IoT LoRa Boards - Your Gateway to the Internet of Things
Created by Pi Supply LoRa Kickstarter
Making LoRa cheaper, more accessible and hackable using your favourite single board computers - Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Micro:Bit!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Arduino prototype boards arrived and PiJuice compatibility
over 7 years ago
– Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 09:15:12 AM
Hi all,
We are now over 50% - thanks very much for your support. Don't forget to keep sharing the project with anyone you can and make sure to add any extra nodes or gateways to your pledge (see last update for how).
We have a bit of news for you today as well...
Arduino prototype PCBs
You may have noticed that in the pledge levels we have mentioned Arduino Shields, but there is no mention of them currently in the campaign text?
The reason for this, is that the prototype PCBs had not arrived yet, so we did not have any good pictures of them.
Well the good news is, they have now arrived:
Arduino Node Shield PCB
We have sent them over to our engineer Ryan, who will assemble the samples and test them. Once verified and all working fine, we will send some samples over to Louis to take photos and 360 videos of and then we will post some pictures here for you to see and on the campaign page.
These will be available to ship in March 2019 as with the rest of the nodes and gateway so there will be no difference in timeline on shipping either.
PiJuice compatibility
We have had a few people asking if the gateway and nodes will be compatible with PiJuice when using with the RasPi - and the answer to that question is yes...we actually designed them with that in mind.
We are performing some tests to check what sort of uptime we get when running from a full charge. We will report back soon with our findings!
Currently, using our uptime calculator (https://learn.pi-supply.com/battery-levels) we get an approximate uptime of the Gateway with a Pi3B+ at 2 to 3 hours and approximately 9 to 10 hours with a Pi Zero and the Node pHAT. This does not take into account any help from solar or anything - it is just running from a full charge down to it shutting off.
Thanks, Aaron and the Pi Supply team
Nearly 50% funded! Add ons, frequencies, CE/FCC and alternative payment methods
over 7 years ago
– Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 09:56:19 PM
Hi all,
Thanks so much for your amazing support so far. We are very nearly at 50% funded in under 3 days which is absolutely fantastic. Please continue to share the Kickstarter campaign on blogs, social media or anywhere else you can so we can get to the target as quickly as possible :-)
Add ons
Some people have been asking us "can I add another node/gateway to my pledge level" - and the answer is yes. We will be using BackerKit to collect your addresses and other shipping information after the campaign finishes, and we will use BackerKit also to work out what extras you wanted with any extra funds too.
Whilst you will be able to add the costs for these add ons at the time of the BackerKit surveys being sent out, we would be extremely grateful if you could add any extras to your pledge amount here on Kickstarter as it helps us to get closer to our funding target!
Here is how to add extra items:
To add an extra Gateway to your pledge level, please add an additional £125 (+£4 shipping for UK or £7 shipping for Rest of World)
To add an extra Node (any type) to your pledge level, please add an additional £29 (+£4 shipping for UK or £7 shipping for Rest of World)
To add another Gateway and Node (any type) to your pledge level, please add an additional £149 (+£6 shipping for UK or £10 shipping for Rest of World)
Frequency choice?
We have also had a fair few people already asking about which frequency they should choose when the time comes, and what the pros and cons of each are etc. Well actually, the choice of frequency is not actually really a choice, but more depends on the regulations of your country.
The lovely folks at The Things Network have created a great reference document.
However, just to remind you, as it says there "This is in no way an official document; gateway owners are still obliged to find, study and adhere to their own country’s regulations."
CE/FCC Testing?
We have had some questions about this, and realised we forgot to include any info about it.
Our plan is to CE/FCC test both the standalone boards, and the boards attached to their various micro-computer platforms (Pi, Micro:Bit, Arduino etc). We aim to start this process before the end of the campaign with samples from the beta batches, to save time.
The RAKWireless modules inside are already CE/FCC tested so we do not anticipate any problems.
Alternative payment methods
We know that some people are not able to pay through Kickstarter and need to use alternative payment methods. We have therefore made it possible for you to pre-order our IoT LoRa Boards on our website at https://www.pi-supply.com and pay via PayPal, Credit Card or Cryptocurrency!
You can go straight to each product at the following links:
Thanks for looking at our project and for your support in bringing it to life. Even bigger thanks if you have made a pledge to our project. You’re awesome :)
To hit our funding target we need to keep the project growing - so even if you can't support with a pledge, why not help us by spreading the word on Facebook, Twitter and any other social networks or blogs you use. Click any of the links below to share:
25% - thanks for your support! And new pledge level
over 7 years ago
– Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 01:22:36 AM
Dear Backers,
Thanks very much for your support so far - we have just hit 25% funded in less than a day which is absolutely fantastic!
There are also 17 of you who have backed at the "Gateway and Node" level - in response to an enquiry by Mark in the comments section we have added a new pledge level of a "Gateway and Node - Early Bird" which is £4 cheaper (same price as the early bird Gateway and Node combined).
Unfortunately we can't move backers from one pledge level to another. So if you have backed at the "Gateway and Node" level, please could you update your pledge to this new lower priced level?
