RAKwireless is joining CNX Software Giveaway Week for the third year running with the company offering a free WisBlock IoT Starter Kit with LoRaWAN and LTE-M/NB-IoT or GSM connectivity following giveaways for the WisBlock Kit 2 LoRa-based GPS Tracker with Solar Panel in 2021 and RAK Developer Kit (Air Quality Kit) in 2022.
The WisBlock IoT Starter Kit enables prototyping with LoRaWAN and cellular IoT connectivity plus display modules (OLED and RGB) and plenty of sensors such as accelerometers, light sensors, VOC sensors, temperature and humidity sensors, and more.
WisBlock IoT Starter Kit content:
- 1x RAK4631 WisBlock Core module
- SoC – Nordic nRF52840 Arm Cortex-M4F microcontroller @ 64 MHz with 1 MB Flash, 256 KB RAM, Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 protocol stack
- LoRaWAN – Semtech SX1262 LoRa Transceiver with LoRaWAN 1.0.2 protocol stack (supports Class A & C), global coverage support: RU864, IN865, EU868, US915, AU915, KR920, AS923
- 1x RAK11200 WisBlock Core module with ESP32 WiFi & Bluetooth LE microcontroller and LoRa / LoRaWAN
- 2x RAK19007 WisBlock Base Board with 4x sensor slots and 1x IO slot
- 2x RAK12010 Light Sensor
- 2x RAK1901 Temperature and Humidity Sensor
- 2x RAK12047 VOC Sensor
- 2x RAK1904 3-axis Acceleration Sensor
- 2x RAK18001 Buzzer Module
- 2x RAK14001 RGB LED Module
- 2x RAK1921 OLED display
- 2x RAK12021 RGB Sensor
- Cellular modules applicable for your region
- 2x RAK5860 with LTE-M and NB-IoT capability through Quectel BG77 module
- 2x RAK13101 with 2G GSM capability through Quectel MC20E module
RAKwireless will provide tutorials and example codes using the Arduino IDE. You’ll find more details in the work-in-progress documentation for the WisBlock IoT Starter Kit which should be further updated in the next few weeks.
To enter the draw simply leave a comment with your country and whatever else you’d like to say (no links in the body of the comment). If the country is missing, I’ll consider the entry void. Other rules are as follows:
- Only one entry per contest. I will filter out entries with the same IP and/or email address.
- Contests are open for 48 hours starting at 10 am (Bangkok time) every day.
- Comments will be closed after 48 hours. If comments are open, the contest is still going on.
- Winners will be selected with random.org, and announced in the comments section of each giveaway.
- I’ll contact the winner by email, and I’ll expect an answer within 24 hours, or I’ll pick another winner. Note that I may not be able to contact people who log in with Facebook, Twitter, or Google, so it’s better to use an email address to enter the draw.
- Shipping
- RAKwireless will handle shipping, so the winner does not have anything to pay.
- The contest is global and open to all, except for readers based in Thailand since RAKwireless is offering a second WisBlock IoT Starter Kit on CNX Software Thailand, and you should apply there if you’d like to have the kit shipped to Thailand.
- I’ll make sure we have 7 different winners, so if you have already won a device during this giveaway week, I’ll draw another person.
Good luck to all!
The WisBlock IoT Starter Kit can also be purchased on RAKwireless’ online store for $189 plus shipping.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
210 participants. This has been the most popular giveaway so far this year.
Mr Random selected number 141. That would be Andy. Congratulations!
Hello from Vietnam
Hi from Australia.🖐🏼
From Taiwan. I want this
This looks fun!! United States, Montana
Hello from Vietnam
Finland. I don’t yet have any RAK Wireless products, but I’ve been aware of the company for a couple of years as I’ve been considering buying one of their LoRa concentrator boards.
Hello from the United States. Looks like a great setup for a remote weather/environment monitoring station.
Hello From India, CNX is my daily new’s reader. Very informative platform.
Hello! Poland
Australia.
Great looking dev-kit!
Hello from Bangladesh
Australia
Hola from Spain! Good luck to everyone!
Hi all and big hugs from spain
Hello from France
Belarus here
Malaysia here!
Hello from Turkey, thanks for the effort to giveaway and making people exited.
Hello from India
Hello from Spain
Netherlands
Greetings, Ukraine.
Hello from Romania!
Hi from Israel
Hello from Germany!
Greetings from AUSTRIA!
I have used several RAKwireless products over the years, but I would really love to get my hands on those 😉
Hello from Brazil !!!
Hello from Belarus!
Good morning from Germany
Hi all,
From Switzerland with love and IoT
Hello from USA!
Hello from Hungary.
Greetings from India!
Very interesting. From Spain.
Iran
Seems interesting, woud donate it to a school if I get it probably (provided I can find one that wants it).
Hello from Lithuania!
Hello from Malaysia
Hi, Stephane from New Zealand, previously from Thailand (Chiang Mai), previously France 🙂
Hello from Portugal
Hello from Montenegro
Lora is so interesting. Unregulated and almost undetectable wireless communication. Btw, nice kits…
Hello from France !
Hello from India!
Hello from france
hello from Georgia
Hello from Slovenia
Greetings from Belgium!
