TPC for Arduino Makers – Step-by-Step Implementation Guide

Implementation Steps

Step 1 - Prepare Development Environment

In this step, you will:

– Download the zip file of the IDE from the Arduino website
– Install the IDE on your computer

You are going to use the Arduino IDE to compile and upload your sketch to your Arduino MKR WAN 1310 device. For this, you have to install the Arduino IDE(*) on your computer.

Visit the Arduino home page.
Select the SOFTWARE tab to access the software download page.

Select Windows ZIP file.

Please consider contributing to the Arduino community. Contributing to Arduino can be a great way to give back to the open-source community and help improve the Arduino platform for everyone.

Download of the installation file starts automatically.

Click on Open to start the installation of the Arduino IDE.

Read the Terms of Service and click on I Agree, if you agree with the Terms of Service.

Select Next to continue the installation.

Select the installation directory.

Observe the installation progress and press on Next to continue.

Click on Finish to finalize the installation and start the Arduino IDE application.

When installing libraries and using the IDE on a daily basis, the Arduino IDE requires internet access. That is why it is better to allow the Arduino IDE to access the internet. If it is suitable for you, click on Allow access.

Wait until installation messages are finished in the Output window of the IDE.

As a result of this step, the Arduino IDE 2.0 is prepared for developing and uploading your sketch to Arduino-supported devices.

* Please ensure that your device (Arduino MKR WAN 1310) is not connected at this step.

Step 2 - Setup Development Environment for the Device

In this step, you will:

– Connect your device (Arduino MKR WAN 1310) to your computer.
– Allow the Arduino IDE to install the necessary files.

In order to enable your IDE to support ARDUINO MKR WAN 1310, the necessary files need to be installed on your Arduino IDE environment.

Connect your device (Arduino MKR WAN 1310) to your computer.

Start the Arduino IDE and select YES when the IDE prompts for the installation of necessary files to support your device (Arduino MKR WAN 1310).

Observe the installation of the device files in the Output window.

As a result of this step, the Arduino IDE is configured to use the Arduino MKR WAN 1310 device.

Step 3 - Test the Development Environment

In this step, you will:

– Use the IDE to upload the blink sketch to your device.
– Observe that the LED on the device is blinking.

In order to ensure that your IDE and hardware setup are correct, you will use the example blink sketch supplied by the Arduino IDE.

Select the Blink example sketch supplied by the Arduino IDE.

Verify that the source code of the sketch is loaded into the IDE.

Select upload by clicking on the arrow icon, or alternatively, use ctrl+U for sketches to:
- Compile
- Upload to device
- Run

Observe that the compilation of the sketch starts.
The Done compiling message indicates that the compilation of the sketch finished without any problems.

When you see the message CPU reset, it means that your sketch has been uploaded and the device has started to run. As a sketch loads into memory, it automatically starts to run.

Observe that the LED starts to blink. It shows that your IDE and device are working together without any issues.

As a result of this step, it is ensured that the IDE is setup properly and working with your device, which is connected via the USB port of your computer.

Step 4 - Install LoRaWAN® Library

In this step, you will:

– Install the MKRWAN(*) library in your Arduino IDE.

In order to enable your device to use LoRaWAN® technology, you have to install a library in your IDE.

Select the Manage Libraries(**) option under the Tools menu to access the Libraries menu of the IDE. Alternatively, you can use Ctrl+Shift+L to access the same menu.

Type MKRWAN in the search box.
Click on INSTALL under the MKRWAN v2 section.

Look for the Successfully installed library MKRWAN_V2.1.3.2 message.

As a result of this step, the library is installed, which is necessary to use LoRaWAN® technology.

For more information, please visit the following sites:

https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/libraries/mkrwan/

https://github.com/arduino-libraries/MKRWAN_v2

* You are going to install V2 of this library.
** Please notice that these libraries are application libraries. Thus, avoid mixing them with device libraries to support different Arduino-supported devices.

Step 5 - LoRaWAN® Module Firmware Upgrade

In this step, you will:

– Use the example sketch supplied by the MKRWAN library in your IDE.

In order to be able to use the LoRaWAN® module (Murata CMWX1ZZABZ) on your device, you have to update the firmware of the LoRaWAN® module using the Arduino IDE.

Select the MKRWANFWUpdate_standalone sketch supplied by the MKRWAN library, which can be found under the Examples menu of the Files main menu.

Verify that the MKRWANFWUpdate_standalone sketch is loaded into your IDE.
Select upload by clicking on the arrow icon, or alternatively, you can use ctrl+U for sketch to:
- Compile
- Upload to Device
- Run

Observe the following messages in the Output window:

Done uploading message, which shows that the sketch will update the LoRaWAN® module firmware.

CPU reset message, which shows that the firmware has been uploaded to the LoRaWAN® module.

As a result of this step, the LoRaWAN® module (Murata CMWX1ZZABZ) of your device was updated and you can now use LoRaWAN®-related sketches on your device.

Step 6 - Get DevEUI of Device

In this step, you will:

– Upload the First Configuration sketch which retrieves the DevEUI to your device using the Arduino IDE.
– Observe the DevEUI of your device on the serial monitor of your IDE.

To register the device on ThingPark Community and use the LoRaWAN® network server, it is important to identify its DevEUI. To achieve this, we will use another example(*) sketch supplied by the MKRWAN library.

The DevEUI is the globally unique identifier of a LoRaWAN® device. Because it is globally unique, you cannot just pick any DeVEUI: DevEUIs are allocated by device manufacturers (here Arduino) from identifiers blocks that they have reserved from IEEE.