We're on the pre-production Gateway @PINE64 ... But soon I hope we'll see PineDio Gateway everywhere: Schools, Workplaces and Homes!

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What's inside LoRa Gateway? 1️⃣ PINE A64-LTS Arm64 SBC 2️⃣ RAKwireless RAK2287 Module with Semtech SX1302 Concentrator

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We configure the Packet Forwarder in Gateway with gateway-config ... We'll get the settings from The Things Network in a while

lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn

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Let's benchmark the two Gateways: 1️⃣ RAKwireless WisGate RAK7248 2️⃣ Gateway

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Gateway shows slightly weaker Signal Strength (RSSI) for received Packets ... Maybe due to antenna? 🤔

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Gateway generally shows slightly weaker Received Signal Strength (RSSI) than RAK7248 ... Prolly due to antenna 🤔

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λ / 2 vs λ / 4 ... Yep Antenna Length matters when receiving packets

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@lupyuen It also makes difference on TX, 1/4 wave antenna without proper ground plane / counterpoise will make a huge amount of common-mode current.

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