thank you for this review! got one (recent model) and thanks to your warning i am able to order new 18650's that will fit without waiting to find out the ones i wanted won't fit. thanks to all the mqtt stuff I sense this will be talking to some juniper+mikrotik switches sooner than later.
Thanks for the video. Does solar charging mean we can connect the two wires coming from a solar panel here directly without having to use any additional charger boards?
Hi, bought the board, but cant find any examples of setting up the arduino ide. Is there an example how to set up this board in the arduino ide? Found a couple in spanish but no help to me.. sadly
Kind of like a cell phone in the shape of a vape mod? As an AT hiker, would like one paired with an e-Ink display to occasionally pull up a map, or send a text message, etc.
Yeah. Exactly. I keep thinking of different uses for them. Even beyond tracking it's just kind of cool to have an option for IOT data to make it to the cloud without wifi internet. And overall I thought it was fairly easy to work with.
@@AnotherMaker Andreas Spiess demonstrates communicating with LoRa satellites buzzing overhead: th-cam.com/video/ltJQjqm5bKA/w-d-xo.html Did not see what kind of antenna he was using for that.
No you can't make calls, can't receive sms but can send, with this SIM 7000G. Also it's impossible to use both GPS and Network (GPRS in my case) at the same time. It closes the connection if you try to get modem.getGps().
That's interesting. I was 99% sure that I had examples to make calls, but I could be wrong. I never tried to use that feature. And yeah, to save power I would get GRPS data and then connect to the network, send it, and close the connection.
@@AnotherMaker while I encountered the issue I searched and found similiar issue reported on a different board github.com/vshymanskyy/TinyGSM/issues/143
Anyone have an example to send gps points to cayenne? A little more in depth "how to" of how your API was set up and forwarding the locations would be very helpful.
What is the voltage that the solar charger connector can handle? Solar panels range from 0.5V to 20V, so I've been trying to figure out what this board can handle. All the specifications I've seen only says "Solar charger".
@@AnotherMaker Exelent! Thanks so much for the info! Should put in an order for one of these then :) (me and git are not friends, so did not think of digging there).
So apparently I had an early version of the board and my sketches don't work on the newer ones. The examples in here are a better way to go github.com/Xinyuan-LilyGO/LilyGO-T-SIM7000G
I just tested with a secondary board and it works fine so it must be the first board that's faulty. The weird thing is that if I connect the "broken" one to USB I get normal voltage readings from the battery holder.
Hmmm. Yeah. I used a normal 18650 that I salvaged from something. What about the switch? That should cut off the battery right? I wonder if yours is broken or loose?
hi nice video. is it true you need to reset it when the battery does off but you still recharge it to full afterwards? whats the diff to the LILYGO T-SIM7600G-H R2? what sim card did you get? can you connect a bigger battery instead of the 18650? im looking at a Lithium Ion Battery Pack - 3.7V 6600mAh... and a Small 6V 1W Solar Panel.
I think you can do any 1cell battery, it doesn't have to be an 18650. Unfortunately I'm not sure what happens after the battery dies or the version differences. I used mine with Google Fi.
@@AnotherMaker thanks for your quick reply - can you power the Lilygo T-SIM7000G using USB (5V) right? i would like to use the herd360 Solar Power Pack SPP 1025 Trail Camera Solar Power and connect it with a USB cable - would that work? That has 10W carbon fiber solar panel with 25,000 mAh lithium battery pack.
Yes, it works, but you have to be outdoors. The millis are a sign that it's trying to acquire a signal. To my API, it was sending real latitude and longitude.
Does that mean if you get those SIMs from Google Fi then you can use little LTE usb stick and basically have free fast internet anywhere, that would be awesome
@@AnotherMaker This is not necessarily true and depends on your data plan. If you're on the $10/gig plan ("flexible plan") you will absolutely be charged for data used by your data-only SIM. At least you're supposed to be. support.google.com/fi/answer/6330195?hl=en
Hey dude tried your cayenne sketch and it worked well, tried the gps test sketch and it does not work can not get a gps position but with the default factory code that came on the device i was getting gps position info, so what is up with that?
Not sure. It worked for me. What are you getting? Are you getting the microseconds like it's timing out or are you getting wrong numbers. I had to blur it out on the video because it was showing exactly on top of my workshop.
Does this support 4G? I know another comment asked this but on the amazon page it specifically says "Note：SIM7000G does not support 4G network. Please ensure that the USIM card you use supports 2G(GSM)/NB-IOT access" not sure what to believe..
@@AnotherMaker Can you do another project where you power it with battery and try to get at least 6 months of battery life. Also, make the gps wake up when requested or trigger on an event.
