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=== Node configuration in TheThingsNetwork ===
=== Node configuration in TheThingsNetwork ===
The information on the website of Seeed studios is <s>outdated</s>.
The information on the website of Seeed studios is <b>outdated</b>.
It refers to the "v2" version of TheThingsNetwork, which is being phased out.
It refers to the "v2" version of TheThingsNetwork, which is being phased out.
It is impossible to add new nodes.
It is impossible to add new nodes.


Nodes should be configured for TheThingsNetwork v3 instead.
Nodes should be configured for TheThingsNetwork v3 instead.

Revision as of 22:40, 8 October 2021

Project LoRa E5
Arduino on the LoRa-E5 module
Status In progress
Contact bertrik
Last Update 2021-10-08

The plan

This page is about the LoRa-E5 module and getting it to work as a LoRaWAN node with Arduino and the BasicMac stack.

  • replace the original "AT" firmware with Arduino based firmware
  • use the BasicMac library for LoRaWAN
  • use platformio as the build system
  • create some basic examples for use as a LoRaWAN node on TheThingsNetwork

Hardware

The hardware is the LoRa-E5 module from seeed studio, contains the STM32WLE5JC:

Overview of pins used on this board (not completely standard): https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/LoRa_E5_mini/#22-gpio-configuration-overview

Programming an STM32 is done with pins SWDIO (PA13), SWCLK (PA14), GND and VCC

Software

https://github.com/bertrik/lora-e5

There appears to be support for various kinds of WL55 boards: https://github.com/stm32duino/Arduino_Core_STM32/blob/main/boards.txt

Support for this board in this archive: https://github.com/dolfandringa/Arduino_Core_STM32/blob/master/variants/STM32WLxx/WL54JCI_WL55JCI_WLE4J(8-B-C)I_WLE5J(8-B-C)I/boards_entry.txt#L62  ???

Development environment

Node configuration in TheThingsNetwork

The information on the website of Seeed studios is outdated. It refers to the "v2" version of TheThingsNetwork, which is being phased out. It is impossible to add new nodes.

Nodes should be configured for TheThingsNetwork v3 instead.