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siliconwitch

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    Comment #43735936

    We haven’t tried SQL specific models actually. That’s quite a good idea. Will try it out. Yeah it mostly seems to be inconsistent at generating the SQL queries themselves. I guess …

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    Comment #43735857

    Voice is possible over LTE-M but it’s sort of the wrong technology for it. It’s designed for low power so the data rate is quite slow and the latency won’t work for two people tryi…

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    Comment #43735839

    Completely understand. This is really good feedback. I can start off by saying that there will absolutely be a free tier within the platform where you can buy a board and that’ll i…

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    Comment #43735675

    It’s the nRF9151 from Nordic. We’ll include a detailed section on the SoC and a full schematic once the documentation is up The platform as you said aims to abstract away a lot of …

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    Comment #43732647

    The SoC we use will also be gaining support for non-terrestrial networks soon. It’s the same feature that new iPhones have for Satellite based SOS when you’re outside of cell range…

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    Comment #43731446

    It’s a massive rabbit hole! Thankfully LTE Cat-M1 that we use is much simpler than full blown LTE, but even still, the most iteration we’ve had to do is around the antenna system. …

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    Comment #43731420

    The way the scripting engine is designed is such that it’s not really a problem to iterate in the field. If your code has an error, simply adjust and restart the script. Sure if yo…

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    Comment #43729807

    Not yet, but next week we should be getting a batch of PCBs with better tuned antennas. Fingers crossed if the performance is good, we will send them out to test in different regio…

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    Comment #43729510

    We’re actually looking at a few energy harvesting ICs designed for solar. They usually charge up an onboard super capacitor that can be used for infrequent transmissions. If it wor…

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    Comment #43729474

    Yep! GPS is already built in

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    Comment #43726394

    Probably since no one has abused this mechanism yet. I’m sure if people start trying to vacuum up inactive accounts, it might become a problem

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    Show HN: LTE-connected IoT module with remote programming and NL data analysis

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