What’s in the box?

The Things UNO

• Operating Voltage: 5V
• Interface/s: I2C, SPI, Serial
• Website: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/devices/uno/
• Arduino Library: https://github.com/TheThingsNetwork/arduino-device-lib/
• Additional resources:
  • How To: The Things Uno Part 1 - Activation
  • How To: The Things Uno Part 2 - Sending Data
  • How To: The Things Uno Part 3 - Connecting Sensors
  • How to: The Things Uno Part 4 - Downlink
  • Open Source Hardware repository
• Supplier: Farnell
• Remark: I2C Attention: on Leonardo type boards I2C is on D2=SDA, D3=SCL

Starter kit electronics

• Components:
  • 50 * LEDs (in various colors)
  • 1 * RGB LED
  • 2 * Photoresistors
  • 1 * Thermistor
  • 5 * Diode Rectifier (1N4007)
  • 5 * NPN Transistor (PN2222)
  • 1 * IC 4N35
  • 1 * IC 74HC595
  • 10 * Buttons
  • 2 * Buzzers (active & passive)
  • 1 * Precision Potentiometer
  • 20 * Ceramic Capacitors (10 * 22pf, 10 * 104)
  • 10 * Electrolytic Capacitor (5 * 10UF 50V, 5 * 100UF 50V)
  • 100 * Resistors (10 of each value: 10R, 100R, 220R, 330R, 1K, 2K, 5K1, 10K, 100K, 1M)
  • 2 * Pin Header (40pin)
• Supplier: product link

Level shifter, 3v3 to 5V, 4 Bidirectional channels

• Operating Voltage: 5V
• Supplier: product link

GPS module, u-blox PAM-7Q

• Operating Voltage: 3.3V Use level converter on digital pin!
• Interface/s: UART (Serial), Display Data Channel
• Datasheet: u-blox datasheet
• Website: u-blox product page
• Arduino libraries:
  • TinyGPS+
  • Adafruit GPS library
• Additional resources:
  • u-blox PAM-7Q: Hardware integration manual
  • Example with Arduino MKR 1300 and u-blox PAM-7Q
  • Example with Serial & Adafruit “leo parsing”
• Supplier: u-blox

Big red button

• Operating Voltage: 5V
• Interface/s: switch temp. close on press, lamp connectors
• Supplier: product link

Strobe signal light + power supply (12V)

• Operating Voltage: 12V
• Interface/s: Black wire: GND, White wire: VCC
• Additional resources: see schematic below
• Supplier: product link

MOSFET Power Control Kit

• Operating Voltage: 5V
• Interface/s: digital pin (PWR), LAMP has Black and White wire (see below)
• Arduino Library: blink ;)
• Supplier: product link