PlugAndPlay For LoRa®

Convenient plug and play LoRa enabled Arduino Shield. Search "PlugAndPlay For LoRa®" in the Arduino libraries manager.

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Level Up Your Projects
I think long range radio should be accessible to anyone. It allows our projects to be useful far from home. A LoRa® enabled Arduino Shield is the first step. Make your own smart garden to alert you when the soil is too dry, build a wireless sensor network to detect if your maple syrup forest is producing, or design a remote gate monitoring device so your cows don't get loose.

Learning how to use a LoRa® enabled module
This shield is accompanied by a library called "PlugAndPlay For LoRa®". Search for it in the Arduino IDE Library Manager, and click more info to check out the Github. You can use the library's examples or source code to learn how to write a custom interaction with a LoRa® enabled module.

The Easiest to use Module for LoRa®
This Arduino Shield makes using Semtech's LoRa® a cinch. You simply solder, plug it all in, run the accompanying examples, and you're ready to go.

Components

1 × Arduino
1 × DLP-RFS1280 Houses sx1280 2.4GHz Lora Modem

Build Instructions

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Soldering

Begin by soldering the male header pins to the DLP-RFS1280 on a breadboard. Then Solder the DLP-RFS1280 to the PCB. Lastly the female header pins to the PCB. I've found if the PCB is resting on the DLP-RFS1280 and female header pins the soldering is easier.
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Software

Open the Arduino IDE. Open the library manager to download the "sx1280OverSpi" library. Go to File > Examples > sx1280OverSpi > arduinoSendAndReceive to open the program for running the Lora Shield. Verify and upload to an Arduino.
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Running

Open the serial monitor. Make sure you have the right baud rate. You should see a continuous print out. It will say what the DLP-RFS1280 is busy doing, the message being output, and the incoming message. Messages may be up to 255 characters so printing it may be very long.