Summary of Contents for Microchip Technology RN-2483-PICtail
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RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A...
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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. Silicon Storage Technology is a registered trademark of Microchip Technology Inc. in other countries.
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Object of Declaration: RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 3...
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RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide NOTES: Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 4...
Appendix A. Board Schematic and PCB Details A.1 Introduction ....................19 A.2 Board Schematic ..................19 A.3 PCB Layout ....................21 A.4 Bill of Materials ..................... 24 Worldwide Sales and Service ..................25 Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 5...
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RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide NOTES: Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 6...
LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board. • Appendix A. “Board Schematic and PCB Details” – This appendix provides the RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board ‘s schematic, PCB layouts and Bill of Materials (BOM). Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 7...
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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 { ... Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 8...
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• MPLAB X IDE – The latest information on Microchip MPLAB X IDE, the ® Windows Integrated Development Environment for development systems tools • Programmers – The latest information on Microchip programmers including the PICkit™ 3 development programmer Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 9...
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Technical support is available through the web site at: http://www.microchip.com/support. DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY Revision A (April 2015) This is the initial release of this document. Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 10...
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 Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 11...
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Development of the RN2483 with Microchip’s PIC MCU line is possible via the 28-pin PICtail connector to a PIC18 Explorer or 30-pin card edge PICtail Plus connector to an Explorer 16. Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 12...
Ensure that the applied power supply voltage does not exceed the board limits. Figure 1-2, Figure 1-3, and Figure 1-4 show the connection to various development boards. FIGURE 1-2: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD CONNECTED TO EXPLORER 16 DEVELOPMENT BOARD Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 13...
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FIGURE 1-3: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD CONNECTED TO PIC18 WIRELESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD FIGURE 1-4: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD CONNECTED TO PICDEM™ PIC18 EXPLORER DEMONSTRATION BOARD Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 14...
UART interface. In this case, the motherboard is unable to send UART messages to the module, however, the messages sent by the module appear on the PICtail UART. Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 15...
To power the custom board separately, shunt JP1 or JP4. The on-board PIC18 MCU is programmable via programming port ICSP_IC2. In USB mode, LD1 and LD2 LEDs indicate communication on the UART. Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 16...
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Master Clear input of the module PT+_SENSE Sensing signal for PICtail Plus connector — (the platform connects this line to GND when plugged) Note 1: Optional handshake lines are supported in future firmware releases. Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 17...
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RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide NOTES: Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 18...
This appendix provides the RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board schematic, PCB layout and Bill of Materials (BOM). • Board Schematic • PCB Layout • Bill of Materials BOARD SCHEMATIC Figure A-1 shows the board schematic. Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 19...
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FIGURE A-1: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD SCHEMATIC TEST Current measure points USB MINI-B Female +3V3 +3V3_M +3V3 ID D+ D- +5V CUR1 TP LOOP White 0603 CUR2 +3V3 +3V3_M +3V3_M +3V3 +3V3 MCP1825T-SOT-223-5 +5V_LDO +5V_USB Vout Vout B0520WS 0603 0603...
— CONN JACK SMA 50 OHM Cinch Connectivity 142-0711-821 EDGE MOUNT Solutions Johnson — RF module RN2483 LoRa EU Microchip RN2483 433/868MHz — CONN MINI B USB R/A SMD Hirose UX60-MB-5ST Advance Information 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002366A-page 24...
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