LoRaWAN / Riot-OS Setup
Summary
Setting up a LoRaWAN application with Riot-OS on a STM32 LoRa and Sigfox Discovery Kit
Requirements
- Operating system: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic amd64
- Packages: git
Description
Step 1
Install the following packages
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install git openocd gcc-multilib build-essential python-serial libudev-dev
Step 2
Install the toolchain
Goto https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/developer-tools/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm and download
gcc-arm-none-eabi-7-2018-q2-update-linux.tar.bz2
Move it to your home directory.
Uninstall old packages
sudo apt remove binutils-arm-none-eabi gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-arm-none-eabi
Unzip the downloaded file
tar -xjvf gcc-arm-none-eabi-7-2018-q2-update-linux.tar.bz2
Add the toolchain to your path
export PATH=$PATH:/home/(your user)/gcc-arm-none-eabi-7-2018-q2-update/bin/
Step 3
Download Riot-OS and run Hello World on native
git clone https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT.git myRIOT
Build and run "Hello World" on native
cd myRIOT/examples/hello-world make make term
Step 4
Build and run "Hello World" on the STM32 LoRa and Sigfox kit.
First of attach the antenna to the board - never use it without the antenna! Connect the board to your computer via micro USB cable.
make BOARD=b-l072z-lrwan1 make BOARD=b-l072z-lrwan1 flash term
You may also set the BOARD in the Makefile of the application.
Step 5
Create an application at the TTN (The Things Network).
Register at https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/
Used Hardware
STM32 LoRa and Sigfox Discovery kit Maybe another device to be used with this documentation
Courses
- Internet- & Netzwerktechnologien (2019)
- Another one (2018)