Redesigning the Classroom with LoRaWAN®

Time of Flight Sensors: What Are They?

RAK WisBlock ToF Sensor uses a laser impulse to measure the distance between itself and the target object, with a range of up to 1.5 meters.

Types of Antennas and Their Functions

An antenna is a transducer used to transform RF (radio-frequency) signals traveling on a wire into an electromagnetic wave or vice versa. It plays a crucial role in strengthening the wireless connectivity of your IoT devices.

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.

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.

Empowering The Innovators - RAK’s Goal for This Season

As the market grows, we grow with it. RAKwireless started as a hardware company, but slowly and steadily upped its game and became something much more – an IoT solutions provider.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

What is Helium and Other Questions you Always Wanted to Know

Helium is not just a gas used to blow up party balloons or cool the Large Hadron Collider. Did you know that Helium is also a company that started as a small startup nine years ago?

RAK joins the Climate Clock Network using the WisBlock Ecosystem

We are in a climate emergency, but there is a window of hope. Be part of the solution by creating your own Desktop Climate Clock.

3 Major Obstacles in Smart Farming that IoT Addresses

The agricultural landscape has quickly adapted to the changing times with the help of IoT. Traditional farming techniques are now slowly incorporating technology that helps make the process shorter and easier.

5 WisBlock Sensors to use in IoT Solutions for Agriculture Automatization and Data Control

Today, on Agriculture Day, we show you how to automate agriculture processes to monitor and control the different data delivered with 5 WisBlock sensors.

RAKwireless Announces Partnership with One Planet Education Network (OPEN) to Launch STEM IoT Sensor Kits for Schools Worldwide

RAKwireless Technology Limited announces today their partnership with One Planet Education Network to provide OPEN-RAK Do-It-Yourself (DIY) STEM Lab Sensor Wisblock kits to students.

WeBank Names RAKwireless CEO, Ken Yu, as a "Top 10 Startup CEO"

Award empowers customers from early start-up stages and supports acceleration innovations

MNTD. by RAKwireless Expands Helium Peer-to-Peer LoRaWAN Network into Europe and Canada

MNTD. by RAKwireless moves forward to serve new locations and expand The People’s Network even further across the globe.

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.

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.

Some Q&A About our Bobcat Enclosure

As The People’s Network grows more and more, Helium miners are deployed every day. Even though not all of them are RAK Hotspot Miners we, as a believer in Helium’s work, try our best to boost this growth.

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.

Tracking and rewarding beneficial employee behavior in the IoT world

In these uncertain times, everything that can be predicted must be predicted—valid even for employee behavior and its results for the company. In this article, we will explain why it is important and how it can be done via implementing tracking and rewarding IoT systems.

RAK3172 Overlooked but Useful LoRaWAN® AT Commands

The RAK3172 WisDuo module with the default RAK firmware is usually used as a LoRaWAN modem together with the host MCU in most IoT applications. You can have a successful end-device when the host MCU sends even just the basic EUIs/keys commands and joining/sending commands.

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.

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.

LoRa, E-paper, and QR Codes: Making low-power, long-range connected badges

One thing that we can agree on is that QR codes, which originated in Japan, have now reached most of the world, and are used, most probably, way beyond what the inventors at Denso Wave intended—the automotive industry.

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.