I don't really know much about them, but in general, I'm against building anything on someone else's platform. So if I was doing this for fun, that would be fine. But if I was doing it for a customer, I would only have it send data to my own server because I wouldn't want to deal with that company changing stuff on me.
I will definitely have to do a video on that. People seem to really like this board, so that's worth investigating. Thanks for the idea. I'll let you know.
@@AnotherMaker there are literally no good Arduino compatible boards that provides sim card usage that isn't GSM,. Most board with LTE just use pci-e or mini pci-e interface or just USB interface, so this board is very valuable, I also found variants of this board that use sim7000A/B/C/D/E module which uses different LTE channels as well as different GPS/GNSS which is quite nice
Could you build a complete tracker with this + blink ? + mpu6050 as trigger for push notification? That would be basically a great alarm system for scooters and e bikes and such ✅ - add output to siren and done 🙈 I would be willing to contribute to your channel 🙃 🤷♂️ Love that board design soo much :)
@@AnotherMaker I would love to see you do that and would be more than happy to sponsor those components for example if you could make step by step set up video :)
Blynk was just an neat example I saw of some one else implementing similar project :) I will share with you the link if you are interested 🙋♂️☺️ I think we could all benefit from such video 👏👏
@@AnotherMaker too bad, so the 4G and Wi-Fi works separately. This could be the best ESP if it can be a hotspot too and share the LTE connection via it's built in Wi-Fi.
You can, but I don't know that all the libraries would be available to access all the other cool stuff this board has. They could be...I just don't know.
I guess my other comments are being blocked? Anyone know how to connect this lilygo board to Adafruit io over LTE? theroberttalley on github to see my jacked up attempts.
TH-cam has been HORRIBLE about blocking comments. I don't even see them. A lot of my comments don't show up on my friends' youtube channels. Sorry I wish I could help on the Adafruit thing. I don't use those services myself.
thank you for this review! got one (recent model) and thanks to your warning i am able to order new 18650's that will fit without waiting to find out the ones i wanted won't fit.
thanks to all the mqtt stuff I sense this will be talking to some juniper+mikrotik switches sooner than later.
Thanks for the video. Does solar charging mean we can connect the two wires coming from a solar panel here directly without having to use any additional charger boards?
Yes you can! It deals with all the battery management etc.
Thanks for the clarification
You could add a ttgo LoRa shield and a sd1360 lcd to make it sort of an off grid all in one module
I've never actually used LoRa. I need to find a good use case for it. It would have been perfect when I lived in Alaska.
Good work! just one question, I need a physical chip or esim with Google Fi?
Thanks!
Wow! Thank you so much for the gift! That is very kind of you!
Hi, bought the board, but cant find any examples of setting up the arduino ide. Is there an example how to set up this board in the arduino ide? Found a couple in spanish but no help to me.. sadly
I believe I use the normal ESP32 add-on for the board manager and then just put it in as an ESP Dev module
Kind of like a cell phone in the shape of a vape mod?
As an AT hiker, would like one paired with an e-Ink display to occasionally pull up a map, or send a text message, etc.
Yeah. Exactly. I keep thinking of different uses for them. Even beyond tracking it's just kind of cool to have an option for IOT data to make it to the cloud without wifi internet. And overall I thought it was fairly easy to work with.
@@AnotherMaker
Andreas Spiess demonstrates communicating with LoRa satellites buzzing overhead: th-cam.com/video/ltJQjqm5bKA/w-d-xo.html
Did not see what kind of antenna he was using for that.
Oh i can't wait to start playing with my goodies :P Just Did an unboxing sir !
Awesome!
Is this board compatible with my existing Att postpaid sim card which I am using for iphone 13 on contract.
I'm not really sure. I would imagine so. It had a lot of bands, but you probably want to check the datasheet to be sure it works with yours.
8:05 It isn't often that you quote your favorite boy band, N'SYNC, in your videos! Let your freak flag fly! :)
That ain't no lie.
No you can't make calls, can't receive sms but can send, with this SIM 7000G. Also it's impossible to use both GPS and Network (GPRS in my case) at the same time. It closes the connection if you try to get modem.getGps().
That's interesting. I was 99% sure that I had examples to make calls, but I could be wrong. I never tried to use that feature. And yeah, to save power I would get GRPS data and then connect to the network, send it, and close the connection.
@@AnotherMaker while I encountered the issue I searched and found similiar issue reported on a different board github.com/vshymanskyy/TinyGSM/issues/143
You can definitely solder a regular phone headset to this thing and use AT commands to make phone calls.
