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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.
(Score: 1) by nethead on Friday December 02 2016, @03:02AM
It looks like there is now going to be a Cat M1 version from VZN:
Cat-M1 is a version of LTE technology that functions on 1.4 MHz spectrum and is used to connect devices to the Internet of Things (IoT). Though the technology only comes with average upload speeds between 200 kbps and 400 kbps it also requires much less power, enabling a decade-long battery life or more.
Verizon previously launched Cat-M1’s standardized predecessor Category 1 (Cat-1) for IoT devices in December.
While this chip (FourGee-1160/6401) is good for 10Mbs and operates on two bands in the range of 400-2700MHz. (er, 400-512Mhz is gov, ham and business/PS.)
Much more research by me is required.
How did my SN UID end up over 3 times my /. UID?