/products/arduino/arduino-projects/b/blog/posts/lora-mer-week-3-building-a-shore-station-and-starting-the-boatArduino Home An Open-Source platform to create digital devices and interactive objects that sense and control physical devices. Arduino Tutorials Arduino Projects I am building a prototype for a remote controlled vessel (LoRa Marine Environmental R..en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/products/arduino/arduino-projects/b/blog/posts/lora-mer-week-3-building-a-shore-station-and-starting-the-boatMon, 17 Dec 2018 21:09:42 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:7dcc16f0-c26a-4951-b2ce-527aae42c1e8genebren0<p>Frank,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I like the boat-based design.&nbsp; It seems that you were a little concerned about battery life, given a not too low of idle current.&nbsp; Having a mobile platform, you can have the boat return to base before the battery drains.&nbsp; Or better yet, a return to charger feature.&nbsp; Either way, it looks like you are making good progress.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good luck!</p><p>Gene</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=6132&AppID=149&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">