A Node makes OTAA in the beginning. Thus directly at the beginning also ADR and takes the smallest SF. In the best case, a gateway is nearby. SF7 will probably be chosen. But what happens if this gateway goes offline? A node that is supposed to run for several years will not notice and does …
That will only be a small contribution, but I hope it still helps one of you.
I have calculated 900 days of deep sleep. How it looks in reality, we see today!
The fact that I now work in Makerspace, we have quite quickly brought a gateway for The Things Network. It’s a Lorix One with a better and much bigger antenna!
My plan is a TTN Node, or even a MySensors weather station, or other Arduino based projects to operate completely autonomously as a self-sufficient. This is probably the most simple and cheapest a solar cell and a LiPo as a battery for dark times.
In this post I try to make my Arduino based TTN Nodes more power efficient.
I recently designed a PCB (my first one) that has the components that are important to me.
The idea: anyone can buy / build their own IoT devices and use the existing community network. If there is no gateway (reception and transmitting station), you build one yourself and your environment can use it as well. The ranges are about 5km. Absolutely free!
On this page I introduce you to all my projects. I hope you enjoy reading, commenting and getting new ideas! Have a nice day 🙂
