# The Things Network Houston

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Houston.

- Country: [United States of America](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/usa/)
- Status: Campaign (a community getting started)
- Founded: 2016
- Members: 36
- Location: 29.7582, -95.3646
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/

## About

**Welcome Houston Area TTN Community and LoRa implementers**
Our mission is to provide the Greater Houston area with Internet of Things data connectivity by crowdsourcing the network through its citizens and local companies.
We are growing and would like help to add LoRA gateways to our community. That way, more people will be able to use and test nodes, which is a primary objective of ours.
Provide Greater Houston area with an **open** and **free** IoT experience!

It is not just hardware and expertise that we need... If you know of any location that will allow us to mount an external gateway and antenna, please contact us!

## Contact

Contact e-mail:  jstav@hotmail.com

## Resources

- [Discord](https://discord.gg/fXAytpX)

## Partners

- [Microchip Technology Inc.](http://www.microchip.com/)
- [Sea Slug Labs](https://seasluglabs.io/)

## In the media

- [The Next Web - The Things Network wants to make every city smart](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/)

## Recent updates

- [TTN Houston Meetup](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/post/ttn-houston-meetup.md) (2019-10-12)
- [Do you want a gateway?](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/post/do-you-want-a-gateway.md) (2018-08-05)
- [Stickers!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/post/stickers.md) (2018-06-05)
- [Fully Wireless Laird Sentrius gateway!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/post/fully-wireless-laird-sentrius-gateway.md) (2018-02-06)
- [OLED feedback for sensor nodes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/post/oled-feedback-for-sensor-nodes.md) (2018-01-18)
- [Shortcuts for sourcing LoRa antennas (in North America)](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/post/shortcut-for-sourcing-lora-antennas-in-north-america.md) (2018-01-16)
- [New Laird enclosure to be released in Jan](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/post/new-laird-enclosure-to-be-released-in-jan.md) (2017-12-21)
- [Houston LoRa TTN Initiative Meetup](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/post/houston-lora-ttn-initiative-meetup.md) (2017-11-13)
- [Got some new radios in!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/post/got-some-new-radios-in.md) (2017-11-11)
- [QR Code for TTN Houston Shirts!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/post/qr-code-for-ttn-houston-shirts.md) (2017-10-29)

More updates: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/houston/posts