Anyone have an example to send gps points to cayenne? A little more in depth "how to" of how your API was set up and forwarding the locations would be very helpful.
I don't. I only have the other data but I'm guessing it's similar. github.com/Xinyuan-LilyGO/LilyGO-T-SIM7000G/tree/master/examples/Arduino_Cayenne
@@AnotherMaker it's similar. It works (by deleting the bmp sensor) but I haven't found an example of sending gps points to cayenne.
@@TheRobertTalley cayenne limits the decimal places you can send. (probaly for privacy reasons) i have started on adafruit io.
What is the voltage that the solar charger connector can handle? Solar panels range from 0.5V to 20V, so I've been trying to figure out what this board can handle. All the specifications I've seen only says "Solar charger".
Good question. From their git repo.... Recommended solar panels are 4.4v to 6v DO NOT EXCEED OR BOARD MAY BE DAMAGED
@@AnotherMaker Exelent! Thanks so much for the info! Should put in an order for one of these then :) (me and git are not friends, so did not think of digging there).
Do you mind sharing the sketch you mentioned in the video?
So apparently I had an early version of the board and my sketches don't work on the newer ones. The examples in here are a better way to go github.com/Xinyuan-LilyGO/LilyGO-T-SIM7000G
Great video and I agree it's an awesome board but I wonder what kind of battery you're using? I can't get the board to run on battery for some reason.
I just tested with a secondary board and it works fine so it must be the first board that's faulty. The weird thing is that if I connect the "broken" one to USB I get normal voltage readings from the battery holder.
Hmmm. Yeah. I used a normal 18650 that I salvaged from something. What about the switch? That should cut off the battery right? I wonder if yours is broken or loose?
"Obviously im not gonna show my data".
*Proceeds to show it anyways
Can you use this version in the good ol USA? My sim800 won't work here in murica
It does. It works for me.
wow Would this T-SIM7000G work for positioning and tracking stars on a small telescope? 😎 Thank you and this board looks like a must do project.
I can't see why not. I'm guessing there are plenty of APIs that would tell you where the stars are in relation to your GPS coordinates.
I just need one sensor. Can I just use the gateway esp32 to do that?
Absolutely.
hi nice video. is it true you need to reset it when the battery does off but you still recharge it to full afterwards? whats the diff to the LILYGO T-SIM7600G-H R2? what sim card did you get? can you connect a bigger battery instead of the 18650? im looking at a Lithium Ion Battery Pack - 3.7V 6600mAh... and a Small 6V 1W Solar Panel.
I think you can do any 1cell battery, it doesn't have to be an 18650. Unfortunately I'm not sure what happens after the battery dies or the version differences. I used mine with Google Fi.
@@AnotherMaker thanks for your quick reply - can you power the Lilygo T-SIM7000G using USB (5V) right? i would like to use the herd360 Solar Power Pack SPP 1025 Trail Camera Solar Power and connect it with a USB cable - would that work? That has 10W carbon fiber solar panel with 25,000 mAh lithium battery pack.
@@Gerald-iz7mv yep absolutely. That would work.
Would a boost mobile sim card work with this for sending an sms alert?
I'm not really sure. You'd have to check compatibility with the cellular bands
How do I add this board to the arduino board manager, or what board do I select?
You add the normal ESP32 json string to the board manager and then I think I programmed it like a normal ESP32 Dev Module
Does it activate the nanoSIM? Or do you have to activate it in another device and then plug it in?
I've only tried activating the sim in my phone and transferring it.
Have you tried to establish a connection over ssl with it?
I have not. I haven't tinkered with this one much in a while.
does you gps works, means do you get lat,lng values , in video it prints only millis , am trying to use same model and facing some issues with gps
Yes, it works, but you have to be outdoors. The millis are a sign that it's trying to acquire a signal. To my API, it was sending real latitude and longitude.
Does that mean if you get those SIMs from Google Fi then you can use little LTE usb stick and basically have free fast internet anywhere, that would be awesome
Yep. Exactly. I do that and I have another one in a phone just for podcasts
@@AnotherMaker This is not necessarily true and depends on your data plan. If you're on the $10/gig plan ("flexible plan") you will absolutely be charged for data used by your data-only SIM. At least you're supposed to be. support.google.com/fi/answer/6330195?hl=en
Hey dude tried your cayenne sketch and it worked well, tried the gps test sketch and it does not work can not get a gps position but with the default factory code that came on the device i was getting gps position info, so what is up with that?
Not sure. It worked for me. What are you getting? Are you getting the microseconds like it's timing out or are you getting wrong numbers. I had to blur it out on the video because it was showing exactly on top of my workshop.
