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LoRaWAN Quickstart

Welcome to Blues! Our tutorials below help you get up and running with a Blues LoRaWAN Starter Kit. If you run into any problems, or have any questions along the way, feel free to reach out in our forum.

1. Set Up Your Gateway

Connect your gateway to Ethernet or a Wi-Fi network.

Set Up Your Gateway

2. Use the Notecard to Send Data

Learn how to connect to the Notecard LoRa, how to set up the Notecard’s companion cloud backend, Notehub, and how to start working with data.

Start the Notecard LoRa Quickstart

3. Build Your First LoRa App

Learn how to deploy multiple Notecard LoRa devices, monitor temperature from multiple locations, and securely send your data from Notehub to your cloud of choice.

Build Your First LoRa App

Next Steps

Now that you know the basics of how the Notecard and Notehub work, you’re ready to apply what you’ve learned towards a real project. We have a few recommendations on what to do next:

Learn Best Practices for Production Projects: This skimmable guide has a list of best practices for moving your project from a prototype to a real, production-ready deployment.
Browse Examples Apps: Our collection of apps that show how to build common projects with Blues. These example apps include dozens of official Blues project accelerators, a collection of purpose-built sample apps, and a huge set of projects from our community.
Join the Community Forum: The Blues community forum is a great place to ask questions as you start developing your first project, and to get involved with the Blues community.