LoRa Raspberry Pi Gateway with Enclosure

SKU: WRL-14869 Brand: Sparkfun

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LoRa is a fantastic advancement in the field of wireless communication. The multi-kilometer distances are incredible! Point to point LoRa ihas been nailed down with various low cost Semtec based modules like the RFM95 but the true power of an open IoT network is LoRa gateways. These provide public access accross the globe to any LoRa node as long as the node follows the guidelines (donâ€™t use more than your share of bandwidth). But what gateway do you need?

The LoRa Raspberry Pi Gateway is a professional grade gateway with the hacker in mind. While other low cost gateways are a single channel, the LoRa Raspberry Pi Gateway comes with a fully heat-sinked concentrator capable of multi-channel, multi-node communication all running in a friendly, hackable Raspberry Pi environment.

The LoRa Raspberry Pi Gateway uses the high-power multichannel SX1301 processing engine specifically designed for LoRa gateways. If youâ€™re just experimenting with LoRa, a single channel gateway is a fine way to go; we offer the ESP32 1-Channel LoRa Gateway based on the SX1276/78 RFM95 module. But if youâ€™re planning on having multiple, public LoRa nodes youâ€™ll need a proper gateway.

Designed for the US and Australia, the 915MHz LoRa gateway comes fully assembled in a black anodized aluminum enclosure using the Raspberry Pi 3 as its backbone. Youâ€™ll need to provide your own microSD card. We recommend using Resin to create your Linux image. RAK Wireless (the makers of the gateway) have a well written tutorial guiding you through the setup. The gateway includes a 2dBi 915MHz antenna and a multi-frequency GNSS(GPS) antenna. If youâ€™d like to increase the LoRa range we have 2dBi Â½ wave and 6dBi antenna upgrades available.

Includes

Fully assembled gateway
- 915MHz LoRa concentrator shield
- GPS shield
- Raspberry Pi 3
- Aluminum enclosure
5.1V 2.5A microB US Power Supply
Magnetic mount GPS/GNSS antenna 1m with SMA
2dBi 915MHz LoRa compatible antenna

Features

LoRa Concentrator Engine: Semtech SX1301
Sensitivity: -142.5 dBm
Output power up to 350mW or 25.5dBm
Range up to 15 km (Line of Sight)
Designed for 915MHz US/Australia LoRA ISM band
2x SX1257 as Tx/Rx front-ends
Support 10 channels: 8 downlink, 1 uplink, 1 FSK
Temperature: -40 to 85 C
Sleek and compact anodized enclosure: 70 x 92 x 54mm
SMA connector for GPS/GNSS antenna
RP-SMA connector for 915MHz antenna

Documents

Getting the ProRF LoRa node on the The Things Network tutorial
RAK831 Pilot Gateway Product Datasheet
RAK831 Pilot Gateway User Manual. Includes a tutorial on how to setup the gateway for use on The Things Network (TTN).

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