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LoRaWAN®: In the News with AWS

Posted by Katy Koenen on Dec 16, 2020 12:00:00 AM

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This week Semtech and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a collaborative effort, resulting in a new offering from AWS that integrates LoRaWAN® network connectivity with AWS IoT Core: AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN. A new way for customers to connect and manage wireless devices via the Amazon Cloud, AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN builds on the open LoRaWAN networking specification, which, in turn, is based on Semtech’s LoRa® chipsets.

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

Enhancing Asset Tracking with the LoRa® SX1303 Fine Timestamp Feature

Posted by Devesh Katta on Dec 14, 2020 12:00:00 AM

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As cities develop, the number of traceable assets continues to grow. Similarly, as physical asset management becomes increasingly difficult, the need for more efficient methods is growing.

Semtech recently launched the new LoRa SX1303 baseband processor. Smaller and more efficient than the SX1301, the SX1303 processor also introduces a new feature: Fine Timestamp. This feature provides an efficient solution that enables network-centric geolocation asset tracking—without the need for a power-hungry and expensive GPS.

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, Asset Tracking, LoRaWAN, Fine Timestamp

Hackathon for a Better City

Posted by Diego Sandoval on Dec 8, 2020 12:00:00 AM

The third edition of the makezurich.ch Hackathon For A Better City, an event that brought together the local maker community and the city administration, took place between 23-31 October in Zurich, Switzerland. The event—which, due to COVID-19 restrictions was held in a hybrid modality: both virtual and in-person—attracted roughly 100 participants working on 17 projects across seven different challenges.

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, LoRaWAN

Introducing Semtech’s Network Server

Posted by Steven Hegenderfer on Nov 30, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Semtech’s LoRa® developer ecosystem team is always listening to our developers to better understand your wants and needs. We work to create content and tools that help you in your efforts to bring Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to life with LoRa chipsets and the open LoRaWAN® protocol.

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

Build Your First Device Featuring LoRa®

Posted by Katy Koenen on Nov 30, 2020 12:00:00 AM

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Just getting started developing Internet of Things (IoT) solutions with Semtech’s LoRa® ICs? Interested in how to build and deploy a device? We have a great technical paper that will walk you through how to build a device from scratch using off-the-shelf components.

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, Internet of Things

Expert Series: Testing Devices Featuring LoRa® [How To]

Posted by Sebastien Lebreton on Nov 9, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Sebastien Lebreton, Principal Applications Engineer at Semtech, has been building and testing devices  featuring LoRa® chips for eight years. An expert in the field, he has been working with wireless technologies since 2001, and has regularly been called upon to teach engineers across the LoRa developer ecosystem how to be successful in this arena.


Over the years, I have explained how to test devices with LoRa® chipsets a dozen times or more during seminars, workshops and in informal meetings with customers. The need to write and publish these recommendations for the benefit of the industry has become more than apparent. So, sit back, enjoy a cup of coffee and read on.

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, LoRaWAN, LoRa Testing

Getting to Know LoRa Basics™ Station

Posted by Katy Koenen on Oct 26, 2020 12:00:00 AM

In the How to Use LoRa Basics™ Station technical paper from Semtech, Anton Beitler provides in introduction to LoRa Basics Station including:

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers

Introducing the LoRa Cloud™ Services

Posted by Katy Koenen on Oct 19, 2020 12:00:00 AM

The LoRa Cloud™ collection of services are designed to ease the development of common tasks related to LoRaWAN® networks and LoRa®-based devices. Currently, this suite of services includes the following:

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers, LoRaWAN Deployment

Making the World a Better Place: #IoTforGood Contest Winners

Posted by Katy Koenen on Sep 1, 2020 12:00:00 AM

As you may recall, in May of this year Helium, Semtech, Arm, STMicroelectronics, and the global developer community at Hackster.io teamed up to give developers a little extra incentive build LoRa®-based Internet of Things (IoT) applications using connected devices designed to make the world a better place.

Overall, there were 335 registrants, contributing a total of 46 qualified contest entries, covering a variety of themes, such as:
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Tags: LoRa Developers, Internet of Things, LoRaWAN

Shape the Future of the LoRa® Developer Portal

Posted by Katy Koenen on Jul 27, 2020 10:46:16 AM

We launched the LoRa® Developer Portal a little more than a year ago. Our goal was to provide a central hub for developers and solution providers in the LoRa ecosystem; a place to find education and training materials, best practices, user guides, and more. To this end, we have been providing the following resources:

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Tags: LoRa, LoRa Developers