Catena 4612/4611 User Manual
Engineering Report 234001173 Rev
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Additional Features
Powered from primary (disposable) batteries (such as 2x AAA cells)
30uA current draw in standby
8K bytes FRAM for LoRaWAN provisioning info and frame counters -- power can be removed
completely without requiring a new join to the network, and without losing uplink and downlink
count values (required for LoRaWAN 1.1)
1M byte SPI Flash for bulk data storage, future FUOTA firmware storage, etc.
Software-controlled boost converter allows dynamically raising voltage to 3.3V for analog
measurement and powering internal sensors
USB or SWD for download and debug
Pin-compatible with Adafruit Feather M0 family of boards (some limitations because the of
functional differences between the Murata module and the Atmel SAMD21 CPU used in the
Feather M0)
Arduino-compatible
Provisions for screw terminals for pulse, analog or digital I/O
Whip, u.FL, or SMA antenna
Open source hardware and software (
https://github.com/mcci-catena
MCCI provides a full Arduino board-support package, available
MCCI also provides libraries to allow rapid prototyping and experimenting, including
that supports the EU868, US915, AS923, AU921 and IN866 regional plans.
ST Micro tools may also be used.
The Catena 4612 works well with and is tested with The Things Network (an open-source, user-
owned IoT network based on LoRaWAN); but can be used with any LoRaWAN-compatible
network.
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Catena 4612/4611 Pinouts
Catena 4612/4611 Pinout is given below: