The things Network

building open networks for the internet of things   

internet

OF THINGS

Range

ENERGY consumption

Cost

OVERVIEW

Long range

5km (urban), +40km(rural)

Low cost

~$12 modem, ~$300 gateway, unlicensed spectrum

Open source

OSS + OSHW

Global community

> 400 cities, > 80 countries

Low power

2xAA = +2 years

Zurich

~35 gateways, ~430 members on Slack

BUILD A GATEWAY

• IMST iC880a board
• Raspberry Pi
• Antenna

• Raspbian Jessie
• OSS packet forwarder

HARDWARE

SOFTWARE

Step-by-step HOWTO

Links

Community page:

thethingsnetwork.org/c/zurich

Meetup group:

meetup.com/IoT-Zurich

Slack:

ttn-ch.herokuapp.com

Twitter:

@ttn_zh

HOWTO Build your own gateway:

github.com/ttn-zh/ic880a-gateway/wiki

What is LoRa?

lora-alliance.org/What-Is-LoRa

LoRaWAN spec:

portal.lora-alliance.org