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Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Low-Bandwidth LTE with Add-on Chip

posted by n1 on Thursday December 01 2016, @09:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the internet-of-everything dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Raspberry Pi 3 today has only Wi-Fi connectivity, but soon it will also be able to handle low-throughput cellular communications and let users control devices over long distances.

Altair has completed testing of its ALT1160 Category 1 LTE chip on Raspberry Pi, and is making it available, a company representative said. That's significant, as it will bring much-needed, long-range communications to the popular board computer.

The LTE chip is ready for sale by Altair and its partners, a company representative said. The chip will be included in various third-party add-on LTE expansion boards and sensor modules for Raspberry Pi; otherwise, Altair will take volume orders for the chip. Each chip will cost roughly $15 to $20, though prices are coming down, said Eran Eshed, co-founder of Altair.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by PurpleAlien on Friday December 02 2016, @01:32AM

    by PurpleAlien (5483) on Friday December 02 2016, @01:32AM (#435760)

    You mean, with something like this: http://www.purplealienplanet.com/node/52 [purplealienplanet.com] which we've been building for years? Some more info if you want to know more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-we-build-johan-dams [linkedin.com] and https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/or-not-johan-dams [linkedin.com]

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  • (Score: 1) by anubi on Friday December 02 2016, @05:02AM

    by anubi (2828) on Friday December 02 2016, @05:02AM (#435812) Journal

    Thanks for those links!

    --
    "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]

  • (Score: 2) by dlb on Friday December 02 2016, @03:40PM

    by dlb (4790) on Friday December 02 2016, @03:40PM (#435981)
    Yeah, thanks for the interesting links. (And is that your site? Are you the maker of the tracker?)

    Anyway, it'll still be informative to see how anubi sets things up. And, anubi, if you're writing your own software to handle the interactions between the text messaging and the hardware implementation, I'd love to see the specifics.

    • (Score: 1) by PurpleAlien on Friday December 02 2016, @06:30PM

      by PurpleAlien (5483) on Friday December 02 2016, @06:30PM (#436090)

      Yes, my site and tracker. Of course, I encourage everyone interested in this area to build one :)

      • (Score: 2) by dlb on Friday December 02 2016, @08:19PM

        by dlb (4790) on Friday December 02 2016, @08:19PM (#436180)
        Impressive.

        And with respect to everyone interested building one...easier said than done!

        • (Score: 1) by PurpleAlien on Friday December 02 2016, @09:12PM

          by PurpleAlien (5483) on Friday December 02 2016, @09:12PM (#436218)

          We're actually prepping a Kickstarter to bring that tracker (well, the next gen version of that one) to a wider audience in the form of a bike tracker (but no reason you can only use it for that). Until now we've focused mostly on larger projects like smart cities for government etc. We know there are other trackers out there, but this one will be truly plug and play (no SIM contracts, finding SIM cards, dealing with settings, etc.) and has lots of other advantages.

          • (Score: 2) by dlb on Saturday December 03 2016, @03:39AM

            by dlb (4790) on Saturday December 03 2016, @03:39AM (#436377)
            There are a lot of cyclists out there with expensive bicycles who easily spend 50 to 100 dollars or more for a bike lock. Your product would not only give a little more peace of mind when having to leave a bike unattended, but would give a fighting chance if theft would happen. I can relate because I'm a cyclist, and nice bikes aren't cheap. If your product is reasonably priced, I would expect it to do well.