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Has anyone added LoRa to the VOXL2?

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  • Hersch NathanH Offline
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    Hi all,
    The project I am working on wants to use LoRa or LoRaWAN to transfer data from the Ubuntu on the Sentinel to a computer running Ubuntu. What is the best way to add this functionality to the Sentinel?

    My current thoughts are to do one of the following

    Create a custom PCB and use the built in I2C or UART connectors to communicate with it.

    Use a USB dongle. (The downside is we would loose wifi connectivity, which I do not think my team is willing to do.)

    Attach a Raspberry Pi and let it connect to the Sentinel via wifi and translate packages to LoRa

    Thank you for your help.

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    • Chad SweetC Offline
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      VOXL 2 has a lot of I/O which can be used to communicate with many different devices. We would need to know what interfaces your LoRA radio supports in order to suggest how to connect the two.

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      • Chad SweetC Chad Sweet

        VOXL 2 has a lot of I/O which can be used to communicate with many different devices. We would need to know what interfaces your LoRA radio supports in order to suggest how to connect the two.

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        @Chad-Sweet Thank you for getting back to me.

        The radio we are leaning to use has an SPI interface. However, I am not opposed to switching radios if there is an easier to use I/O on the VOXL.

        We are leaning to using Adafruit RFM95W based on the SX1276 LoRa® module with SPI interface.

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