LoRaWAN with ProRF and The Things Network
Contributors:
Nick Poole
Nick Poole 
Resources and Going Further
Now that you know all about LoRaWAN, how will you use it? There are a few hookup guides that can help you get started with the SparkX Pro RF - LoRa®-enabled 915MHz board. While support is limited for SparkX products, these should get you moving in the right direction.
- Pro Micro Hookup Guide
- RFM69 Hookup Guide - This is the hookup guide for the RFM69 breakout board. The RFM95W module used on the SparkX Pro RF - LoRa® enabled board is in essence a drop in for the RFM69 module with 2 additional GPIO pins to enable LoRa®. Also be aware that the two use different libraries.
Even more resources:
- The Things Network: LoRaWAN™
- LoRa Alliance™
- LoRa and Pycom
- The Things Industries
- LMIC-Arduino GitHub Repository
- IFTTT
- Wikipedia: Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK)
Need inspiration? Feel free to check out some of the following tutorials!
IoT Tutorials
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Qwiic ToF Imager - VL53L5CX Hookup Guide
Hookup Guide for the Qwiic ToF Imager - VL53L5CX
Wireless Tutorials
Copernicus II Hookup Guide
A guide for how to get started with the Copernicus II GPS module.
Setting up a Raspberry Pi 3 as an Access Point
This guide will show you how to configure a Raspberry Pi as an access point and connect it to your local Ethernet network to share Internet to other WiFi devices.
ESP32 LoRa 1-CH Gateway, LoRaWAN, and the Things Network
Using the ESP32 LoRa 1-CH Gateway as a gateway and device, and pushing data to The Things Network.
SparkFun LoRa Gateway 1-Channel Hookup Guide
How to setup and use the LoRa Gateway 1-Channel in Arduino.
Or check out this blog post for even more fun inspiration!