The WisBlock Starter Kit is just one of a line of products offered by RAKWireless. The starter kit is just that, a base developer board that can have multiple combinations of expansion boards added to it. The full WisBlock offering can be seen here.
Here you will find one or more sample PlatformIO embedded projects designed to transmit LoRaWAN packets using a WisBlock Starter Kit.
Library update notice:
Recent API changes to the runtime support library, SX126x-Arduino, have resulted in library version
incompatibilty between version 1.3x and version 2.x.
Refer to the README file within the example subdirectory for details.
For a complete guide to getting started with PlatformIO and the RAKWireless WisBlock line of developer boards refer to the Helium documentation set at https://docs.helium.com/network-iot/devices/development/rakwireless/wisblock-4631/.
NOTE: The WisBlock is not currently supported by PlatformIO out of the box. One must follow the guide referenced above when installing VSCode/PlatformIO for WisBlock.
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US Retailer - Parley Labs
The following products are required.
The WisBlock starter kit comes with two antenna types,
- the one that resembles an "I" is the LoRa antenna, this one connects to the connector on the core module marked LoRa, which is below the large K in the RAK logo.
- the one that resembles a "T" is the BLE antenna, this one connects to the connector on the core module marked BLE