Featured Articles
RAKwireless Brings The Network Core Closer To Businesses For Private 5G
How An Ultra-Low Power LoRa® Module Helped Reimagine Foot Traffic and People Counting
Meshtastic 2.0 – Faster, Smarter, and More Reliable.
Connectivity, Done Right with RAKwireless
WisToolBox Beta Launch: Open Call for Beta testers + WisBlock Giveaway
Discover The New WisBlock Gear For A Modular IoT System
Arduino and RAKwireless Boosting Enterprise IoT Solutions Under LoRaWAN
Meet the New RAKwireless Hardware for the 2022 Spring Launch
How RAKwireles can empower you with IoT Software Tools
Empowering The Innovators - RAK’s Goal for This Season
RUI3: Simplified IoT Development for Low Power LoRaWAN devices
On International Women's Day we #BreakTheBias at RAKwireless
RAK and One Planet Education Network Promote IoT Learning and Development Through STEM Kit
RAKwireless Announces Partnership with One Planet Education Network (OPEN) to Launch STEM IoT Sensor Kits for Schools Worldwide
ANNOUNCEMENT: Chinese Lunar New Year Holiday
WeBank Names RAKwireless CEO, Ken Yu, as a "Top 10 Startup CEO"
New WisBlock Modules in RAK Autumn Launch
Plan your next adventure and just TrackIt RAK2171 WisNode TrackIt
Hello MNTD. — Crypto Hardware For the Rest of Us
RAKwireless Launches New Company to Bring Crypto Mining to More Individuals and Accelerate Growth of Helium’s Peer-to-Peer LoRaWAN Network
Helium Data Only Hotspot Setup with RAK Concentrator + Raspberry Pi
How do LoRaWAN® Gateways work?
What is a LoRaWAN Gateway?
Things to Consider When Picking A LoRaWAN® Gateway
RAKwireless Closes $10M Series A Funding Round
LoRaWAN® 101: All You Need To Know
The future of RAK’s gateways is WisGateOS
Managing over the air with WisDM
Accelerating A Connected World The New RAK Way
The Big Tech Bloom: RAK’s Spring Launch is here!
Why Choose LoRa® Module RAK4270 for your Long-Range and Low-Power IoT Application
The Things Conference 2021 Recap with RAKwireless
ANNOUNCEMENT: Shipment processing changes due to Chinese Spring Festival Celebration
Reactive vs Proactive: How IoT makes the former obsolete and the latter possible
How to Reduce the Power Consumption of WisBlock Solutions?
Why We Make WisBlock: The Story Behind RAK’s Modular IoT Platform
How IoT Entrepreneurs Use Existing Tools to Build Smart-Technology Empires
How to Create Custom WisBlock Sensor or WisBlock IO Module
Connected Parks in the IoT World: How LoRaWAN® Can Help You Be Prepared Whether in Town or Hiking
Why We Believe Helium Was Right From the Very Beginning
Build your IoT Breakthroughs Fast with the WisBlock System!
#Announcements
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Link.ONE – Connect to the IoT Network of Your Choice
Link.ONE is a powerful IoT device that offers unparalleled connectivity and versatility. With support for cellular, GPS, LoRa/LoRaWAN, and BLE communication as well as expandable modular design, Link.ONE is ideal for a wide range of IoT applications.
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RAKwireless Brings The Network Core Closer To Businesses For Private 5G
All-in-one. 5G solution delivers a 5G core network within the small cell for ultra-low latency applications and network innovation
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RAKwireless and Monogoto Partner to Offer Seamless Connectivity for IoT Devices via LTE-M and LoRa
Together, Monogoto and RAKwireless will help developers to drive innovation by adding Private LoRa connectivity to Public cellular LTE-M / NB-IoT.
#Blog
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Reminder: Protect Yourself from Scam Emails Posing as RAKwireless
We are committed to your safety and security online. As internet scams become increasingly sophisticated, we want to ensure that you are aware of fraudulent emails that may impersonate RAKwireless, our employees, or entities affiliated with us.
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BACnet Integration on WisGate Connect
Building Management Systems are key components of all modern buildings. We can see them being implemented in office buildings, hospitals, industry, or even residential buildings to maximize comfort and energy efficiency.
