Expansion Radio Board - Libelium Waspmote Technical Manual

22. Expansion Radio Board

The Expansion Board allows to connect two communication modules at the same time in the Waspmote sensor
platform. This means a lot of different combinations are possible using any of the wireless radios available for
Waspmote: 802.15.4, ZigBee, DigiMesh, 868 MHz, 900 MHz, LoRa, WiFi, GPRS, 3G, NB-IoT / Cat-M, 4G, Sigfox,
LoRaWAN, Bluetooth Pro, Bluetooth Low Energy and RFID/NFC. Besides, the following Industrial Protocols modules
are available: RS-485/Modbus and CAN Bus.
Figure: Expansion Radio Board
Some of the possible combinations are:
LoRaWAN - GPRS
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802.15.4 - Sigfox
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868 MHz - RS-485
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NB-IoT / Cat-M - WiFi
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DigiMesh - 4G
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NB-IoT / Cat-M - RFID/NFC
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WiFi - 3G
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CAN Bus - Bluetooth
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etc.
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Remark: GPRS, 3G, NB-IoT / Cat-M and 4G modules do not need the Expansion Board to be connected to Waspmote.
They can be plugged directly in the socket1.
Applications:
Multifrequency Sensor Networks (2.4 GHz – 868/900 MHz)
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Bluetooth - ZigBee hybrid networks
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NFC (RFID) applications with 3G/GPRS
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ZigBee - WiFi hybrid networks
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