@@AnotherMaker
Thank you for the reply. Sorry for my late reply, i worked out the problem and i am now getting full gps functionality.
Thanks again
@@cb330 what was the problem. I am having issue where not getting any gps data.
Does this support 4G? I know another comment asked this but on the amazon page it specifically says "Note：SIM7000G does not support 4G network. Please ensure that the USIM card you use supports 2G(GSM)/NB-IOT access"
not sure what to believe..
I believe I was on the 4g network, but it's been a while.
@@AnotherMaker I ended up figuring out that it does support 4G, but only LTE-M and NB-IoT
On your GPS example how much data did it use sending GPS coordinates every 30 sec?
I'm not sure. I have unlimited with google fi, so I didn't break it out.
@@AnotherMaker Can you do another project where you power it with battery and try to get at least 6 months of battery life. Also, make the gps wake up when requested or trigger on an event.
which board manager did you use for this module
IIRC, I used the standard ESP32 board manager.
love your review i need some gps tracking code for this to use with a traccar server can you help?
I'm sorry. I don't know anything about that server
What do you think of the Telit modules?
I don't really know much about them, but in general, I'm against building anything on someone else's platform. So if I was doing this for fun, that would be fine. But if I was doing it for a customer, I would only have it send data to my own server because I wouldn't want to deal with that company changing stuff on me.
Is there a biefier version LTE CAT4 using 7600 version ? Would be great
edit: seems like there is
I didn't know that. I need to keep up with the latest of these. It seems like lilygo has some cool newer version
What about the power consumption of this board when it is active?
I will definitely have to do a video on that. People seem to really like this board, so that's worth investigating. Thanks for the idea. I'll let you know.
@@AnotherMaker there are literally no good Arduino compatible boards that provides sim card usage that isn't GSM,. Most board with LTE just use pci-e or mini pci-e interface or just USB interface, so this board is very valuable, I also found variants of this board that use sim7000A/B/C/D/E module which uses different LTE channels as well as different GPS/GNSS which is quite nice
@@AnotherMaker Also Thanks for the video, This board is by far the best solution to having a continuous updating GPS tracker
it doesnt have the boot button I am having issues in uploading the sketch
I didn't use the boot button. The Arduino IDE just did the reset for me. I just set it as an ESP32 Dev Module
@@AnotherMaker you would have problem once it gets connected with gprs. The idea is to use gpio VO which is first pin to gnd to switch to flash mode
All you have to do in Arduino is hit the upload button and about half way through compiling plug it in at the last moment before it uploads.
Could you build a complete tracker with this + blink ? + mpu6050 as trigger for push notification?
That would be basically a great alarm system for scooters and e bikes and such ✅
- add output to siren and done 🙈
I would be willing to contribute to your channel 🙃 🤷♂️
Love that board design soo much :)
I don't use Blynk but I think it would definitely be possible
@@AnotherMaker I would love to see you do that and would be more than happy to sponsor those components for example if you could make step by step set up video :)
Blynk was just an neat example I saw of some one else implementing similar project :) I will share with you the link if you are interested 🙋♂️☺️ I think we could all benefit from such video 👏👏
Hi, can the 18650 battery be charged via the USB-C port?
I honestly never tried. I don't think so.
I tested it, yes, it charges the 18650.
Great video! Do you have a link to your Arduino Facebook group?
Thanks. Here you go! Hopefully fb will be up soon :) facebook.com/groups/Arduino.AtMega8/
uses a GPS repeater that works very well.
I don't use it a ton but I've been very happy with it.
Can it be set as LTE hotspot too?
I don't think so.
@@AnotherMaker too bad, so the 4G and Wi-Fi works separately. This could be the best ESP if it can be a hotspot too and share the LTE connection via it's built in Wi-Fi.
Hello, does this hardware support 4G connectivity ?
Yes it does.
Nice video, thanks :)
Thanks for watching!
Can you use it with micropython?
You can, but I don't know that all the libraries would be available to access all the other cool stuff this board has. They could be...I just don't know.
I guess my other comments are being blocked? Anyone know how to connect this lilygo board to Adafruit io over LTE? theroberttalley on github to see my jacked up attempts.
TH-cam has been HORRIBLE about blocking comments. I don't even see them. A lot of my comments don't show up on my friends' youtube channels. Sorry I wish I could help on the Adafruit thing. I don't use those services myself.
Just use the HTTP example included for this board in Repository.
Hello
Could u provide me your email i have some question related to the api part
which you show us on the last part of video
please response ASAP