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WisDM Device Management Platform: Providing Top-Quality Service with Enhanced Features
Our cloud-based Device Management platform, WisDM, has made significant strides since its launch in 2021, with a host of new features added to help users with their deployments and management of their gateway fleets.
#Case Study
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Sensor Success: Turning Any Surface Into an Intelligent Connected Sensor with LAIIER.io
RAKwireless’s low-cost and ultra-low-power RAK3172 LoRaWAN module is used in this project. The final product by LAIIER.io called Severn Water Leak Detector (WLD) detects water leakage, is powered by a primary battery, and needs to be wirelessly deployed in tiny and tight locations.
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How An Ultra-Low Power LoRa® Module Helped Reimagine Foot Traffic and People Counting
RAKwireless helped Dor bring a sleek, battery-powered people counter with a unique crypto rewards model to market
#Helium
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San José is America's First Helium-Partnered Smart City
RAK analyzed different aspects of smart cities including one article in which some of the most innovative international destinations were highlighted. In late 2021, the city of San José, California became the first locale to enter into a public-private partnership with Helium Inc.
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Raise your Antennas! What to consider when choosing an antenna for your Helium project
When you hear about Helium, the people’s network, the first thing that comes to mind is interconnected devices. Those antennas are part of the magic of the Helium network.
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Why Did Helium, Inc Change Its Name?
At the end of March, Amir Haleem, the CEO of Helium, Inc, announced that his corporation would be renamed Nova Labs. This news was paired with the disclosure of a Series D equity round where the company raised $200M.
#Press Release
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Become A RAKwireless Affiliate!
The RAKwireless Affiliate program is a way for the RAK community to earn a commission. Each referred sale brought about by the affiliate partner’s own efforts will earn them a 5% commission across all products.
#Product Reviews
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Utilize The Worldwide Free 2.4 GHz Band for Your LoRa IoT Projects with RAK5148!
RAK5148 2.4 GHz mini PCIe Concentrator Module for LoRa Based on SX1280
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STM32WL Custom Firmware via Arduino IDE using RAK3172 Module for LoRaWAN
We launch our LPWAN LoRa module RAK3172 which is based on the STM32WL SoC chip.
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Launching a New, Low-cost, LoRa-Bluetooth Hybrid Star: RAK11720 Ambiq Apollo3 Module for LoRaWAN
The new RAK11720 teams up the Ambiq Apollo3 Blue chip (AMA3B1KK-KBR-B0) with the Semtech SX1262. This makes it very flexible and suitable for a wide range of IoT applications.
#Thought Leadership
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How to Build a Sustainable, Solar-Powered LoRaWAN® Network
Solar panels are often paired with batteries to provide a more reliable power solution for a variety of applications. As solar energy does not have a flat 24-hour distribution, that one uses batteries to store energy.
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LoRa Alliance® Introduces Relay Feature
The use of Relays and their introduction to the standard would allow to reduce infrastructure CAPEX costs, especially at the edge of the network, while providing stable coverage for mission critical applications for example where consistent coverage is a must.
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Make Sure Your Environment is Healthy with Helium, RAKwireless and RUI3
With the new WisBlock RAK12047 VOC sensor it is easy to build a sensor system for your house or office that measures the VOC index of the air. Based on the Sensirion SGP40 and using the Sensirion Gas Index Algorithm, it is just a Click! Code! Connect! to build an air quality sensor.
#Tutorial
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LoRa Companion: How To Make a LoRa Dongle for Your Computer with RUI3
I have been making custom LoRa USB dongles for a while now, connected to either my laptop, or a Raspberry Pi, providing a great alternative to squinting at minuscule OLED displays.
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Get started with RUI3 API
This article aims to show you the basics to start creating your custom firmware with RUI3 API. We have already the API documentation available in our Documentation Center and example code can be found in the RUI3 BSP and in our Github repo.
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Basics™ Station on RAK WisGate Developer Gateways
Since you are here, you probably know what Basics™ Station is and you are interested in knowing how to run it on one of our WisGate Developer Gateways or any other device. But first, let me make a brief introduction.