A curated list of all helium projects, tutoriais, and resources.
- Discord - Official Helium Community Discord; many people, very busy
- Monthly Community Calls - Noon ET on the last Wednesday of the month
- Weekly Helium Hacks Happy Hour - Every Wednesday at 3p PT
- Blockchain Sync Progress Script - Bash script to get the current progress of your Helium miner running via docker
- Leroy's Updated & Unofficial CubeCell repo - Heltec ASR650x; Heavily improved.
- Leroy's WisBlock sample code
- LoRaWAN Tracker Example Code - Really good example using WisBlocks
- WisBlock Helium Mapper - Fork of LoRaWAN Tracker modified to work with Helium Cargo and Mapper Ingest.
NOTE: These best practices are written targeting non Helium LoRa network providers. Not all of these suggestions necessarily apply to the Helium network but they area probably worth noting. (disclaimer: In no particular order, with no particular recommendation, not all are fully vetted)
- SemTech: Things to Know
- Best Practices: The Things Industries
- The Things Network: Best practices for device development
- The Things Network: Best practices to limit application payloads
- 3 best practices for long LoRaWAN battery life: video
- Helium Explorer Open-source helium explorer
- Helium Network Map
- Sitebot
- Hotspotty Hotspot management platform
- Mylar
- Helium Coverage Mapping
- Cargo Live Mapper
- Line of sight measurement
- Helium Chain Variables
- LoRa documentation
- Cloud-RF - RF coverage modeling and mapping utility
- Patrium - Another hotspot management platform
- Mock sensor code to send lorawan otta join
- Helium+ Helium hotspot earnings calculator
- Helium.place - Hotspot placement visualization tool
- WhatHeliumRegion - Check the LoRa frequency of a region
- Datacake.co Enterprise IoT platform
- Cayenne
- Adafruit.io - Adafruit.io is a cloud service - that just means we run it for you and you don't have to manage it. You can connect to it over the Internet. It's meant primarily for storing and then retrieving data but it can do a lot more than just that!
- Ubidots
- Thingsboard
- Node Red
- Unofficial Hotspot Utility - Unofficial Android/iPhone Hotspot Utility
Build tutorials
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DIY Hotspot auto update automation scripts - Wheaties466/helium_miner_scripts, automation for setting up DIY hotspots. All things DIY.
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Helium developer docs guide - Pilot Gateway (sx1301-based)
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maco2035/DiyHeliumHotspots - Collection of guides for setting up various builds
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PastaGringo/balenaos-helium-gtw - BelanaCloud-based build with docker-compose
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bottxrnife/helium-2245 - Forked from PastaGringo, BelanaCloud + docker-conmpose configuration for RAK2245-based builds, like the RAK Pilot Gateway (SX1301-based chip)
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bottxrnife/helium-2287 - Above but for RAK2287-based builds, like the RAK Discover Kit 2 (SX1302-based chip)
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just4give/helium-dyi-hotspot-balena-pi4 - "Build your own helium hotspot ( miner + packet forwader ) on Raspberry pi 4 using BalenaOS"
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jamiew/helium-diy-hotspot - Collection of shell scripts for setting up, updating, and monitoring a DIY hotspot
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23RoMax/h2b - Helium DIY Hotspot Bootstrapping script with a few utilities
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meshferg/lorawan-helium-diy-gateway_miner - RAK2245 & rPi4 gateway miner collecting wetlands data
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dansku/helium-rak833-pisupply PiSupply LoRa Gateway with the RAK833 for Helium. Video tutorials
- VolleyBoast VoBo GP1 - Decodes standard payload
- Helium Decoder Repo
- Helium Mapper Decoder
- DeWi Announcement
- Helium official hotspot
- RAK Hotspot Miner
- Nebra Miners Nebra.com | North America (Parley Labs)
- Dragino LPS8
- DIY gateway builds
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- RAK Outdoor Enclosure RAKWireless Shenzhen, Parley Labs (RAK VAR - North America)
- Browan TBHV110 Quickstart
- Browan TBHH100 Quickstart
- Connect a RAK7204 to Helium and forward its data to Ubidots
- KiCAD version of WisBlock-Sensor-RTC-Example
- CubeCell Helium Coverage Mapper - Mapper using the CubeCell w/ GPS/OLED by jas-williams
- OG Stock Hotspot Antenna - (pdf datasheet)
- 3dBi RAK Stock Replacement Antenna - RAKWireless Shenzhen, Parley Labs (RAK VAR - North America)
- RAK 5.8dBi RAKWireless Shenzhen, Parley Labs (RAK VAR - North America)
- RAK 8dBi RAKWireless Shenzhen, Parley Labs (RAK VAR - North America)
- Nearson 9dBi
- ANT-916-MHW-RPS-S - Indoor antenna - pdf
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- LMR-400 from USACoax - For RAK/Nebra miners to RAK/LorRaWAN antennas use RP-SMA Male to N-Type Female connectors.
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- Binance US
- Binance
- Bilaxy
- OTC Telegram groups
- HotBit
- LoRaWAN Academy - self-paced on-demand LoRaWAN training course
- HIP 17 Visualizer - static snapshots of network state visualize the effects of HIP 17 hex density scaling
Interested in hosting a hotspot? Get in touch with one of these companies:
- Buildmesh.io - 20% of HNT earnings plus $10 donation to STEM non-profit
- Emrit – 20% of HNT earnings
- [Flywheel Systems] (https://flywheel.systems) – 50% of HNT earnings + referrals. Plus cryptocurrency consulation.
- Hostify - New Jersey-only. $35+/monthly, $50+/referral
- IoWe (Internet of We) - 20% Partner referrals. 50% of HNT earnings after referral [where applicable].
- Loris.club - 25% of HNT earnings
- ZataFi - 50% of HNT earnings
Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines first.