The applicability of Arduino microcontroller with a LoRa shield as an element in IoT

Podržaj, Primož (author), Požrl, Tomaž (author), Jenko, Marjan (author), Selak, Luka (author), Škulj, Gašper (author), Rihar, Lidija (author), Vrabič, Rok (author), Bračun, Drago (author), Berlec, Tomaž (author), Kozjek, Dominik (author)

In this paper an IoT application of LoRa is presented. The application is related to the socalled precision beekeeping. This term is associated with the monitoring of many variables within a hive and in its vicinity, which can assist the beekeeper at all the activities that have to be done in beekeeping practice. In order to achieve that kind of functionality the so called wireless sensor network has to be realized. First an overview of such technologies is given. Our decision was to take LoRa. The core of the system is an Arduino microcontroller with the addition of the LoRa shield. In the paper a process of communication between master and slave unit is described. In order to demonstrate the applicability, the slave unit has an additional temperature sensor attached. The system was verified by a successful temperature measurement lasting several days.

• Language: English
• Keywords: beekeeping, temperature measurement, IoT application, LoRa shields, Arduino microcontrollers
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Author Accepted Manuscript
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. [21]-31
• Numbering: Vol. 13, nr. 9
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-169791
• UDC: 621.398:681.5
• ISSN on article: 2231-5403
• COBISS.SI-ID: 154249987
• Publication date in RUL: 11.06.2025

Record is a part of a proceedings

• Title: 11th International Conference on Signal Image Processing and Multimedia
• COBISS.SI-ID: 154242051

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Computer science and information technology
• Shortened title: Comput. sci. inf. technol.
• Publisher: Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center
• ISSN: 2231-5403
• COBISS.SI-ID: 524297497

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: čebelarstvo, merjenje temperature, aplikacija IoT, LoRa, mikrokontrolerji Arduino