Beginning LoRa Radio Networks with Arduino : Build Long Range, Low Power Wireless IoT Networks

Intro; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Chapter 1: Introduction to LoRa and LoRaWAN; What Is LoRa?; Amplitude Modulation; Frequency Modulation; Frequency Shift Keying; Chirp Spread Spectrum; LoRa Spread Spectrum Modulation; LoRa Applications; Network Coverage; Example; Low-Power Wide Area Networks; What Is LoRaWAN?; Packet Forwarders; Hardware for End Devices; Hardware for Gateways; LoRaWAN Frequencies; Summary; Chapter 2: Obtaining and Preparing Hardware; LoRa End Node; RFM9x LoRa Radio Transceiver Breakouts; 868 MHz/915 MHz Version; 433 MHz Version;LoRa and LoRaWAN permit inexpensive, long-range connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) devices in rural, remote and offshore industries. With LoRa wireless and LoRaWAN, you can build wide array of applications in the area of smart agriculture, smart cities, smart environment, smart healthcare, smart homes & buildings, smart industrial control, smart metering, smart supply chain & logistics, and many more. Learn the basics of LoRa wireless and LoRaWAN. Build LoRa end devices and gateways with LoRa radio transceiver modules, Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Start your journey by building a simple peer-to-peer communication channel with two LoRa end devices. Next, build a simple single channel LoRa gateway with Raspberry Pi and forward uplink data to The Things Network. Also, write simple JavaScript functions to decode payloads to extract sensor data. Then, use RESTful API and MQTT protocol to send data to the ThingSpeak IoT platform. Finally, as a unique and useful project, build a real-time GPS tracker with The Things Network, IFTTT Maker Channel, IFTTT Webhooks, and Traccar. Create your own LoRa wireless projects for non-industrial use and gain a strong basic understanding of the LoRa technology, LoRa WAN, and LPWAN. You'll start by building your first LoRa wireless channel and then move on to various interesting projects such as setting up networks with a LoRa gateway, communicating with IoT servers using RESTful API and MQTT protocol, and real-time GPS tracking. With LoRa wireless and LoRaWAN, you can build a wide array of applications in the area of smart agriculture, smart cities, smart environment, smart healthcare, smart homes and buildings, smart industrial control, smart metering, smart supply chain and logistics. Beginning LoRa Radio Networks with Arduino provides a practical introduction and uses affordable and easy to obtain hardware to build projects with the Arduino development environment. What You'll Learn Understand the hardware need to build LoRaWAN Use the Arduino development environment to write code Connect to Arduino hardware and upload programs and communicate with them Setup networks with LoRa gateway Show real time track with tail, and path history Who This Book Is For Inventors, hackers, crafters, students, hobbyists, and scientists Create your own LoRa wireless projects for non-industrial use and gain a strong basic understanding of the LoRa technology, LoRa WAN, and LPWAN. You'll start by building your first LoRa wireless channel and then move on to various interesting projects such as setting up networks with a LoRa gateway, communicating with IoT servers using RESTful API and MQTT protocol, and real-time GPS tracking. With LoRa wireless and LoRaWAN, you can build a wide array of applications in the area of smart agriculture, smart cities, smart environment, smart healthcare, smart homes and buildings, smart industrial control, smart metering, smart supply chain and logistics. "Beginning LoRa radio networks with Arduino" provides a practical introduction and uses affordable and easy to obtain hardware to build projects with the Arduino development environment."-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction to LoRa and LoRaWAN (Pradeeka Seneviratne)....Pages 1-22 Obtaining and Preparing Hardware (Pradeeka Seneviratne)....Pages 23-62 Setting Up the Software Development Environment (Pradeeka Seneviratne)....Pages 63-98 Building a Peer-to-Peer Channel (Pradeeka Seneviratne)....Pages 99-119 Building a LoRa Gateway (Pradeeka Seneviratne)....Pages 121-169 Connecting with IoT Servers Using a RESTful API (Pradeeka Seneviratne)....Pages 171-194 Connecting with IoT Servers Using MQTT (Pradeeka Seneviratne)....Pages 195-223 GPS Tracking (Pradeeka Seneviratne)....Pages 225-287 Back Matter ....Pages 289-309