ST X-NUCLEO-S2868A2, User Manual

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2 Getting started
2.1 Overview
The X-NUCLEO-S2868A2 main features are:
• Based on S2-LP radio
• S2-LP narrow band ultra-low power sub-1 GHz transceiver tuned for 860 - 940 MHz frequency band
• Programmable RF output power up to +16 dBm
• Modulation schemes: 2-FSK, 2-GFSK, 4-FSK, 4-GFSK, OOK and ASK
• Air data rate from 0.1 to 500 kbps
• Ultra-low power consumption: 7 mA RX and 10 mA TX at +10 dBm
• IEEE 802.15.4g hardware packet support with whitening, FEC, CRC and dual SYNC word detection
• RX and TX 128 byte FIFO buffers
• Support to wireless M-Bus
• Excellent performance of receiver sensitivity (up to -130 dBm)
• Automatic acknowledgement, retransmission and timeout protocol engine
• Compatible with STM32 Nucleo boards
• Compatible with Arduino UNO R3 connectors
• BALF-SPI2-01D3 IPD balun for matching network and harmonics filter
• Sigfox compatible
• Sample firmware for P2P communication
• 6LoWPAN compatible thanks to STM32Cube
• RoHS and WEEE compliant
The X-NUCLEO-S2868A2 expansion board can be used for the evaluation of the S2-LP device in multiple
applications:
•
wM-Bus applications
• Point-to-point communication protocol
• 6LoWPAN applications
• SigFox communication
You can develop other applications for evaluating the devices, such as:
•
SigFox communication
• Automatic meter reading
• Home and building automation
• WSN
• Industrial monitoring and control
• Wireless fire and security alarm systems
UM2638
Getting started
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