RN2483 LoRa™ TECHNOLOGY
PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER
BOARD USER’S GUIDE
2015 Microchip Technology Inc.
Advance Information
DS50002366A-page 11
Chapter 1. Overview
1.1
INTRODUCTION
The RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a
demonstration board that showcases the Microchip RN2483 Low-Power Long Range,
LoRa
™
Technology Transceiver Module.
The RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board provides access to
the RN2483 UART and General Purpose Input and Output (GPIO) ports.
This chapter discusses the following topics:
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1.2
FEATURES
The RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board has the following
features as represented in
:
1. Microchip RN2483 Low-Power Long Range, LoRa
™
Technology Transceiver
Module
2. SMA connector for 433 MHz band
3. SMA connector for 868 MHz band
4. Solder pads around the module for GPIOs, power pins and communication
signals
5. Supply Current measurement points
6. On-board LDO
7. UART traffic LEDs
8. ICSP header to program the on-board PIC18 MCU
9. USB connector
10. PICtail connection interface
11. PICtail Plus connection interface
12. PIC18 MCU for custom functions
