Expansion Radio Board - Libelium Waspmote Technical Manual

20. 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, LoRaWAN, LoRa, Sigfox, Bluetooth Pro, Bluetooth Low Energy, RFID/NFC, WiFi, GPRS Pro,
GPRS+GPS and 3G/GPRS. Besides, the following Industrial Protocols modules are available: RS-485/Modbus, RS-232 Serial/
Modbus and CAN Bus.
Figure: Expansion Radio Board
Some of the possible combinations are:
• LoRaWAN - GPRS
• 802.15.4 - Sigfox
• 868 MHz - RS-485
• RS-232 - WiFi
• DigiMesh - 3G/GPRS
• RS-232 - RFID/NFC
• WiFi - 3G/GPRS
• CAN bus - Bluetooth
• etc.
Remark: GPRS Pro, GPRS+GPS and 3G/GPRS modules do not need the Expansion Board to be connected to Waspmote. They can be plugged
directly in the socket1.
Applications:
• Multifrequency Sensor Networks (2.4GHz - 868/900MHz)
• Bluetooth - ZigBee hybrid networks
• NFC (RFID) applications with 3G/GPRS
• ZigBee - WiFi hybrid networks
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