DRAGINO TECH

2,224 orders since Jul 12, 2014

Shenzhen, GuangDong, China

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (4.14)

Documentation: (3.83)

Shipping: (4.24)

Communication: (4.19)

All Reviews

Kris | April 30, 2017

Excellent way to start with point-to-point LoRa

For LG01 -P LoRa OpenWrt IoT Gateway

After some trouble getting the two 915 MHz version gateways I ordered (868 MHz version was sent the first time) I was able to follow the very well-documented getting-started instructions to see the gateway on my laptop, get it connected to my local wifi network, program to blink the heart led, and then get both gateways talking to each other, one as a server and one as a client.

The documentation is very clear and easy to follow. The example sketches work well out of the box using Radiohead's library.

Overall, this is a nice starter for people who want to dip their toe into the LoRa radio waters. It is not a LoRaWAN-capable system, as is made clear on the tindie store page, but users will be able to connect multiple LoRa radio clients to one of these "gateways" and have them send data to the gateway in turns. This is fine for in home use and for hobbyists to tinker with. Overall I am happy with the two gateways I bought and I plan to make use of them for projects around the house using my own LoRa development boards as the clients. Well done Edwin!

My only complaint is that the AVR MCU running the LoRa radio is severly underpowered, has no RTC, limited RAM, no encryption, etc all of the missing features that cause people to move up to an ARM-based MCU. Perhaps this could be done for a future version of this lovely little gateway?

Dominic | April 13, 2017

Good purchase overall

For Arduino Shield featuring LoRa® technology

I am so happy that the product was delivered in less than a week. I got a good receipt and the boards are doing great!

Overall, the purchase is worth it! Thanks Dragino. Keep it up!

Dominic | April 13, 2017

Good purchase overall

For Raspberry Pi HAT featuring GPS and LoRa® technolog

I am so happy that the product was delivered in less than a week. I got a good receipt and the boards are doing great! Just a suggestion: can you have an option for the LoRa/GPS hat to have a 40-pin header on top so that other component can be connected to it?

Overall, the purchase is worth it! Thanks Dragino. Keep it up!

Greg | April 12, 2017

Good shipping turnaround time. Would do business again!

For Arduino Shield featuring LoRa® technology

Product was needed for a LoRa weather balloon project I'm working on. In the US, getting LoRa components is bit tough. So this Tindie vendor was a life-saver! The product arrived pretty quickly, was trackable, and works just fine. E-mailed back and forth with the vendor to confirm some functionality and obtain documentation. They were very responsive.

Recommended for future transactions!

Jose | March 14, 2017

Misleading, this is NOT a LoRa gateway

For OLG01-N Single Channel LoRa IoT Gateway

All this is is a poor quality, badly finished WiFi gateway with an Arduino and LoRa chip inside. You can't do any LoRa "gateway-ing" with this setup, it's worse than single channel since it's limited by the Arduino

It also wouldn't last very long "outdoors" it's full of holes would survive even the mildest of rain showers.

Don't waste your money on this

EDIT: Stop lying Dragino, this is not a single channel gateway. The LoRa chip is connected to an Arduino internally, you can't do a gateway with this setup. This is a LoRa NODE inside a wifi router.

Response from DRAGINO TECH | March 14, 2017

Hi, Jose,

I am sorry that you don't like this product. The OLG01 is a single channel gateway, it is not a LoRaWAN gateway. we will add the notice at the product description page.

Best Regards
Edwin

Adil | Feb. 27, 2017

Wrong item shipped!!

For Raspberry Pi HAT featuring GPS and LoRa® technolog

I bought a Lora/GPS shield for Arduino (Lora /GPS Shield 915: 915 Frequency) , but I received a LoRa Shield only (Lora Shield 915: Load with RFM95W-915S2, support 915M frequency). You guys sent me the wrong product. I paid for a different product.

Matt | Aug. 18, 2016

Documentation specific to the product is lacking

For Raspberry Pi HAT featuring GPS and LoRa® technolog

The documentation for the LoRa/GPS hat is pretty much "go look at the docs for the shield and figure it out for yourself". I've started to look at the setup a few times but I always get distracted by all my other Adafruit, Arduino, Pimoroni, Teensy, anything micropython.....and other products that have enough step by step documentation specific to the product to get someone new to it off to a basic start. Isn't this a hat? Why do I have to figure out pins?....or do I? The docs aren't clear because they're talking about wiring a shield to the pi. Usually once I have the basic functionality working I feel comfortable making whatever I want out of it from there. Maybe follow the Pimoroni model and put the software and some pre-built examples up on github (I would point to Adafruit for the best site for docs and examples but this is a hat after all and Pimoroni seems to be king in that arena). Just look up any of their hats and you'll see how easy they've made it to work with their products.

So it sits and waits until I have enough time to dedicate to figuring it out for myself. The product might very well deserve 5 stars but due to the lack of docs I can't really review the hardware until I see it in action so I'm giving it a more neutral 3.

Ibrahim | July 20, 2016

Lora Module

For Raspberry Pi HAT featuring GPS and LoRa® technolog

I got my Lora/GPS HAT module works perfectly with Rasperry Pi. I have received my devices on time. Thanks.

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