This Dev Board Is Like an Arduino Pro Micro With a LoRa Module

Coming soon to Crowd Supply, the LoRa Soldering Kit is an IoT dev board equipped with a LoRa RN2483/RN2903 module, an ATmega32U4 MCU, a Raspberry Pi connector, and a breadboard base for soldering in sensors.

The idea for the LoRa Soldering Kit was conceived to help Makers and developers rapidly create proof-of-concepts. Solder in any sensor and use the LoRa module to send and receive data for up to 9 miles on its own — without the need for cellular networks or operators. Because the board is battery-powered, it can be placed in an area without electricity.

An Arduino-compatible ATmega32U4 is used to control the LoRa send/receive functions. Plug it in via USB, program it with the Arduino IDE, then get data from the sensors.

What’s more, a Raspberry Pi can also be used as the master MCU. To accommodate this setup, the board includes a Raspberry Pi 40-pin connector.

Creating a LoRa basestation is now as simple as plugging in the Raspberry Pi 40-pin connector, receiving data from multiple LoRa transceivers, and send data to a server via Raspberry Pi Ethernet, Wi-Fi or a GSM/GPRS shield.

We call it the “LoRa Soldering Kit” because with just a little soldering, you can quickly build a functional prototype: just solder in a sensor, wire it to the MCU, use Arduino or Raspberry Pi code examples for all kind of sensors from the Internet, and send data for up to 15 km, without having to worry about making mistakes in schematics or layout.

Intrigued? You can follow along with the Tantum Devices team on Crowd Supply as well as on its original website here.