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WiperLock, Wireless DNA, and ZENA are trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries. SQTP is a service mark of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. Microchip received ISO/TS-16949:2009 certification for its worldwide Silicon Storage Technology is a registered trademark of headquarters, design and wafer fabrication facilities in Chandler and Tempe, Arizona;...
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® Object of Declaration: LoRa Mote 2015-2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001808B-page 3...
Appendix B. Legacy Board Schematics and Bill of Materials B.1 Introduction ....................25 B.2 Differences ....................25 B.3 Board Schematics ..................29 B.4 Bill of Materials ..................... 31 Worldwide Sales and Service ..................33 2015-2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001808B-page 5...
Revision History DOCUMENT LAYOUT ® This document describes how to use the LoRa Mote as a demonstration to show how LoRa technology communication works. The document is organized as follows: ® • Chapter 1. “Introduction” – This chapter describes the LoRa Mote and presents various modes of operation.
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Curly brackets and pipe Choice of mutually exclusive errorlevel {0|1} character: { | } arguments; an OR selection Ellipses... Replaces repeated text var_name [, var_name...] Represents code supplied by void main (void) user { ... 2015-2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001808B-page 8...
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® This user’s guide describes how to use the LoRa Technology Evaluation Kit along with the LoRa Development Utility Application Graphic User Interface (GUI) as a demonstration platform to show how to create and manage a LoRa Technology Network. To obtain any of Microchip’s documents, visit the Microchip website at www.microchip.com.
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Initial release of the document. Revision B (May 2016) Updated documentation to reflect Revision B of the Mote. Moved Legacy Mote material to Appendix Section; along with notes on the difference between devices. 2015-2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001808B-page 10...
20. Red LED controlled by MCU pin RA7 (28) 21. Green LED controlled by MCU pin RA6 (29) 22. USB Micro-B Connector 23. LCD Ribbon Connector 24. LCD Backlight Power Connector 25. (2) AAA Battery Pack 2015-2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001808B-page 11...
The Mote contains the following tools, as listed in Table 1-1. ® TABLE 1-1: LoRa MOTE Description ® ® LoRa Mote populated with the LoRa Module USB Cable (Male-A to Male Mini-B) Antenna – 868/915 MHz 2015-2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001808B-page 12...
INTRODUCTION ® This LoRa Mote User’s Guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the LoRa Technology Command Reference User’s Guide for the on-board LoRa module. This chapter describes the hardware requirements for the LoRa Mote board, and also provides descriptions of the different communication modes.
USB Communications +3.3 V Power Reference The populated module (U7) is re-programmable via the ICSP™ press pin pad programming connector point (J5). In addition, the populated LoRa module is capable ® ® of being updated via the LoRa bootloader GUI, as described in the RN2483 LoRa...
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MCU TX (RC6, Pin 40) ® UARTTX Module Communication MCU RX (RC7, Pin 1) Module Communication Unused Module Communication Unused +3.3V Power Source 34, 12 +3.3V Rail Ground Reference 1,8,11,20,21,22 Ground ,24,26,27, 28,33,41,47 2015-2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001808B-page 16...
2.4.1 USB CDC-Serial When a USB Mini-B is connected to the LoRa Mote, it will power-on, regardless of the power switch S3. If the LoRa Mote is already in operation, the USB connection will take pre-emptive control and act only as a serial emulation device. After being connected to a host PC, the LoRa Mote will enumerate.
Sleep Control The LoRa Mote will automatically enter Sleep if no buttons are pressed for 30 seconds. The LoRa Mote can be placed into Sleep manually by selecting the Sleep option in the menus. Wake-Up events include: • Pressing either S2 or S3 push buttons •...
The application firmware can be updated by launching the HID bootloader GUI application included with the Microchip Libraries for Applications (MLA) at www.microchip.com/mla. DIR: \\mla\v2014_07_22\apps\usb\device\bootloaders\utilities\bin\win\HIDBootloader.exe Note: If Bootloader mode is entered unintentionally, power cycling the board will ® re-enter the LoRa Mote default application. 2015-2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001808B-page 19...
® LoRa MOTE USER’S GUIDE Appendix A. Board of Schematics and Bill of Materials INTRODUCTION ® This appendix provides the LoRa Mote schematics and Bill of Materials (BOM). • Board Schematics • Bill of Materials BOARD SCHEMATICS Figure A-1 Figure A-2 show the board schematics.
This appendix section provides short descriptions of the Differences between the LoRa Mote Revisions B ® design discussed in this user’s guide, and that of the initial Legacy Mote Design, and the Legacy LoRa Mote board schematics and Bill of Materials (BOM). •...
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16. Descriptive LEDs, (2) Controlled by PIC18, (2) Controlled by Module 17. USB Mini-B Connector 18. Battery Power Switch 19. Website QR Code 20. (2) AAA Battery Pack 21. OLED SSD1306 Ribbon Connector 2015-2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001808B-page 26...
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Legacy Board Schematics and Bill of Materials ® FIGURE B-1: LoRa MOTE LEGACY Bottom 2015-2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001808B-page 27...
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Module Wake Application from Sleep (Digital, Input) [Module GPIO9] ® MCU to Module Communication ® MCU to Module Communication MCLR ICSP™ Programmer Dedicated Pin VUSB3V3 +3.3V Power Reference USB Communications USB Communications +3.3V Power Source Ground Reference Ground Reference 2015-2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001808B-page 28...
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