@marcuse1w #LoRa is great for IoT Education ... It lets us put long-range low-power sensors out in the wild ... Because WiFi is too power hungry, short range too 🙂
@marcuse1w Hobby-wise... #LoRa might be good as wearable pet tracker 🙂
@lupyuen
Come to think of it, as the data rate is relatively low, it would have to be something like measurement data, also something that benefits from being small and ideally cheap. So in comparison to a smartphone, for example.
First ideas:
- You can put your own Air quality sensor anywhere in your area
- Measure how many cars/bicycles/pedestrians pass a certain point with a light barrier.
What else ? 🤔
Ahhhhh, when you said pet tracker.... A key finder 😀 I need that.
@marcuse1w Noise sensor, fall sensor, drowning sensor (?)... All kinds of safety sensors
@marcuse1w oh garden sensors too. Maybe one for sourdough too. And the washing machine 😂
@marcuse1w So it's no surprise that Amazon has gone LoRa with Sidewalk ... They probably have these apps in mind
+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
@marcuse1w i have fiddled with an ip link via lora, ping times were 1500 ms though 😁
i think it would be interesting to have a long range ip network for "cheap" protocols like mail etc.
@marcuse1w @lupyuen A company in Spain is sending LoRa satellites into orbit to basically create an open source Star Link alternative for IoT devices : https://hackaday.io/project/162703-fossasat-1-open-source-satellite
That would allow to send data even in remote locations at low cost and using low power.
@lupyuen
I find LoRa fascinating as a technique and thought about it recently, but what would you actually use it for ? I can think of many professional use cases but am not so sure about hobby uses. Do you have a plan or are you more interested to explore the new tech ?