Hi from France
Hello from Belgium
Hello from Croatia
Greeting from Thailand 🙂 I am interested to try out with LORA WAN for smart farming, especially for large area in the aspect of irrigation planning, weather station. I also wanted to try by integrating these gears, which is written via Arduino, to Home Assistant
Good rainy morning from United Kingdom !
Greetings from Spain!
Hi from Brasil
From Belgium.
That looks like a very extensive kit.
Ideal for experimenting.
Good luck everyone ! From France !
United Kingdom – interested to try some RAK kit.
Hi from Kazakhstan! Good luck to all!
Hello from Russia! ^^
Poland, this would be a great leap into wireless!
Hello from Poland.
Hi from Sweden, would be an awesome kit to have!
Hello from Australia 🦘
Morning from the UK. That ticks multiple boxes, moving forward with NBIOT, using ESP32 for BLE and the bonus nordic BLE as well.
Hello fron Spain
Sweden here. Could make good use of this kit. Thanks
Hello from Poland!
I need it from Brunei
I need it from Brunei
Hi from Bosnia and Herzegovina. I live in an industrial city so I have plans to implement
Hi from Australia! 🙂
Hi from Italy!
Hi from Latvia!
Hi from Portugal!
Hello from Ukraine! Looks as a great kit to start with.
Hello from Morocco ! good luck everyone 🍀
Bien le bonjour de France
Hello from Serbia
Hello from Italy!
Hello from Cyprus
Hi from Wales!
Hello from Portugal!
Hello from Portugal
Goede middag! (Good afternoon)
The Netherlands
Following CNX from Spain.
Poland
Serbia
Hello from Spain 😉
Hello from Denmark 🙂
Hello from Canada. Wow what a nice kit! Thanks for the Giveaway!
Hello from Porttugal
Hello from USA.
Awesome giveaway.
May the odds be in everyone’s favor!
Good Luck!!
Hello from Brazil
India
Hi!
United States
Hello from Greece.
Hello from The Netherlands 🙂
Hi from France o/
USA!
Greetings from heart of The Europe.Czechia.
USA
USA! Would be fun to try and integrate the LTE module with Meshtastic+MQTT
USA says hi.
Greetings from Germany
Peace!
USA!
Hi from France
would love a starter kit 🙂
OMG, would love this. United States, Wisconsin
Good morning from the USA!
Canada
Hello from Czech republic
Greetings from Austria
Hello again from Italy
Hello from Finland
Tennessee USA checking in
Hello ftom Chile!
Good morning from Spain
Hello from Poland!
Hello from Kenya
Greetings from Belgium !
Hello I am Ronny from Kenya.
I would really love to have to those products and tinker with them
Hello from France
Hello from Sweden!
Hi from Vietnam
Would love to get started with LoRa! United States, North Dakota
Hello From Germany
Greetings from sweden !
Hello from Brazil!
Hi!
France
I really need this! Thanks!
Hello from belgium, looks like a nice kit!
Hi from Poland.
Hi from the United States
Hewo from Germany!
Hi from Sweden.
Hello from United States. I have been developing a sensor to monitor the water levels for farmers growing rice in California. Getting the data out of the fields is a big problem in our rural community. Would love to apply this kit here!
Hello from Switzerland!
Hello from United States. I am working on a LoRa sensor to measure the depth of water in our rice fields. It is really hard to get the data out of the fields in our rural community. This kit seems like it can do the job.
Hello from Switzerland!!
This looks very good indeed.
From France
Hello from Russia
Hello from Denmark!
Greetings from Spain!
Greetings from France
Hello from Ireland
Greetings from The Netherlands
United States.
Hi from Belgium
Hello from Colombia
Hello from USA
Poland
Slovakia
G’day from Australia
Brazil
Hello, HUN
Hello from France !
Hello from Belgium!
Let’s see if this would like to come to Switzerland 🐈⬛
Hello form Germany 🙂
Hope I didn’t miss this one. Hi from Sweden!
Greetings from the Philippines! Would love to try the kit for personal projects.
Hi from nz
Sounds cool. In the UK.
Thank you, admin 🙂
Hello from Texas US!
Hello from France.
Hungary – Quite a good start kit for IoT, nice!
IRAN
Great development kit. Poland
Hello from Turkiye
Greetings from Bulgaria
Hello from Irvine, CA, USA
Greetings from China
Hi an IoT student from South Africa🇿🇦 this could be advantageous for me
Greetings from Poland! 🙂 Let’s dive into LoRa with RAK
Hello All from Vietnam
Hello from Lithuania
Vietnam. I have many ideas about deploying Lora in Vietnam 😘
This is from Portugal now!
Latvia
Greetings from switzerland 🙂
Belgium
Hi from Switzerland too
Hello from the south west of Ireland.
Hello from Serbia
Hello! Poland
Thanks from Israel
Hello from Germany
Hello from germany.
Hi from Latvia
This would be great fun to develop with! Thanks for the CNX page, it’s my daily read!
Hello from France !
Spain
Hey from Malta
Hello from Vietnam
Hello from Vietnam!
hello from Morocco
Thanks
Greetings from Canada…👍
UK – good luck all
Hello from Vietnam
Hello from Austria!
Hello from Switzerland!
Hi from Nigeria
Hello from the Netherlands
Indonesia
Hallo,
Belgium 😉
Love from Canada
singapore
Canada