Product Showcase: SparkFun LoRa Thing Plus - ExpLoRaBLE

The SparkFun expLoRaBLE Thing Plus is a Feather-footprint development board with the NM180100 system in package (SiP), from Northern Mechatronics. Thanks to the NM180100, as well as the Ambiq Apollo3 microcontroller and the Semtech SX1262 LoRa transceiver, this Thing Plus is a highly integrated LoRa® module supporting both 868MHz and 915MHz bands and Bluetooth® Low Energy. On top of all else, the expLoRaBLE Thing Plus utilizes our handy Qwiic Connect System which means no soldering or shields are required to connect it to the rest of your system!

[emmanaikins]

These bloopers really make me feel more human. thank you

[grigorbrowning]

Looks like a fantastic product - bringing together a sensible grouping of elements without trying to be too inclusive. Great video too. Thank you.

[jamesw]

Ive built quite a few lora projects and the one thing all these boards lack is a tp5110. Even in sleep mode the tiny current consumption still drains the battery after a few days but with a 5110 the current is so low its almost immeasurable. Some of mine have been running for over a year now on 1x18650 and a ldo regulator with the tp5110 controlling sleep time.

[paulseidel]

Thanks. Stay safe and being kind. Good advice.

[flemlion]

If I'm not mistaken, with that message frequency, if you leave it on the whole day you will vastly exceed the allowed duty cycle for LoRa

[Quesar]

I am interested in this board mainly because of the low power chip 6uA/mhz is amazing. I'd love to see more boards using its MCU. But LoRa is cool too. Edit: I found some more boards like the Artemis ATP and Artemis Nano. Interesting boards!

[jimlahey]

3:20 alone and outside... good thing you have your mask on!

[andraznovak]

The cutest Ljubljana pronunciation ever

[chrisBruner]

You mentioned localiztion without gps. But I see nothing about that in the product description. Any links to info?

[Willy_Tepes]

It would be very useful if you also told us how big it is.
It would be great for a security system while out camping just to alert you if someone/something is headed your way.

[BrianMcKennaPuffnfresh]

Can it do Australia's 915Mhz frequency?

[NolaanOne]

This technology is doomed to fail, what's that price! Imagine hooking it to a constraint gauge to measure a load or temperature!!!
This is insane.