Open AccessPrototype weather station uses LoRa wireless connectivity infrastructure
Author(s) -
Eko Murdyantoro,
Ridlo Setiawan,
Imron Rosyadi,
Azis Ww Nugraha,
Hesti Susilawati,
Yogi Ramadhani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1367/1/012089
Subject(s) - wireless sensor network , computer science , computer network , wireless wan , default gateway , key distribution in wireless sensor networks , wireless , bluetooth , wireless network , mobile wireless sensor network , real time computing , node (physics) , gsm , telecommunications , engineering , structural engineering
This study develops a prototype of a weather station with LoRa wireless infrastructure. LoRa is a wireless connectivity technology supporting the internet of things (IoT) system. This technology is an alternative to other wireless connectivity modules that have already been popular such as GSM modules, Wifi Modules and Bluetooth (BLE). The use of the LoRa network serves to increase the range of wireless cells that can reach distances of up to 5 kilometers while still having low power consumption. One LoRa network cell can connect end devices to hundreds of nodes. Weather parameters measured include temperature, humidity, air pressure, rain detection, and wind speed. The prototype consists of Arduino UNO, DHT11 sensor, raindrop sensor, anemometer sensor, BMP180 sensor, LoRa shield, LoRa Gateway, and ThingSpeak web application. While the number of end device nodes built is 3 nodes in one cell. As a result, the system can function properly. This system has the potential to be implemented in urban and rural areas with various types of sensors connected. Between cells can be managed to form a Low Power-Wide Area Network as a wider sensor network.