chirpstack-tutorial/doc/100-outline.md

ChirpStack Tutorial Outline

• Overview
  • RPi gateway + ChirpStack
  • Sensor device
  • Metrics
  • Architecture description
    • Gateway
      • UDP packet forwarder (Semtech) OR concentratord
      • Gateway Bridge OR MQTT Forwarder
      • UDP -> GW Bridge, UDP -> MQTT, or concentratord -> MQTT
    • Server
      • MQTT broker
      • ChirpStack
      • Redis
      • PostgreSQL
    • Integration
      • InfluxDB + Grafana
  • Overall parts and cost
• ChirpStack setup
  • Hardware
    • Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 (+ power supply and MicroSD card)
    • Hat + Seeed WM1302 (SPI version, not USB)
    • Other options
      • WaveShare
      • Seeed SenseCAP M2
      • Microtik wAP LR9
      • Rak WisGate Edge Pro
      • RAK5146 Pi hat
      • Milesight UG63
      • Multitech Conduit AP
      • Dragino LPS8N
      • More options
        • https://www.choovio.com/product-category/lorawan-sensors-gateways-accessories/lora-lorawan-gateway/
        • https://www.calchipconnect.com/collections/all-products?gf_43916=215864475815%2B281100910759
  • Raspberry Pi imaging
    • RPi imager; I get it from Flathub with Mint
    • Network setup (static IP, WiFi is fine but prefer ethernet)
  • ChirpStack installation
    • https://www.chirpstack.io/docs/getting-started/debian-ubuntu.html
    • Config
  • Packet forwarder
    • Download
    • Config (channel and port settings)
    • Systemd script
  • ChirpStack gateway creation
• Device setup
  • Hardware + tools
    • Wire cutter + 22 AWG wire or premade jump wires
    • Breadboard
    • Makerfocus CubeCell + USB-C to USB-A cable (cannot be USB-C to USB-C!)
    • BME280 temp/pressure/humidity sensor
    • Battery
  • Dev environment
  • Code
    • Loop logic
    • Cayenne LPP overview
  • ChirpStack config
    • Device profile
    • Application
• Metrics setup
  • Diagram overview
  • Cloud instance
  • Docker setup
  • InfluxDB
  • Grafana
  • Nginx
  • Certificates + auto-renewal
  • ChirpStack config

TODO put this somewhere:

There are many more components included in ChirpStack, and they can integrate with one another to allow for lots of flexibility:

flowchart TD
    subgraph Gateway
    pf(Semtech Packet Forwarder) --> gb(ChirpStack Gateway Bridge)
    c(ChirpStack Concentratord) --> uf(ChirpStack UDP Forwarder)
    c --> mf(ChirpStack MQTT Forwarder)
    uf --> gb
    pf --> mf
    end
    mf --> mb
    gb --> mb(Mosquitto MQTT Broker)
    subgraph Cloud Server
    mb--> cs(ChirpStack)
    cs --> i(...Various integrations...)
    end