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# LoRa APRS iGate
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The LoRa APRS iGate will work with very cheep hardware which you can buy from amazon, ebay or aliexpress.
Try it out and be part of the APRS network.
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## Supported boards
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You can use one of the Lora32 boards:
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* Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V1 (433MHz SX1278)
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* Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V2 (433MHz SX1278)
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* TTGO LoRa32 V1 (433MHz SX1278)
* TTGO LoRa32 V2 (433MHz SX1278)
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* TTGO T-Beam V0.7 (433MHz SX1278)
* TTGO T-Beam V1 (433MHz SX1278)
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* Tracker D from [OE1ACM and OE1CGC ](https://www.lora-aprs.at/ )
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* many more...
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Here are some amazon-de links for some example boards:
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* [LoRa32 V1 ](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07VPHYYJD )
* [LoRa32 V1 ](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07QRG89ZV )
* [LoRa32 V2 ](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07VL97VNH )
* [T-Beam V1.0 ](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07RT9FKPL )
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This boards cost around 20 Euros, they are very cheap and perfect for an LoRa iGate.
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Keep in minde: you need a 433MHz version!
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## Compiling
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### How to compile
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The best success is to use PlatformIO. Go to https://platformio.org/ and download the IDE. Just open the folder and you can compile the Firmware.
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### Dependencies
* [LoRa ](https://github.com/sandeepmistry/arduino-LoRa ) by Sandeep Mistry
* [APRS-IS-Lib ](https://github.com/peterus/APRS-IS-Lib ) by Peter Buchegger
* [APRS-Decoder-Lib ](https://github.com/peterus/APRS-Decoder-Lib ) by Peter Buchegger
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* [LoRa-APRS-Lib ](https://github.com/peterus/LoRa-APRS-Lib ) by Peter Buchegger
* [ArduinoJson ](https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson ) by Benoit Blanchon
* [AXP202X_Library ](https://github.com/lewisxhe/AXP202X_Library ) by Lewis He
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* [Adafruit SSD1306 ](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_SSD1306 ) by Adafruit (with all dependecies)
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* [NTPClient ](https://github.com/arduino-libraries/NTPClient ) by Fabrice Weinberg
But you don't need to download all this libs, PlatformIO will take care for you ;)
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## Configuration
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Change your configuration in data/is-cfg.json and upload it via 'Upload File System image' in PlatformIO!
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To find the 'Upload File System image' click the PlatformIO symbol (the little alien) on the left side, choos your configuration and search for 'Upload File System image'.
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## LoRa APRS iGates on aprs.fi
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Feel free to add a link to your iGate here:
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* [OE5BPA-10 ](https://aprs.fi/info/a/OE5BPA-10 )
## Future plans
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* add FTP server support to upload configuration
* add web server for configuration and other things
* add statistics for received packages
* show received packages on a map
* add better library to support multiple OLEDs
* etc.
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## LoRa Tracker
Look at my other project: a [LoRa Tracker ](https://github.com/peterus/LoRa_APRS_Tracker )
