Do you need LoRa for LONG RANGE Sensor Networks? Locally-Hosted Setup w/ Chirpstack

Do you like sensors and data collection as much as me, but need a solution for longer range than you can get with WiFi, Zigbee, Z-Wave, etc? Maybe you should take a look at LoRa, and the LoRaWAN network topology.

In this video, I walk through what LoRa and LoRaWAN are, how you can setup a LoRaWAN gateway and self-hosted Chirpstack cloud for your own home network, and eventually get sensor data all the way across my LoRaWAN network and into Home Assistant!

LoRaWAN Gateway:
(US 915Mhz): https://www.elecrow.com/lr1302-lorawa...
(EU 868Mhz): https://www.elecrow.com/lr1302-lorawa...
My SW Fork: https://github.com/apalrd/LR1302_LoRaWAN

Chirpstack LoRaWAN Installation Page:
https://www.chirpstack.io/docs/gettin...
(They also have a Home Assistant Addon if you are into that)

LoRaWAN Node Board (w/ RP2040): https://www.elecrow.com/lora-ra-08h-n...
LoRaWAN Node Board (Node Only, Needs MCU): https://www.elecrow.com/crowtail-lora...
My RA-08H Examples: https://github.com/apalrd/LoRa_RA08

The Sensor I Bought from Dragino (they have a ton of LoRaWAN sensors): https://www.dragino.com/products/temp...

Warning YoLink produces Home Automation products using LoRa, but they do not support standards-compliant LoRaWAN, despite being built on LoRaWAN. So you cannot use them with your own network.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Hardware
02:45 - LoRa
05:15 - Gateway
09:19 - LoRaWAN
13:36 - Chirpstack
21:54 - Devices
26:57 - Custom Nodes
33:39 - Home Assistant
38:52 - Conclusion