Tool Pack For The Kits; Ata8520D Sigfox Certified Transceiver - Atmel ATA8520-EK3-E User Manual

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Tool Pack for the Kits

The tool pack zip folder [7] contains the documentation and software for the kit. Extract the folder into a directory on the PC
to get the following structure:
..\Application_Notes
..\Documentation
..\Hardware
..\Software
..\Software\ATA8520-EK1-E
..\Software\ATA8520-EK2-E
..\Software\ATA8520-EK3-E
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ATA8520D SIGFOX Certified Transceiver

The Atmel ATA8520D SIGFOX
controlling device operation. The transceiver buffer of the device is loaded with a max. of 12 bytes of payload data for
transmission in the 868MHz ISM band. The ATA8520D device can also receive payload data with 8 Bytes from the SIGFOX
cloud when transmitting an uplink/downlink request. The Atmel ATA8520D device is certified by SIGFOX to participate in
their network. A second certification step for the module or system including antenna is also required with a classification of
the module or system RF performance, i.e. radiated RF output power. As a result, the RF path including antenna must also
have SIGFOX certification.
The key parameters for the RF link are:
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RF channels:
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RF output power:
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RF sensitivity:
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Data rate:
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Data payload:
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Duty cycle:
The data transmission is AES encrypted.
The SIGFOX ID and PAC registration code are printed on a label attached to the PCB and can also be read out from the
device using the SPI command interface. This ID and code are required for registering the device with the user's account for
the SIGFOX back end.
documentation for the kit and the application notes for the devices
data sheets of the devices
hardware documentation of the boards
software for the kit
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Atmel Studio 6 project directory for ATA8520-EK1-E kit with ATmega328P
Atmel Studio 6 project directory for ATA8520-EK2-E board with Atmega328P
Atmel Studio 6 project directory for ATA8520-EK3-E board with SAMD21
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transceiver includes the SIGFOX protocol library and a SPI communication interface for
868.0 to 868.6MHz for uplink and 869.4 to 869.65MHz for downlink
max. 14.5dBm
–126dBm
100bit/s with DBPSK modulation for uplink and 600bit/s with GFSK modulation for downlink
max. 12byte with LSB first for uplink and 8 bytes for downlink
max. 5 telegrams/hour, i.e. < 1% for uplink and max. 4 telegrams/day for downlink
ATAN0104 [APPLICATION NOTE]
9373E–AUTO–11/15
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