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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!
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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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WisNode Sensor Hub: Two important features that make it one of a kind!
WisNode Sensor Hub is a ready-to-use product to connect sensors in professional environments. We already talked about why we make WisGate Connect and WisBlock Audio necessary, so in this article, you can learn why we made Sensor Hub and some key features we want you to know about.
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Meshtastic 2.0 – Faster, Smarter, and More Reliable.
An ecosystem combined will never be overpowered and will grow together at the hands of a group of people passionate about technology—the result of the collaboration between Meshtastic and RAKwireless.
#Case Study
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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
#eBooks
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Learn More and Choose Wisely with the WisGate Edge Series
You can find information on topics like key features and benefits of the WisGate Edge gateways here.
#Events
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Discover The New WisBlock Gear For A Modular IoT System
We have some amazing new modules and accessories for WisBlock for you. We are always listening to your feedback and ideas, so this time we are making the power supply modular.
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Meet the New RAKwireless Hardware for the 2022 Spring Launch
At RAKwireless we work to be at the forefront of technology and make it easier to use. An example of this is the new Battery Plus System, and also the new modules for the WisBlock Ecosystem, all of them inspired by the needs of the IoT Community.
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How RAKwireles can empower you with IoT Software Tools
Do you think IoT is just hardware tools? Well, RAKwireless is here to prove that it is not. We’ve been working on some software tools to empower all our users to develop their ideas.
#Hands-on with RAKStars
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Hands-on with RAKStars San Valentine's Edition
Every day is a wonderful one to express our love. However, #Valentine's Day is a great excuse to be sweeter than ever. Due to this, we wanted to build something tech special little thing to give a present to your loved ones.
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Hands-on with RAKStars Episode 48 with Daniel deLaveaga
During this session, Daniel deLaveaga, Chief Storytelling Officer at Ioterra, will share his professional journey connecting product developers with experts and resources to meet their needs when developing innovative IoT products
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Hands-on with RAKStars Xmas Edition
During this session, RAK's team of experts, Jose Marcelino, Johan Macias, and Maria Hernandez, will be closing up the year by hacking the RAK ecosystem to build a Christmas Project to give that Xmas spirit to your electronics projects.
#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.
#Latest News
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WisBlock Audio: Why Did We Create it?
Alarms sound. Computers beep. Babies cry. Our world today is full of more sounds than ever before. The Internet of Things can turn all this sound into data which can then be analyzed and acted upon. That’s why Audio IoT is one of the most exciting fields in IoT.
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Welcome to WisGate Connect
The WisGate Connect is a modular IoT platform for multi-radio access networks and IIoT protocols powered by a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. A platform you will be able to tailor to your specific needs: from development to deployment on the field.
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Listening and Talking WisBlock Audio Modules for IoT
WisBlock Audio is a range of building blocks including microphones, amplifiers, DSP, and enclosures, which add Audio to WisBlock’s existing ecosystem.
#Press Release
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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.
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RAKwireless launches WisBlock Audio for Professional IoT Audio Solutions
RAKwireless aims to create easy-to-use audio modules that can transform sounds into digital signals for customers–be it industrial, commercial, or hobby.
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RAKwireless Unveils Internet-of-Things Hardware Platform: WisGate Connect
RAKwireless launched Wisgate Connect, an industrial-grade hardware platform and enterprise IoT applications, during its Autumn Launch event.
#Product Reviews
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Off-grid and Environmentally Friendly Deployment, Mission Possible with RAKwireless’ Solar Battery Solution - Battery Plus
RAK9155 Battery Plus is RAKwireless’ latest battery system. It is specially developed for the WisGate Edge Pro gateways. WisGateOS is bringing to it the benefits of a solar charging system and battery status monitoring.
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New WisBlock Modules in RAK Autumn Launch
The WisBlock IoT hardware platform just keeps growing and growing. This RAK Autumn Launch event, we are introducing more WisBlock Modules which includes a new WisBlock Core based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 chip and a new WisBlock Base board that is smaller and low power.
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Plan your next adventure and just TrackIt RAK2171 WisNode TrackIt
Planning your next adventure is easy in a connected world – the connected world that we, at RAK, envision! Safety and knowing your place in the world are key for that vision. And what’s easier than to just track it? Your place, I mean.
#Thought Leadership
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Channel Activity Detection: Ensuring Your LoRa® Packets Are Sent
The Channel Activity Detection feature available within the whole portfolio of LoRa radios presents a possible CSMA mechanism for LoRa-based networks.
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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.
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Developing complete IoT solutions with AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN® and RAKwireless WisGate Edge
Let's start with something simple: AWS is a cloud service, that is, it can manage, process and visualize data, which will help users to make decisions in any business.
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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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Are You Still using UART Config Tools to Setup your LoRaWAN Module?
WisToolBox makes LoRaWAN end-device configuration easier to manage which is available on desktop and mobile applications.