PyCom Setup

1. Board soldering (TODO: Schematic/images)

2. Firmware updater

• Expansionboard/Pygate: https://docs.pycom.io/updatefirmware/expansionboard/
• LoPy: https://docs.pycom.io/updatefirmware/device/

3. Install Atom + Pymakr plugin. Pymakr and firmware install tools only work on x86 processors, so ARM devices (eg. Raspberry pi) will not work for this step.

• For Windows, Visual Studio C++ 2019 is required (2022 currently isn't supported): Downloads & Resources
• For linux: install node v16 (v17 does NOT work currently) and 'make' tools + toolchain.

4. Set up Pygate gateway:

• Register new device in TTN (https://www.thethingsnetwork.org)
• Use template code from Pycom for the gateway: https://docs.pycom.io/tutorials/expansionboards/pygate/

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