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What is LoRa® ?
LoRa® is the physical layer or the wireless modulation utilized to create the long range communication link. Many legacy wireless systems use frequency shifting keying (FSK) modulation as the physical layer because it is a very efficient modulation for achieving low power. LoRa® is based on chirp spread spectrum modulation, which maintains the same low power characteristics as FSK modulation but significantly increases the communication range. Chirp spread spectrum has been used in military and space communication for decades due to the long communication distances that can be achieved and robustness to interference, but LoRa® is the first low cost implementation for commercial usage.
Aptinex Smart LoRaNODE RN2483A
Aptinex Smart LoRANODE RN2483A is an enhanced version of LoRaNODE RN2483A. With the on-board ATmega32U4 microcontroller, Smart LoRaNODE will unleash the full power of LoRa for the LoRaWAN developers.  Since the ATmega32U4 is pre-installed with the Arduino LilyPad Arduino USB bootloader ,anyone who is familiar with Arduino platform can easily jump in to programming the Smart LoRaNODE.
General Features
- PCB Dimension : 2.7cm x 6.3cm
- On-Board Micro-controller : ATmega32U4 (With Arduino boot-loader)
- On-Board Crystal Oscillator : 8MHz
- On-Board Micro-USB socket for programming
- On-Board interface for external MCU interfacing (Logic level :3.3V)
- All important pins of ATmega32U4Â can be accessed via the on-board pin headers
- Power Supply : 5V via the micro USB socket
- On-Board power regulator :Â Â LP2985-33DBVR LDO
- Recommended Battery : 3.7V 2000mAh Li-Ion Battery
- On-Board Battery Charging IC :Â TP4056
Microchip RN2483 General Data
- Type: Sub-GHz
- Power Output: 14Â dBm
- Temperature range: -40°C to +85°C
- Interface: UART
- Pin Count: 47
- RF Module : Yes
- RF Transceiver: Yes
- Frequency Range : 434, 868 MHz
- Input Sensitivity : -146 dBm
- TX Current Consumption : 40 mA (14dBm, 868MHz)
- RX Current Consumption : 14.2 mA
- Operating Voltage : 3.3V DC
Package Contains :
- 1 unit of Aptinex Smart LoRaNODE RN2483A
- 2 Antennas for 433Mhz and 868Mhz
Microchip RN2903Â Operational Data
- On-board LoRaWANâ„¢ Class A protocol stack
- ASCII command interface over UART
- Temperature range: -40°C to +85°C
- Programmable RF Communication Bit Rate up to 300 kbps with FSK modulation, 5468 bps with LoRaâ„¢ Technology modulation
- Integrated MCU, Crystal, EUI-64 Node Identity Serial EEPROM, Radio Transceiver with Analog Front End, Matching Circuitry
- 14 GPIOs for control and status
Microchip RN2483 RF/Analog Features
- Low-Power Long Range Transceiver operating in the 433 MHz and 868 MHz frequency bands
- High Receiver Sensitivity: down to -146Â dBm
- TX Power: adjustable up to +14 dBm high efficiency PA
- FSK, GFSK, and LoRa Technology modulation
- IIP3 = -11 dBm
- >15 km coverage at suburban and >5 km coverage at urban area
Programming the Smart LoRaNODE RN2483A
Backside of Smart LoRaNODE RN2483A