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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.
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Try it out and be part of the APRS network.
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2020-05-11 15:50:11 +00:00
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2020-04-06 05:27:00 +00:00
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## Supported boards
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You can use one of the Lora32 boards:
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2020-04-06 05:27:00 +00:00
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* Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V1 (433MHz SX1278)
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* Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V2 (433MHz SX1278) https://heltec.org/project/wifi-lora-32/
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* TTGO LoRa32 V1 (433MHz SX1278)
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* TTGO LoRa32 V2 (433MHz SX1278)
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* TTGO T-Beam V0.7 (433MHz SX1278)
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* TTGO T-Beam V1 (433MHz SX1278)
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* many more...
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2020-04-06 05:27:00 +00:00
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Here are some amazon-de links for some example boards:
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* [Link](https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07VPHYYJD/)
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* [Link](https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B078LXL5ZK/)
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* [Link](https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07QRG89ZV/).
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2020-04-06 05:27:00 +00:00
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This boards cost around 20 Euros, they are very cheap but perfect for an LoRa iGate.
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Keep in minde: you need a 433MHz version!
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2020-05-11 14:00:04 +00:00
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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
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* [NTPClient](https://github.com/arduino-libraries/NTPClient) by Fabrice Weinberg
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* [LoRa](https://github.com/sandeepmistry/arduino-LoRa) by Sandeep Mistry
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* [APRS-IS-Lib](https://github.com/peterus/APRS-IS-Lib) by Peter Buchegger
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* [APRS-Decoder-Lib](https://github.com/peterus/APRS-Decoder-Lib) by Peter Buchegger
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* [Adafruit SSD1306](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_SSD1306) by Adafruit (with all dependecies)
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## Configuration
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Change your configuration in settings.h
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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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2020-04-06 05:27:00 +00:00
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* [OE5BPA-10](https://aprs.fi/info/a/OE5BPA-10)
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## Future plans
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The complete configuration should move to [IotWebConf](https://github.com/prampec/IotWebConf).
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## LoRa Tracker
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Look at my other project: a [LoRa Tracker](https://github.com/peterus/LoRa_APRS_Tracker)
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