Just in time for CES, STMicro has released a new SoC (System on Chip) that contains an STM32L4 and a LoRa transceiver. Here’s a link to the product page. The long-story-short is that Haystack will be adopting this SoC in our products in 1st half 2020, and it will improve our performance. The STM32WLE chips …
One frequently asked question: what happens if GPS is not available when using Haystack’s new line of LoRa hardware. For some this is about endpoints moving from an outdoor environment to an indoor one, for others it’s about redundancy in case a GNSS/GPS constellation fails, and for others the question is about how accurate Haystack …
Sony is entering the LPWAN radio space with “Eltres”, giving new competition to Semtech, SigFox, NB-IoT, and the rest. Some brief reactions: Pros – Haystack’s analysis of the physical layer (radio) is: this is the way a LPWAN radio should be designed! Well done. – LDPC error correction, which Haystack previously announced for use over …
Comcast, who announced a business — MachineQ — with ambitious ideas about creating a nationwide LoRaWAN network, is shifting gears. Lots of problems with the original plan which I’ll touch on below but here is the data: “When we first started MachineQ, we were out there building networks, strategically, to see what customers and what the market wanted,” …
Today we declared beta for our newest networking stack for LoRa, DASH7 XR Mode. After months of hard work to improve the wireless range of Semtech’s LoRa LPWAN radio, we are pleased with the results. XR Mode was initially a response to customer asking why gateways and endpoints deployed near ground level achieve a wireless …
At Haystack, we are fans of Semtech’s LoRa LPWAN radio. Until recently, we considered the 915 MHz band as too noisy for low power IoT systems, but Semtech’s use of chirp spread spectrum combined with modern silicon capabilities gives them an edge in the growing LPWAN industry. We are particularly bullish on LoRa’s prospects for …
