Arduino Launches Developer IoT Kit for LoRa Developers

Arduino Launches Developer IoT Kit for LoRa Developers – Joins LoRa Alliance™
Developers Build Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Management for Fleets, Supply Chain & Logistics, Metering, Digital Cities, Agriculture & Environment, Healthcare, and Smart Buildings. Arduino, today announced the availability of its IoT Developer Kit for LoRa

Arduino, today announced the availability of its IoT Developer Kit for LoRa developers based on Semtech’s LoRa® devices and wireless RF technology (LoRa Technology).

Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC) and Arduino collaborated to announce the individual LoRa-enabled nodes and gateway shields earlier this year.

“The IoT and IIoT are extremely high growth markets. Accenture claims the IIoT alone will add $14.2 trillion to the global economy by the year 2030,” said Federico Musto, Arduino CEO. “The IIoT offers incredible opportunities for developers to digitize the world in ways we haven’t even thought about yet. From saving water to managing herds to understanding how to manage pharmaceuticals, Semtech’s LoRa technology offers low-cost ways to solve problems using open technology. We look forward to seeing how LoRa technology can save money and create new revenue streams today and into the future.”

Arduino officially joined the LoRa Alliance™, the global association of over 450 companies backing the LoRaWAN™ standard for low-power, long-range, wide-area IoT networks.

Using Arduino Primo, Tian, and other boards, developers can integrate Semtech’s LoRa products and wireless RF technology into existing projects. Benefiting from operating in an unlicensed spectrum, like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, but instead operating at sub GHz frequencies, LoRa technology adds long range radio frequency functionality tailored for IoT to Arduino boards, giving developers the ability to transmit data over tens of kilometers with seamless mobility at very low costs and with very long battery life.