I built a LoRa-GPS Tracker // Range test, battery life & firmware

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00:00 Intro
00:17 Idea
14:18 Applications for LoRa-GPS Trackers?

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[GeertDroid]

Do you know that the 18650 you use is totally fake?
A 18650 with a 4200mAh just does not exist !
Do some research if you don't believe.
Buy branded 18650 cells instead like Panasonic, LG, Sanyo, Samsung, Liitokala etc... the real deal.
At time of speaking 3600mAh is the highest capacity for a 18650 but it seems that Samsung has a 4000mAh version model number INR21700-40T.
Good luck with your project.

[MarcDaCosta-lhyz]

love your videos! its very nice to have someone showing the process of figuring out how to design pcbs :)

[andynicholas]

Your videos should be ranked much higher. You do an excellent job of explaining how you put everything together.

[sureshbabuvu]

Really high standard, informative, strong theory backup, this is not for the beginners or not for causal approacherres.

[kenrod]

At 2:35 you mention designing a 3D printed case for your project. A video from you on that process would be valuable. That's a step that is a roadblock for me on many of my projects. Many of them I don't complete because the final implementation would be too ugly for use in public. Thanks for another great tutorial!

[Dinkleberg]

The video is really well done, informative well edited and pleasent to watch/listen

[asrajo]

thank you for sharing this interesting project

[LucidFabrics]

is there any plan to extend this project to use a LoraWan Gateway ? I cannot see anything on the internet for that.
I bought myself a lilygo T-Beam v1.2 and a Pinedio from pine64. I'm unable to connect to the gateway somehow.. looking for references.
I love your work by the way

[iot-software-developer]

brilliant and inspirable video and project!

[JonathanBeri]

Fascinating project, thanks for sharing!

[PhG]

Waw, excellent video, very well explained and documented.

[Braddeman]

Ever thought of using Meshtastic along with ATAK. Especially since it does mesh networking.

[thisusernameismine]

I replied on Twitter re: possibility of 433mhz instead of 915 because last year I did 433 P2P range tests here and get much better coverage. We live in a valley, full of trees and I can get sigs through dense trees (in leaf, btw) no probs. I can even get out of line of sight from beyond the hills (only tested up to abt 1km, no LOS). Bear in mind I had tuned the radios almost to max sig strength. Totally with the poster re: tracking where the heck my dogs are - its a mystery every day, great work Sayanee.

[randykitchleburger]

Cool project. I have a Raspberry Pi running some Python scripts with a GPS and an LTE modem in my car.
I am adding LoRa and a dedicated handheld unit that can receive the signal when there is no LTE/5G available.

[sadelta]

You inspired me to build a gps lora tracker for my dog to know where she is when we are in the mountains without mobile service. Used 2 t-beams. I could read, buy, program and test the system in a week, even with a 3d printed case from thingiverse. It is absolutely amazing to be able to do this with so many people sharing such high quality knowledge.
By the way, I added an electronic compass module and calculate the bearing with a formula similar to the haversine distance. Still need to put some time on that but I'll make it work!
One quick question: have you tried different spread factors to achieve longer distances? Thank you for your great videos! Cheers from Barcelona

[denizcancgsar]

Thanks for nice video.. For single code base, I would use EEPROM or similar storage to store configuration; and bind/configure the modules on bootup. That way same code runs in different configurations.. This works values such as address etc well. For display types etc, it requires a little more work. I have no idea the libs you are using, but in my designs I use abstraction so that the implementation is seperated from usage etc..

[CodeBallast]

you've made some fantastic videos. Love it.


Can you tell more about how you get the breakout boards onto your own print.

[mohammadabdollahzadeh]

Dear sanaee
I built this project with stm32 and arduino
And I used loea02 And gps and iI had the same problems with gps but I used a strong antenna
Foe gps and my problem was solved also my system sent humidity and temperature to the reciver then simcom module sent deta to the network beside photovoltaic panel was used in order to charge batteries I think you should use a strong antenna for gps module

[HarishPillay]

Thanks for sharing this. I have a bunch of devices for LoRa but have not done much yet. I would be keen to see far I can have the two nodes from my home in the west. I can see bt timah hill from my apartment and it would be interesting to see if it works.

[SvRider]

Is LoRa practical to track my cat? Or would a cellular gps IoT device be something more practical?