ST Microelectronics – LoRaWAN Technology
LoRa is a wireless communication technology developed to create the low-power, wide-area networks (LPWANs) required for machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
Key features of LoRa technology:
- Long range: >15 km / 9 mi range
- Low-power: 5-10 year expected battery lifetime
- Low-cost: from end-node sensor cost to upfront infrastructure investment
- Secure: with embedded end-to-end AES-128 encryption of data
- Geolocation: enables indoor/outdoor tracking without GPS
LoRaWAN™ is a global LPWAN specification created by the LoRa Alliance™ to drive a single standard for seamless interoperability across the industry. LoRa technology is ideally suited for the applications:
- Smart Cities
- Smart Home and Building
- Smart Environment
- Smart Metering
- Smart Agriculture
- Smart Industrial
- Retail and Logistics
As a board member and sponsor of the LoRa Alliance and strong player on the LPWAN market,ST offers several affordable and easy-to-use sets of hardware tools dedicated to the evaluation and development of LoRa™ solutions.
Combined with the LoRaWAN™ software expansion package for STM32Cube (I-CUBE-LRWAN) which includes a set of libraries and application examples, these hardware tools are the quickest way to build LoRaWAN end-node devices:
- STM32 Discovery kit for LoRa™ and other LPWAN protocols (B-L072Z-LRWAN1) with an all-in-one open LoRa™ module powered by an ultra-low-power STM32L072 32-bit microcontroller and an SX1276 RF transceiver
- STM32 LoRa™ expansion board for the STM32 Nucleo (I-NUCLEO-LRWAN1) featuring a low-cost USI® LPWAN module supporting LoRa™ technology
