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NB-IoT on a BalenaFin + 18€ Quectel BG96 mPCIe Card

Can you connect an NB-IoT Cellular Modem like the Quectel BG96 to a Rasperry Pi Compute Module and use BalenaOS to make it connect automatically to cellular network and cloud? TL;DR - Yes you can!

Hardware

Affordable Air Quality Monitoring in Industrial Environments with LoRaWAN and Datacake

Fine particulate matter (aka Feinstaub) is invisible and unhealthy. Fortunately, there are sensors that measure particulate matter. And these are not even expensive. Here is an overview of how to use LoRaWAN sensors from Talkpool and the Datacake platform to make particulate matter visible.

How much Cellular Data does MQTT + SSL require? The answer is amazing!

A summary of a test to determine the cellular data usage of MQTT connections over SSL Based on a Raspberry Pi Compute Module (Balena Fin), a 1NCE SIM card, a Quectel EC25 and the Datacake low code IoT platform.

Hardware

Why the Dragino LDS01 LoRaWAN Door and Window Sensor is awesome

This is all about a new LoRaWAN Sensor from the Chinese hardware manufacturer Dragino. Dragino builds all kinds of hardware. Among them are inexpensive, but high quality, mostly battery-powered LoRaWAN

Hardware

Create Dashboards and Apps for your Particle.io Devices in minutes with the Datacake Low-Code IoT Platform

This posts shows you how you can bring your Particle.io Development Devices to the Datacake IoT Platform without any programming an in just a few minutes.

Getting Started

How you bring your TTN Devices onto the Datacake Low-Code IoT Platform for Web and App

With native integration for TheThingsNetwork, you can connect your LoRaWAN devices to the Datacake platform without any programming and in just a few minutes. Build dashboards for your devices, send alerts via SMS and invite your customers.

Hardware

How we set up a free LoRaWAN network for the Vreden industrial area with the WIFX Lorix One and TheThingsNetwork

The industrial zone of Vreden now has a TheThingsNetwork enabled LoRaWAN Gateway built upon the WIFX LorixOne. It has a coverage of more than 7 kilometers. Read the full story here.

Hardware

How to do professional Cold Chain Monitoring with TTN and LoRaWAN for under $110

In this guide we will show you how to use a cheap LoRaWAN Gateway and battery powered sensors to set up a cold-chain monitoring within half a day and for less than $110

Hardware

LoRaWAN GPS Asset Tracking and Anti-Bike-Theft for 45$

The Dragino LGT-92 is a battery operated LoRaWAN Asset tracker. It features GPS and Gyro to wake the device up. It's super cheap and has great performance. Find out how to build an anti-bike-theft system using the Datacake Platform and TTN Network.

Hardware

Bring 4-20mA sensors into the cloud the fastest way.

Quickly bring 4-20mA transducers or PT100 temperature sensors into the cloud? As a datalogger or for real-time monitoring? With our Datacake D Zero, industrial sensors and signals can be made digital in minutes with no effort, technical know-how or any programming at all.

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