<div dir="ltr"><div>Nice descriptive reply there...</div><div><br></div>Not quite sure why we're talking about LoRa in the Australian <b>APRS</b> list, but anyway...<div><div><br></div><div>Cheap LoRa Arduino Shield: <a href="https://www.seeedstudio.com/Dragino-LoRa-Shield-support-433M-frequency-p-2672.html">https://www.seeedstudio.com/Dragino-LoRa-Shield-support-433M-frequency-p-2672.html</a>  (similar available for 915 MHz).</div><div>LoRa Raspberry Pi Shield: <a href="http://www.dragino.com/products/module/item/106-lora-gps-hat.html">http://www.dragino.com/products/module/item/106-lora-gps-hat.html</a><br></div><div>... and probably something similar available from Jaycar, I guess?</div><div><br></div><div>We've been using LoRa modules in the Project Horus 'flight termination' payload (which also has GPS tracking) for a few years now. We run them on the 434 MHz ISM band at 25mW, for command & control of the cutdown mechanism (nichrome wire). We have a whole ecosystem of software based around communicating with the cutdown payload and transferring data around the chase car's network.</div></div><div>Ground Station: <a href="https://github.com/projecthorus/HorusGroundStation">https://github.com/projecthorus/HorusGroundStation</a></div><div>Payload: <a href="https://github.com/projecthorus/FlexTrack-Horus">https://github.com/projecthorus/FlexTrack-Horus</a></div><div><br></div><div>Quite a few libraries around to talk to the LoRa ICs (usually a Semtech SX127x series chip). </div><div>Python Library for use on a Raspberry Pi: <a href="https://github.com/mayeranalytics/pySX127x">https://github.com/mayeranalytics/pySX127x</a></div><div>Arduino Library: <a href="http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/arduino/RadioHead/">http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/arduino/RadioHead/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately the LoRa modulation scheme is patented, so use of it on the amateur radio band is a bit contentious. At the very least, there's a reverse engineered gnuradio library available: <a href="https://github.com/BastilleResearch/gr-lora">https://github.com/BastilleResearch/gr-lora</a></div><div><br></div><div>73</div><div>Mark VK5QI</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Andrew Rich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net" target="_blank">vk4tec@tech-software.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Jaycar<br><br><div id="m_4331246479484953885AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On 7 Nov 2017, at 5:13 pm, Justin Albury <<a href="mailto:justin@jacomms.com" target="_blank">justin@jacomms.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>






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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Whats involved in (hardware) for the LoRA projects??<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Justin Albury<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 7 November 2017 11:50 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Playing with GPS / Arduino and LoRA 915 MHz modules <u></u><u></u></p>
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