

WisGate Soho Pro: Optimal Coverage with Built-In LoRa Antenna
Discover the WisGate Soho Pro (RAK7267), designed with a high-efficiency 2.5 dBi built-in antenna for optimal LoRa coverage. Whether installed on poles, in urban environments, or wall-mounted for directional coverage, this versatile gateway delivers reliable connectivity
Selecting the Right Antenna for Your LoRaWAN® Gateway: A Comprehensive Guide
Discover how to choose the best antenna for your LoRaWAN® gateway with this comprehensive guide. Learn about IP ratings, antenna gain, and factors that influence coverage
Is a High-Gain Antenna Advantageous? A Comprehensive Guide
Choosing the appropriate antenna goes beyond opting for high-gain. It requires considering your application needs and factors like frequency range, environment, mounting height, and interference for optimal performance and coverage.
Rapid Prototyping and Deployment: WisGate Developer Base for IoT Applications
The WisGate Developer Base (RAK7271/RAK7371) by RAKwireless, a versatile tool that transforms laptops, industrial PCs, and routers into LoRaWAN® gateways. Explore its benefits, including easy integration, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility.
Secure and Flexible: Whitelisting in IoT Networks
Explore how advanced whitelisting in LoRaWAN® networks enhances security and operational efficiency. Learn about our innovative approach that extends whitelisting from Basic Station to Packet Forwarder mode, providing robust protection for your IoT infrastructure.
Essential IoT Gateway Setup: A Q&A Guide for WisGate Edge Series of Gateways
Discover comprehensive answers to common questions about WisGate Edge Series gateways. From network setup to integration with AWS IoT Core, find detailed guides and tutorials to ensure seamless IoT deployments.
Optimizing Data Exchange: Half-Duplex vs. Full-Duplex Communication in LoRaWAN® Deployments
With LoRaWAN networks increasingly relied upon for long-range, low-power IoT applications, the choice between half-duplex and full-duplex communication can significantly impact the performance and scalability of the system.
Bridging Connectivity Gaps: The WisLink M.2 Concentrator Module for LoRaWAN® (RAK5166/RAK5167)
The RAK5166/RAK5167 WisLink M.2 LoRaWAN module emerges as a pivotal solution, crafted to address the rising need for a versatile and efficient connectivity platform in these environments.
Revolutionizing High-Density Connectivity with the WisGate Edge Ultra, a Full-Duplex Gateway for LoRaWAN®
RAKwireless has introduced the RAK7285 WisGate Edge Ultra, a full-duplex LoRaWAN gateway engineered to revolutionize communication in high-density and real-time applications.
What is the Best Antenna Type for Water Metering and Why Do FPC Antennas Prevail
Among various antenna types, Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) antennas have emerged as the frontrunner for their superior adaptability and performance in challenging urban environments
Why Spring Antennas Fall Short in Water Meter Applications: A Technical Perspective
Despite their historical use, spring antennas present substantial challenges in water meter applications, necessitating a shift toward more advanced antenna designs
From Challenge to Breakthrough: The Advanced Engineering Behind a 10 km LoRaWAN® Range for Water Metering
This article delves into our innovative journey, particularly focusing on the evolution of antenna design, which culminated in a pioneering solution capable of achieving a remarkable 10 km range in urban settings.
Announcing a Major WisGateOS2 Update: A Leap Forward in Gateway Management for LoRaWAN® with WisGateOS2 2.2.0
Today, we're thrilled to unveil the highly anticipated major update to our flagship firmware, WisGateOS2 2.2.0. This release is not just a standard update; it brings transformative changes and improvements that set new standards in the world of LoRaWAN gateways. We encourage you to read carefully. Dive Into
How AI and IoT Are Revolutionising the Industrial Sector
As technology continues to advance, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) have become critical components of the industrial sector.
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
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.
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.
Connect Your Sensor Network with Ease: Plug and Play with RAK’s Sensor Hub
Have everything you need for a comprehensive end device in one place. No need to hustle around, the choice is made easy. Connect all the sensors you need to just one device.
