finished-ebook/dp/B0C8VCF4DF.
