Academy for LoRaWAN®

To begin our hardware discussion, let’s start with the end devices. End devices on a LoRaWAN network send and receive data packets to and from gateways.

Each device consists of the following hardware components:

• The Microcontroller Unit (or MCU) - the brain of the device
• A power supply
• Peripherals, such as sensors
• The LoRa® radio
• The antenna

End devices also require software to be able to work on a LoRaWAN network. Three layers of software come into play:

• Application layer
• Middleware layer
• Driver layer

To get a better understanding of end devices on a LoRaWAN network, take a few minutes to watch this video.

(Time: 8:22 minutes)