Connectivity, Done Right with RAKwireless
Connectivity is what brings us together and what helps us understand the tangled world around us. This is something that happens in the background of life, a constant process that makes the world tick.
Listen Before Talk – The Key to Good LoRaWAN® Communication
The Listen Before Talk #LBT feature is available in all our WisGate Edge version 2 gateways thanks to the amazing capabilities of WisGateOS 2 and the available extension. Don’t miss out on a great market opportunity in South Korea and Japan and minimize data loss with LBT.
Signal Mapping in a Building: A LoRaWAN Experiment
Is your own building fighting your IoT solution?🥊 It could be if you haven’t signal-mapped before installation. Read here for pointers on optimizing the LoRaWAN signals in your building, and a useful real-life case study to show how it works in action. Knowledge is power.
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.
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.
Data-only hotspots to transform The People’s Network into a globe-spanning IoT network
It is no secret that we, here at RAK, are big supporters of Helium and the growth of The People’s Network.
How to build a LoRaWAN® gateway? Make your own
t is time to dive even deeper into the pool of knowledge regarding gateways and learn how to make one. We will give you two building options, so keep reading.
Don’t get your miner sun-cooked, just shield it!
RAKwireless is much involved in the growth of The People’s Network and we strive to give the community the tools to achieve more – better positioning, better earnings, bigger network.
WisDM is for everyone Manage your WisGate Edge gateways like a pro
Manage your WisGate Edge gateways like a pro
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.
How do Gateways for LoRaWAN® work?
A large portion of the IoT network technology (LoRaWAN in particular) focuses on a centralized model, where there are end nodes and gateways.
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.
IoT: Making Dogs More Than Just Man’s Best Friend
Humans are social beings, we need our close circle of family and friends. But it is not always possible to have someone around us, especially in strange times like now, with the Covid-19 situation, where social distancing is key.
Managing over the air with WisDM
WisDM is a cloud-based Device Management platform that integrates all gateways from the WisGate Edge series.
The future of RAK’s gateways is WisGateOS
Spring is a time associated with growth and new beginnings. This year, here at RAKwireless, we took that very seriously with the Big Tech Bloom and the RAK Spring Launch 2021.
Accelerating A Connected World The New RAK Way
RAKwireless is continuing towards creating a connected world, enabling easy deployment of IoT devices to deal with the different day-to-day problems faced by the various industries, all done by following the RAK Way.
The wait is over! The new WisGate Developer D4H is here.
A LoRaWAN® Gateway consisting of Raspberry Pi 4, RAK2287 Concentrator, and RAK2287 Pi HAT, the WisGate Developer D4H includes a GPS module (built-in to the RAK2287) and a heat sink for better performance, all housed in a durable and compact casing.
Some Q&A for our Built-in Network Server
We are proud of the Built-In Network Server in our Commercial Gateways and it seems that you, our customers, are quite interested in it as well. In time we received a lot of questions about it.
You have it, now what to do with it?
Our Commercial Gateway line is the best we can offer in the field of LPWAN Base stations.
Why is the RAKwireless Built-in Network Server better?
You probably already know what the RAKwireless Built-in Network Server is since it is quite popular among our clients. In case you are new and curious let us first introduce it briefly.
The Future of Public Transport
A brief take on all aspects of a public transit network and how IoT helps the development monitoring and maintenance of it all be easier and more beneficial.
The Smart Office – an Asset That Every Business Leader Needs
Let your office space work for you! Look at it as an investment, and not simply a piece of real estate. It has the potential to be so much more.
Why We Believe Helium Was Right From the Very Beginning
As a growing company in IoT, RAKwireless always improves and widens its scope. By partnering with Helium, another IoT company, new breakthroughs can now push through.
Go Wireless with the WisNode RAK7431 Modbus RS485 to LoRaWAN® Bridge!
Build your own remote industrial field control system with the RAK7431 Modbus RS485 to LoRaWAN® Bridge of RAKwireless. Convert the data of your RS485 devices to LoRaWAN.