Getting all the drivers written for such an endeavor is the huge part….
Now, MCCI Corporation has made their TrueTask USB host stack available to the Raspberry Pi Windows on ARM community for non-commercial, evaluation purposes.
Rather than charge for this service, MCCI writes:
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If the drivers work for you, please consider a donation to The Things Network New York, Inc.. This is a non-profit 501(c)(3) public charity that MCCI’s Terry Moore leads in NYC and Ithaca; they are working to deploy community owned, open source, standards-based, free-to-use IoT networks for remote sensing and smart city applications. There’s a “Donate” link on the TTN NY home page.
Note that this doesn’t go to fund MCCI, but rather it goes to fund a cause that MCCI cares a lot about; your contribution will help us (and everyone doing community LoRaWAN networking) in our effort to make IoT a public good.
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Thanks! BTW, there’s an updated, simplified installer at https://github.com/WOA-Project/WoA-Installer-Rpi — maybe fewer download steps. MCCI gave the project permission to include our drivers/EULA in the kit, so it’s probably easier to use.
And do consider supporting The Things Network New York, Inc. (https://thethings.nyc).
Thanks! BTW, there’s an updated, simplified installer at https://github.com/WOA-Project/WoA-Installer-Rpi — maybe fewer download steps. MCCI gave the project permission to include our drivers/EULA in the kit, so it’s probably easier to use.
And do consider supporting The Things Network New York, Inc. (https://thethings.nyc).