The best LTE-M and NB-IoT modules for low-power cellular IoT: Waveshare SIM7000G HAT, Nordic nRF9151-SMA-DK, LILYGO T-SIM7000G, Botletics SIM7000 shield, Quectel BG95-M3 boards and dongle, SIM7080G Pico module, SIM7028 NB-IoT HATs, BC95 board and bare SIM7080G/SIM7070G modules.
The best 4G LTE HATs for Raspberry Pi: Waveshare SIM7600G-H HAT, Sixfab cellular modem kit, SIM7670G Cat-1 and EM060K Cat-6 HATs, SIM7080G and SIM7070G NB-IoT HATs, Raspberry Pi 5 PCIe-to-M.2 and MiniPCIe HATs, mini PCIe base HATs, A7670E, SIM7028 and 2G GSM HATs, compared by speed and use case.
The best ESP32 cellular development boards: LILYGO T-SIM7000G, T-SIM7600G-H, T-SIM7080G-S3, T-A7670G, T-SIM7670G-S3, T-SIM7600G-S3, T-SIM7000G-S3, T-PCIE with swappable modems, T-SIMCAM, T-ETH-Elite LTE shield and T-Call SIM800L, compared by LTE category, power and use case.
The best LoRa modules for long-range IoT: REYAX RYLR998, RYLR993, RYLR896, RYLR999 and RYLR498, Adafruit RFM95W, EBYTE E32, SX1276 and SX1278 modules, HopeRF RFM95W, Waveshare SX1262 HAT, LoRaWAN/GNSS HAT, Feather M0 LoRa, M5Stack Cap LoRa and DX-LR20, compared by chip, interface and use case.
The best YoLink LoRa smart home devices: Water Leak Sensor 1 and 4 kits, Water Shutoff Kit, YoLink Hub and SpeakerHub, temperature, freezer, door, motion and solar gate sensors, siren, power failure alarm, energy plug, vibration sensor and garage door kit, with how YoLink’s long-range LoRa works.
The best 915 MHz LoRa antennas for Meshtastic nodes and LoRaWAN gateways: muzi works and MakerHawk whips, ALFA AOA-915-5ACM omni, 5.8, 8 and 10 dBi fiberglass antennas, magnetic mounts, U.FL to SMA pigtails and N-type lightning arrestors, plus a guide to gain, connectors and cable loss.
The best ready-made LoRaWAN sensors: Dragino LHT65N, LHT65S and S31-LB climate sensors, Milesight AM307, CT10X and WS302, Dragino CPL03-LB, SE01-LB, SPH01-LB and DDS75-LB, SenseCAP S2105 soil sensor, SenseCAP T1000-A and Elecrow LoRaWAN trackers, and Capsule Sensor V3.
The best Meshtastic devices for off-grid LoRa mesh messaging: SenseCAP T1000-E, LILYGO T-Deck Plus, T-Beam Supreme, T-Beam and T-Echo, Elecrow ThinkNode M5 and M6, Heltec T114, T096 and Wireless Tracker V2, RAK WisMesh Tag, SenseCAP Solar Node P1-Pro, solar repeaters and budget starter kits.
The best LoRa development boards for LoRaWAN, Meshtastic and point-to-point projects: Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V4, Seeed XIAO ESP32S3 and nRF52840 Wio-SX1262 kits, LILYGO LoRa32, Heltec Wireless Stick Lite V3, RAK WisBlock RAK4631, Arduino MKR WAN 1310, Waveshare RP2040 LoRa and Pico SX1262, and more.
The best LoRaWAN gateways for makers and IoT deployments: SenseCAP M2 Multi-Platform, Milesight UG65, UG63 and UG56, Dragino LPS8v2 and DLOS8N, Heltec HT-M7603 and HT-M02, Waveshare SX1302 and SX1303 Raspberry Pi HATs, E890 industrial gateway, DFRobot private gateway, MikroTik Knot LR9 and ESP32-S3 single-channel gateways.