Thanks to the work of RTP from Privacy & Tech Tips, our gateways are already fully functional, and the setup process is as simple as flashing Armbian to a SD card or eMMC module and running the script. Voila! that’s it, you’re done.
Lastly, our friends at RAKwireless do not only have a highly qualified engineering team but also a large, friendly and active community consisting of staff, contributors and end users. María Hernández from RAKwireless, whom I’d like to thank for getting me up-to-speed on everything related to LoRa®, has been both very welcoming and exceedingly helpful in getting me acquainted with their company and community. She’s awesome.
If you’re interested in RAKwireless, and in applications of their technology, then I highly encourage you to pop by their Discord server (aptly named RAKStars) and say hello to their community. I’ve been in their chat for a while now, and I can say with confidence that it is a great place to get help with everything LoRa®. We too have a dedicated chat for our LoRa® project, which you can access on Discord, IRC, Matrix and Telegram.
More information about our plans for using LoRa®, our cooperation with RAKwireless, and news regarding hardware peripherals will follow in the weeks and months to come. As always, to stay up to date on progress please make sure to follow PINE64 Telegram News channel, the announcements channel in Discord as well as our Twitter and Mastodon. Give RAKwireless Twitter a follow too while you’re at it.
6 responses to “Let’s make MiRAKles happen”
Excellent news!
Which GPS antennae have the gateway been tested with so far? And are you looking at using the SX1302?
Hey there!
Have been using small dipole on a line for testing for my personal indoor setup needs (not officially geared towards GPS alone). Will test out others down the line but using what I have running atm.
GPS tests read coordinates reliably.
+ Yes, contains Rak2287, sx1302. 🙂
PS: Of course I also successfully used the small antenna that came with it and pulled my coordinates reliably, closer to window.
Outstanding! Is there an OpenWRT build for this LoRa device with packaged modules (in addition to the mentioned Armbian build)?
Is there an [OpenWRT,] Cluster Duck Protocol build for this device? https://clusterduckprotocol.org/
Blockchain replication and LoRaWAN are a good fit because you can request missed blocks from peers.
In related news I hear there is work on bringing Meshtastic to Pine64 USB module.
The underlying board for Pine64 (Pinedio) Gateway is the Pine64 LTS. Any operating system being maintained for this can be worked on by those interested in seeing it a reality.
From there software packages available for Raspberry Pi can be forked/converted through device and gpio pin changes in the code (and sometimes mostly minor difference in file structure).
Being Armbian is Debian based many of the Raspbian packages can be used for scripts based on Debian commands. 🙂
I think having encrypted local area text messaging is a great idea. Basically, share keys and now you can chat and that’s it. No need for any accounts or anything, just key sharing.