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Preface

 2015 Microchip Technology Inc.

Advance Information

DS50002366A-page 9

RECOMMENDED READING

This user's guide describes how to use LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus 
Daughter Board. Other useful documents are listed below. The following Microchip 
documents are available and recommended as supplemental reference resources:

RN2483 Low-Power Long Range LoRa™ Technology Transceiver Module Data 
Sheet (DS50002346A)

This data sheet provides detailed specifications for the RN2483 module.

RN2483 LoRa™ Technology Module Command Reference User’s Guide 
(DS40001784A)

This command reference user’s guide describes how to configure the RN2483 module.

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Summary of Contents for RN-2483-PICtail

Page 1: ...2015 Microchip Technology Inc Advance Information DS50002366A RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail PICtail Plus Daughter Board User s Guide...

Page 2: ...to break Microchip s code protection feature may be a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act If such acts allow unauthorized access to your software or other copyrighted work you may have...

Page 3: ...2015 Microchip Technology Inc Advance Information DS50002366A page 3 Object of Declaration RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail PICtail Plus Daughter Board...

Page 4: ...RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail PICtail Plus Daughter Board User s Guide DS50002366A page 4 Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc NOTES...

Page 5: ...erview 1 1 Introduction 11 1 2 Features 11 1 3 Contents 13 1 4 Board Configuration 13 Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 1 Introduction 15 2 2 Communication Modes 15 2 3 Communication to the Module 16 2 4 Ha...

Page 6: ...RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail PICtail Plus Daughter Board User s Guide DS50002366A page 6 Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc NOTES...

Page 7: ...er 2 Getting Started This chapter describes the two main communica tion modes and the hardware requirements for getting started with RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail PICtail Plus Daughter Board Appendix...

Page 8: ...t A menu path File Save Bold characters A dialog button Click OK A tab Click the Power tab N Rnnnn A number in verilog format where N is the total number of digits R is the radix and n is a digit 4 b0...

Page 9: ...hnical support requests online discussion groups Microchip consultant program member listing Business of Microchip Product selector and ordering guides latest Microchip press releases listing of semin...

Page 10: ...Office Field Application Engineer FAE Technical Support Customers should contact their distributor representative or field application engineer FAE for support Local sales offices are also available t...

Page 11: ...tput GPIO ports This chapter discusses the following topics Features Contents Board Configuration 1 2 FEATURES The RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail PICtail Plus Daughter Board has the following features...

Page 12: ...pment boards that support PICtail or PICtail Plus interface with the required pin mapping The PICtail board also has an on board PIC18 MCU available for custom user functions It is preprogrammed to pr...

Page 13: ...Both power sources can be active at the same time RF antennas must be connected to the SMA connectors prior attaching power to the board Ensure that the applied power supply voltage does not exceed t...

Page 14: ...Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc FIGURE 1 3 RN2483 LORA TECHNOLOGY PICtail PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD CONNECTED TO PIC18 WIRELESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD FIGURE 1 4 RN2483 LORA TECHNOLOGY...

Page 15: ...y voltage is provided via USB and the on board LDO IC1 which regulates 5V to the nominal 3 3V 2 2 2 PICtail mode PICtail mode is initiated if no USB cable is attached to the board and the board is plu...

Page 16: ...e on board current measure jumpers If jumper CUR1 is shunted the supply current flows directly to the module There are two ways to measure current consumption A current meter can be connected to CUR1...

Page 17: ...upply Rail 26 21 22 GND Ground Supply Rail 28 9 10 16 Module_TX UART transmit output of the module 21 2 Module_RX UART receive input of the module 17 4 Module_RTS UART Hardware handshake output of the...

Page 18: ...RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail PICtail Plus Daughter Board User s Guide DS50002366A page 18 Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc NOTES...

Page 19: ...ion DS50002366A page 19 Appendix A Board Schematic and PCB Details A 1 INTRODUCTION This appendix provides the RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail PICtail Plus Daughter Board schematic PCB layout and Bill...

Page 20: ...IOCC6 RC7 RX DT SDO IOCC7 Vss Vdd RB0 AN12 SRI FLT0 SDI SDA INT0 RB1 AN10 C12IN3 P1C SCK SCL INT1 RB2 AN8 CTED1 P1B INT2 RB3 AN9 C12IN2 CTED2 CCP2 SDO RB4 AN11 P1D IOCB4 RB5 AN13 T1G T3CKI IOCB5 RB6...

Page 21: ...2 layer FR4 1 55 mm plated through hole PCB construction Figure A 2 through Figure A 4 illustrate the PCB layers Figure A 5 shows the assembly drawing of LoRa Technology PICtail PICtail Plus Daughter...

Page 22: ...ogy PICtail PICtail Plus Daughter Board User s Guide DS50002366A page 22 Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc FIGURE A 4 RN2483 LORA TECHNOLOGY PICtail PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD BOTTOM...

Page 23: ...Board Schematic and PCB Details 2015 Microchip Technology Inc Advance Information DS50002366A page 23 FIGURE A 5 RN2483 LORA TECHNOLOGY PICtail PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD TOP ASSEMBLY...

Page 24: ...E SCHOTTKY 20V 0 5A SOD123 Diodes Inc B0520LW 7 F GND CONN Pin1 Keystone 5012 IC1 IC MCP1825 3302E DC Microchip MCP1825 3302E DC IC2 IC PIC18LF25K50 I ML Microchip PIC18LF25K50 I ML JP2 JP4 RES 0 OHM...

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