Waveshare SX1262 868/915M LoRaWAN Node Module for Raspberry Pi,with Sucker Antenna,Higher Power Efficiency,Longer Transmission Distance,for HF band,LoRaWAN Networks Building Support Meshtastic Project

This is the Waveshare hat that exposes raw SPI access. Yes, that's a pain if you're developing your own solution from scratch. But if you want to use RadioLib or Meshtastic, this is the one you want.

Ce module pour Raspberry Pi est disponible en 4 versions (2 gammes de fréquence différentes, à définir en fonction du pays où on se trouve + avec ou sans GNSS pour avoir le GPS en plus).Il permet de communiquer sur des grandes distances avec un gateway qui se chargera ensuite de communiquer avec un serveur.Pour les grandes distances (ou pour économiser de l'énergie) c'est beaucoup mieux que le wifi/bluetooth.Toutes les documentations sont disponibles sur le site du fabricant, il y a de quoi s'amuser.Je recommande vivement !

This LoRaWAN board fits perfectly into the GPIO header on the Raspberry Pi CM5 carrier board. Mounting standoffs and screws are provided. Attaching the antenna to the small connector on the board is simple. The pigtail provided connects to the antenna provided, which has a convenient magnetic base.On bootup, the LoRaWAN board displays a single red LED so you know it is getting power correctly.There is a detailed documentation wiki at the Waveshare site that explains the background of LoRa and provides a thorough description of the board and a link to the datasheet.The "Demo Download" section of the wiki provides step-by-step instructions for getting demo code up and running on the board. This does not work. The "python3 setup install" command terminates on an error.There is a comment that says you may need to use sudo for this. Doing so makes no difference to the error.The comment also says "When downloading the program for the first time, please note that you must install the library first." What library is that? How does one install it? Is that the source of the error? No idea.Additionally, during that process there is a warning that "setup.py install" is deprecated and one should use build and pip and "other standards based tools. Is that the source of the error? Again, who knows?This appears to be a well-made board that appears to be functioning correctly. But it won't function due to a massive screen full of warnings and errors. This is using an official Raspberry Pi CM5 on a Waveshare carrier board.Even someone with years of relevant experience may therefore find it a challenge to get this working until the documentation and/or driver software is improved.

Works with meshtastic on raspberry pi (I'm personally using zero w, but I'm sure it will work on other models, too). It doesn't have a GPS module, so bare this in mind. It's not a showstopper for me as my node is static and the location is static. Great product for it's price.

Don't purchase this device if you're thinking of using it for Meshtastic. Technically it almost works. You can send short messages just fine, but long messages are dropped. The included antenna is useless. It was easy to install and configure on my Pi4 and initial tests with very short messages worked, but it quickly became apparent that this was not appropriate for use on LongFast. It might be ok for other modem presets that have shorter TX time.