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Prototyping - Internet of Things (IoT)
Do you need to measure or control something locally or remotely? Are you working in wildlife tracking, aquaculture, or agriculture? Kopland can help. LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Networks) support many endpoints across large areas with only a few gateways. Endpoints typically include sensors/actuators, microcontrollers, radios, and batteries. Each radio technology has different characteristics, such as bandwidth, coverage, and power consumption.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a broad concept that has existed for many years.
The figure below shows several radio systems. LoRa, Sigfox, Bluetooth/BLE, and WiFi use unlicensed frequencies, while mobile operators (3GPP) use licensed frequencies.
IoT drawingIoT networks with different radio protocols
For LPWAN IoT prototyping, LoRaWAN is often the best choice, as it allows full system control and does not require licenses.
Starting with LoRaWAN prototyping requires an affordable gateway and inexpensive endpoints. 'The Things Network' (TTN) can be used as a backend. TTN works by sharing gateways, improving overall coverage. Endpoints are provisioned in the TTN backend, and incoming data is published to broker topics. Applications can then subscribe to these topics and visualize the data, for example in charts.
IoT drawingTTN GWs (click the image, it will lead you to TTN's homepage)
TTN has local communities worldwide. Kopland established the first TTN community in Oslo (the second in Norway, after Trondheim). The first Oslo-area gateway was installed on the Teleplan building in Lysaker and used for prototyping. Here’s a link to the TTN Oslo community:
IoT drawingTTN Oslo (click the image, it will lead you to TTN Oslo's homepage)
Feel free to get in touch for a no-obligation IoT discussion. IoT is fun!