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0 pointsivanhoe6y ago0 comments

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.

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windexh8er6y ago· 2 in thread

For 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/

therein6y ago

I 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.

windexh8er6y ago

Keep in mind that's not exactly true. There are gateways that can be used such as "The Things Network": https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/

tlrobinson6y ago

Also, very small antennas, especially compared to typical HF antennas (sometimes the entire 60+ ft backstay on a sailboat, for example)

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