Wearable / Handheld Real time Tracker Devices - LoRa Tracker

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LoRaONE is all you need to create your own IoT solution.

An Arduino compatible board packed with features and sensors, making it the ideal solution for makers and creators that can’t wait to make the Internet of Things a reality.

It is easy to program, connected to its surroundings through numerous sensors and ready to go.

The board has the size of a matchbox, so it can be placed anywhere you can think of. But best of all, it is connected everywhere through LoRa® technology.

When it comes to building the IoT, there’s nothing like LoraONE.

LoRaONE Tech specs:
⦁   Microcontroller: ATSAMD21G18, 32-Bit ARM Cortex, M0+
⦁   Compatibility: Arduino M0 Compatible
⦁   Size: 40 x 25 mm
⦁   Operating: Voltage 3.3V
⦁   I/O Pins: 14, All can be used for digital, 12 for analog and 8 for PWM, plus UART, SPI and TWI (I2C)
⦁   Analog Output Pin: 10-bit DAC
⦁   External Interrupts: Available on all pins
⦁   DC Current per I/O pin: 7 mA
⦁   Flash Memory: 256 KB
⦁   SRAM: 32KB
⦁   EEPROM: Up to 16KB by emulation
⦁   Clock Speed: 48 MHz
⦁   Debug: Serial Wire Interface
⦁   Power: 5V USB power and/or (optional) 3.7 LiPo battery
⦁   Charging:
⦁   Solar charge controller, up to 500mA charge current
⦁   LED: RGB LED
⦁   LoRa® Microchip: RN2483 or RN2903 Module (depending on your region)
⦁   GPS: u-blox EVA 7M
⦁   Accelerometer/Magneto: LSM303D
⦁   USB: MicroUSB Port

Function Description:
This board is based on our successful Autonomo. It has a proven 32 bit Arduino compatible platform that is currently the first choice of millions of programmers around the world.
We’ve include a GPS-antenna in the LoRaONE, so it can track its location precisely. But this is not just any GPS. To make it ideal for the IoT, we have chosen the state-of-the art u-blox Eva GPS module. Because it can be made to use less power than any other GPS we looked at. After switching off, the module keeps the almanac in memory. So when switching on, it can get a fix in just a few seconds. This allows us for instance to get a GPS fix every 5 minutes at less than 1% of the power needed for constant positioning by regular GPS. We call this near-realtime tracking and it is essential for our rhino-tracking project, which you can read about below.
Included on the tiny board is also an accelerometer, opening up a wide range of possibilities. If there’s movement, the LoRaONE will know and can act accordingly. You can even let the sensors cooperate. So the GPS can safely switch off, until it the device detects movement. This minimizes energy usage even more, and will also keep you up to date about what’s going on with your LoRaONE.
LoraONE has a magnetometer, so it is able to detect magnetic fields.
There’s a MicroUSB connector, so it can connect to your computer straight out of the box.
There’s 14 I/O pins, to connect other sensors or devices. All can be used for digital and 12 for analog It has a button and LED, making it perfect for that wearable you always wanted to create.

Application

LoRa Tracker

⦁ LoRaONE can be anything. Like a solar radiation sensor to measure at what sun intensity your plants grow the most.

⦁ We’re currently working closely with the park rangers in northern Tanzania to protect endangered rhinos from poachers who try to get their hands on the valuable horn. For years, the rangers have been struggling to track the rhinos effectively through a range of sensors. Radio waves are unsafe as the poachers can track the rhinos as well. Satellite equipment is big and bulky for an animal to carry around. And cellular service is spotty at best. LoRaONE proves to be the solution. With only ten gateways, the huge park is fully covered. The LoRaONEs are small and light enough so they do not hinder the rhinos and the connection is secure, so poachers can’t eavesdrop. Thanks to small solar panels and sunny African weather, the LoRaONEs never run out of juice, giving the rangers 24/7 information about the whereabouts of these magnificent animals.

⦁ LoRaONE can serve as an excellent remote alarm system for anything ranging from a bicycle to an expensive painting. The accelerometer detects any movement and the LoRaONE can notify you instantly. Follow it’s location in near-real time and get back what’s yours!

⦁ With the built in button it works as a wearable, for instance a panic button for seniors. If anything happens, a push of the button notifies loved ones or caretakers, who can immediately read out the location. Thanks to LoRa® this is not limited to one building: it is connected everywhere, all the time.