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

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.

Bernd Giesecke

Dec 20, 2022

10 min read

WisBlock Autumn Launch

This Autumn Launch 2022, we are launching a mix of sensors and industrial interfaces. As we see the demand of the market, we extend our air quality sensors with two new sensors that will help to build a complete indoor air quality device.

Bernd Giesecke

Oct 20, 2022

7 min read

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.

Bernd Giesecke

Jul 21, 2022

6 min read

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.

Bernd Giesecke

May 19, 2022

5 min read

WisBlock Solution - Water Tank Level and Overflow Sensor

In many areas having a water tank is crucial, may it be in rural areas or in third world countries where a continuous water supply is not guaranteed. Read more...

Bernd Giesecke

Feb 1, 2022

6 min read

WisBlock New Year 2022 launch

With the start of the new year, we have exciting WisBlock news for you. This time we are not only launching new modules, but new RAK Developer Kits as well, which combine a WisBlock Kit with a RAK Developer Gateway, everything you need to start exploring the LoRaWAN® world.

Bernd Giesecke

Jan 26, 2022

6 min read

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