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Taking Your Application Beyond the Sidewalk: The Longest Range Mode of Amazon’s New Protocol, Amazon Sidewalk

Posted by Tim Cooper on Mar 28, 2023 6:04:00 AM

Amazon Sidewalk is enabling new services to help benefit everyone, from locating lost items to extending the range of smart devices and beyond by harnessing the limitless possibilities of developer and community innovation.

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, Smart Homes & Buildings, Smart Cities, Smart Homes, AWS, Amazon Sidewalk

Amazon Sidewalk is Open for Developers

Posted by Steven Hegenderfer on Mar 28, 2023 6:02:00 AM

Discover the Power of Amazon Sidewalk and LoRa® Technology for IoT Solutions

With today’s announcement of Amazon Sidewalk, developers can now independently and rapidly create new Sidewalk-enabled devices with access to a new Amazon Sidewalk developer portal, coverage maps and new partner SDKs.

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, Smart Homes & Buildings, Smart Cities, Smart Homes, AWS, Amazon Sidewalk

Semtech and Everynet Provide Free Network Access to the Semtech Network Server

Posted by Steven Hegenderfer on Mar 24, 2023 8:00:00 AM

The LoRa Developer Portal provides developers tools to help them create their LoRa® and LoRaWAN® solutions. From offers like the Academy for LoRaWAN to our hands-on labs and technical documentation, thousands of developers every week rely on Semtech to provide information to help them realize their IoT visions.

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, LoRaWAN, Semtech Network Server

LoRa® Developer Portal: Now in Chinese!

Posted by Steven Hegenderfer on Dec 14, 2021 12:00:00 AM

Truly a global technology, LoRa® and the LoRaWAN® standard have universal appeal. We see and hear developers all over the world talking about — and using — LoRa and LoRaWAN to solve all manner of issues addressable through the Internet of Things (IoT) in the regions where they live and work.

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Tags: LoRa Developers, China

A Brand New Experience Created By Developers, For Developers

Posted by Steven Hegenderfer on Nov 9, 2021 5:35:23 AM

Thanks to your input and feedback, we have completely overhauled the LoRa Developer Portal to make it easier for you to find what you need when using LoRa® and LoRaWAN® to create your Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.

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Tags: LoRa Developers

UPDATED: Recent Developments in Long Range IoT

Posted by Roelof Koopmans on Sep 1, 2021 12:08:37 PM

LoRaWAN® has become a leading wireless protocol for many Internet of Things (IoT) applications that require long range wireless connectivity in combination with ultra-low power consumption. Many massive IoT applications are only economically viable when the batteries in the sensors, trackers or other devices can last years , in some cases even more than 10 years.

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, Internet of Things, LoRaWAN

Achieving ESG Compliance With LoRa

Posted by Byron BeMiller on Aug 23, 2021 12:00:00 AM

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In this video from The Things Conference, I explain how to use LoRa® and LoRaWAN® to achieve Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals and requirements. Environmental requirements include tasks such as monitoring and managing greenhouse gasses and biodiversity. Social goals often include issues related to human rights and animal welfare. Governance goals include management structures, employee safety, and related topics.

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, Smart Buildings, LoRaWAN, ESG Compliance, Facilities

A Full Duplex LoRaWAN® Gateway for the U.S. 915MHz ISM Band

Posted by Steve Lee on Jun 21, 2021 12:00:00 AM

 

The LoRa® Corecell Full-Duplex gateway reference design is a highly integrated indoor and outdoor gateway solution designed specifically for the U.S.s 915MHz ISM band. This full-duplex gateway design makes it possible to expand network capacity for outdoor and indoor applications, such as smart metering, smart offices, smart buildings, and smart factories. Moreover, it increases the capacity of networks with fewer gateways, thus providing cost savings for end customers when compared to cellular charges.

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, Internet of Things, LoRaWAN, Gateway

Introducing Semtech's New LoRa® Developer Learning Center

Posted by Steven Hegenderfer on Feb 26, 2021 9:06:36 AM

In an effort to provide more great content and guidance to developers, the Semtech’s LoRa developer ecosystem team is proud to launch our new Learning Center!

The Learning Center consists of three main pillars for developers:
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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, LoRaWAN Deployment, LoRaWAN

Becoming a Better Listener: The SX1302 Gateway Reference Design

Posted by Devesh Katta & Tim Cooper on Jan 25, 2021 7:57:29 AM

An increasingly important aspect of operating a LoRaWAN network in a shared ISM band is avoiding interference from existing devices operating in the same band, and minimizing the interference caused to other users of the spectrum. To help network operators achieve this, Semtech is introducing two new features to the SX1302 LoRa Corecell gateway reference design: Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) and Spectral Scan.

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, Gateway