Bernd Giesecke

Bernd is a Product Manager at RAKwireless. An electrical engineer he has 23 years experience in industrial automotive HW and SW R&D. He has been supporting the Arduino open source community since 2014

Connecting the RPi RP2040 to the Internet of Things made easy

Ever since the IoT MCU RP2040 was announced by Raspberry, excitement was high. Finally, the first Pico breakout boards with the RP2040 MCU arrived and of course the first thing we did at RAK was to connect it to a LoRa® transceiver and add long range communication capabilities to the Pico.

Bernd Giesecke

Oct 16, 2021

4 min read

Newest Addition to the WisBlock Ecosystem: Wireless Charger, LIN Module and More

In this article we’re back to give you more on the new WisBlock modules! Click. Code. Connect. away with 4 new modules that extend the capabilities of your IoT projects.

Bernd Giesecke

Jul 16, 2021

2 min read

How to Visualize Your Sensor Data on Datacake Using the Chirpstack Server

Datacake is a multi-purpose, low-code IoT platform that makes it quite easy to create a custom IoT application. I wanted to give it a try for a simple visualization of my WisBlock Environment application.

Bernd Giesecke

Jul 15, 2021

8 min read

Introducing More WisBlock Family Members: Led and Expansion Modules

In this article we’re back to give you more on the new WisBlock modules! Click. Code. Connect. away with 5 more of the latest additions to the product line opening up more possibilities for your future or existing IoT solutions:

Bernd Giesecke

Jul 12, 2021

3 min read

Inside WisBlock Week

Get the latest insider scoop on the 14 newly launched WisBlock modules with our 3-part blog series giving you extensive info, ideal use cases, and more!

Bernd Giesecke

Jul 04, 2021

4 min read

What is new in the WisBlock portfolio?

Spring launch event has started and it brings you a bunch of new WisBlock modules. We are sure that they will be very helpful in your next IoT adventures.

Bernd Giesecke

Apr 14, 2021

8 min read

How to Reduce the Power Consumption of WisBlock Solutions?

While the WisBlock Core RAK4631 is built on the low power Nordic nRF52840 MCU and the low power LoRa® transceiver Semtech SX1262, having both of them active all the time is not ideal for battery-supplied solutions.

Bernd Giesecke

Jan 12, 2021

9 min read

How to Create Custom WisBlock Sensor or WisBlock IO Module

WisBlock is growing fast with more and more available IO and Sensor modules. But there might be reasons that you need a variation that is not (yet) available from RAK.

Bernd Giesecke

Nov 24, 2020

12 min read

RAKwireless Launches New Modular Product Series - WisBlock

WisBlock, the modular product series of the leading IoT solutions provider, RAKwireless, is now in the market. You can now separate and recombine hardware parts only by hand.

Bernd Giesecke

Oct 16, 2020

3 min read

Why Apply to Become a WisBlock Beta Tester?

If you want to meet like-minded people, be ahead in innovation, and play around with the latest technologies, then the WisBlock beta testing is the next opportunity for you.

Bernd Giesecke

Sep 11, 2020

3 min read