Re: [HH] Semtech long range device using 2.4 GHz
I think Semtech might be confusing the cash cow and the loss leader in TTN logistical support. We don't need LoRa on 2.4 GHz but it would be nice if we had (really slow) Wireless Internet options on 900 MHz. I don't anticipate ever buying another 2.4GHz radio, seeing as you get them for free on seemingly every board you buy these days. BLE in particular appears to do most of what the 2.4GHz LoRa fans would like. The low bandwidths on LoRa are a feature, not a fault. It makes us use the network only for the appropriate functionalites. On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 10:24 PM, Stephen Ronanwrote: > Those Semtech 2.4 Ghz boards support LoRa, FLRC, and (G)FSK > modulation. Someone who knows far more than I do about these matters > explains that the 2 Mbps data rate I had cited is via the FSK > modulation. While for LoRa the data rate depends on the spreading > factor (SF) about which more here: > https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/how-spreading-factor-influence-time-on-air/5068 > Specifically, in respect to data rates he wrote: > > "for LoRa 2.4Ghz it's > > SF 5: 202 kb/s > SF 6: 122 kb/s > SF 7: 71 kb/s > SF 12: 0.476 kb/s" > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Stephen Ronan wrote: >> I don't know what to make of this... a new product from Semtech (which >> owns the core LoRaWAN patent) that uses 2.4GHz spectrum... and >> advertises a "sensitivity, down to -132 dBm". The last of the links >> below says: "The new 2.4 GHz wireless RF solution enables >> point-to-point wireless links that can support custom protocols with >> configurable data rates up to 2 Mbps". By contrast, my understanding >> is that their LoRaWAN products max out at something like 20 kbps. >> >> https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/2-4-ghz-lora/6045 >> http://www.semtech.com/apps/product.php?pn=sx1280, >> https://www.semtech.com/wireless-rf/24ghz-wireless-rf-solution >> >> - Stephen > ___ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > Hardwarehacking@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking ___ Hardwarehacking mailing list Hardwarehacking@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
Re: [HH] Semtech long range device using 2.4 GHz
Those Semtech 2.4 Ghz boards support LoRa, FLRC, and (G)FSK modulation. Someone who knows far more than I do about these matters explains that the 2 Mbps data rate I had cited is via the FSK modulation. While for LoRa the data rate depends on the spreading factor (SF) about which more here: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/how-spreading-factor-influence-time-on-air/5068 Specifically, in respect to data rates he wrote: "for LoRa 2.4Ghz it's SF 5: 202 kb/s SF 6: 122 kb/s SF 7: 71 kb/s SF 12: 0.476 kb/s" On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Stephen Ronanwrote: > I don't know what to make of this... a new product from Semtech (which > owns the core LoRaWAN patent) that uses 2.4GHz spectrum... and > advertises a "sensitivity, down to -132 dBm". The last of the links > below says: "The new 2.4 GHz wireless RF solution enables > point-to-point wireless links that can support custom protocols with > configurable data rates up to 2 Mbps". By contrast, my understanding > is that their LoRaWAN products max out at something like 20 kbps. > > https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/2-4-ghz-lora/6045 > http://www.semtech.com/apps/product.php?pn=sx1280, > https://www.semtech.com/wireless-rf/24ghz-wireless-rf-solution > > - Stephen ___ Hardwarehacking mailing list Hardwarehacking@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
[HH] Semtech long range device using 2.4 GHz
I don't know what to make of this... a new product from Semtech (which owns the core LoRaWAN patent) that uses 2.4GHz spectrum... and advertises a "sensitivity, down to -132 dBm". The last of the links below says: "The new 2.4 GHz wireless RF solution enables point-to-point wireless links that can support custom protocols with configurable data rates up to 2 Mbps". By contrast, my understanding is that their LoRaWAN products max out at something like 20 kbps. https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/2-4-ghz-lora/6045 http://www.semtech.com/apps/product.php?pn=sx1280, https://www.semtech.com/wireless-rf/24ghz-wireless-rf-solution - Stephen ___ Hardwarehacking mailing list Hardwarehacking@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking