WisMesh Repeater Mini V2 Solar-powered IP67 Meshtastic relay with up to 1W coverage on LoRa® What Is WisMesh Repeater Mini V2? The WisMesh Repeater Mini V2 is a second-generation, ready-to-use Meshtastic repeater that extends the range of your Meshtastic LoRa mesh network. It builds on everything that made the original WisMesh Repeater Mini easy to deploy, including a WisBlock Meshtastic core,...

WisDM Metrics vs. Grafana for Gateway Monitoring in LoRaWAN® Networks In short: WisDM Metrics is a no-code LoRaWAN gateway monitoring capability inside WisDM, using available WisGate metrics for fleet dashboards without a separate telemetry pipeline. Grafana is among the LoRaWAN visualization tools used for customizable, cross-system observability, but a DIY stack requires teams to build...

Stop Checking Gateways for LoRaWAN® One by One with WisDM Metrics Managing IoT infrastructure becomes harder as deployments grow. In Microsoft’s IoT Signals survey, conducted with IoT Analytics, 72% of manufacturing respondents named scalability as their main concern. For LoRaWAN operators, that challenge includes seeing how individual gateways are behaving across the fleet. A deployment...

Best Meshtastic Devices in 2026: A Beginner’s Guide to Starter Kits, Repeaters, Trackers, and More What Is the Best Meshtastic Device in 2026? The best Meshtastic device is not always the most expensive or most powerful option. The right choice depends on what you want to build, where you plan to use it, and how much setup...

RAKwireless RAK3172-F Module for LoRaWAN® with External Flash Ultra-low-power module for LoRaWAN with extra flash and rollback recovery RAK3172-F is here. RAKWireless latest module for LoRaWAN® adds 512 KB external flash, enabling FUOTA-ready architectures and rollback-oriented firmware recovery for safer remote firmware updates. Designed as a pin-compatible upgrade from RAK3172, RAK3172-F helps developers move faster...

Hybrid BLE + LoRaWAN® Cold Chain Solution: End-to-End Visibility & Compliance 1. Core Challenge & Pain Points The Problem Cold chain failures rarely occur inside highly controlled warehouses. Instead, they cluster during transit and at physical handover points where environmental visibility drops to zero. According to industry research: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports...

How to Choose a Meshtastic Base Station A reliable Meshtastic base station needs stable power, external antennas, enclosure, local MQTT, dashboards, and clear setup. DIY builds offer full customization, while ready-to-run gateways help users move faster from setup to deployment. WisMesh Station supports dense local coverage, while WisMesh Station HP fits long-range relay and backbone...

How to Build a Cleaner, More Repeatable Meshtastic Raspberry Pi Setup The Raspberry Pi has become one of the most popular platforms for running Meshtastic, and it is easy to see why. It brings the flexibility of Linux into the mix, allowing you to run meshtasticd Raspberry Pi deployments alongside MQTT brokers, dashboards, logging tools,...

RAKwireless RAK3401 WisBlock Core BLE Module Nordic nRF52840 BLE Core Module Low-power WisBlock BLE MCU core with TCXO stability, rich I/O, and modular expansion. Ready to pair with RAK13302 for LoRa builds What is the RAK3401 WisBlock Core BLE Module? The WisBlock RAK3401 BLE module is built around the Nordic nRF52840 for applications that need...

What Really Makes IoT Scale? Lessons I’ve Learned Building RAKwireless By Ken Yu, Founder & CEO of RAKwireless This article is based on a talk I shared recently with the IoT community at the IoT Tech Expo in the UK. After more than 20 years working in communications and IoT, the question that drives me...