Lacuna Space adopts Semtech’s newly released LoRa Edge chipset

Lacuna Space, Oxford UK, announces the world’s first design-in of Semtech’s newly released LoRa Edge LR1120 chipset into Lacuna’s reference device: the LS300 Sensor and Relay, providing direct-to-satellite connectivity to extend the reach of LoRaWAN networks into previously unconnected remote regions where terrestrial infrastructure would be un-economic to deploy.

Lacuna says it is firmly committed to interoperability with the existing terrestrial LoRaWAN ecosystem and the brand new LR1120 radio chip, which is part of the LoRa Edge device-to-cloud platform is an important enabler for this due to its multi-band capability adding support for S-Band at 2.0 GHz.

The Lacuna Internet of Things (IoT) service operates in multiple SRD bands (868 MHz, 915 MHz and regional variations) plus now also the newly added complement of licenced S-Band at 2 GHz. Lacuna is taking the opportunity of the newly released LoRa Edge LR1120 platform to bring LS300 to market, allowing one superset device to service all customer requests. Embedded sensors include GPS, 6-DOF inertia, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure.