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- Page 1 Hardware Integration Guide LoRa/Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Module Part Numbers: RM186 and RM191 Preliminary Version 0.03...
- Page 2 “FCC and IC Regulatory Statements“ 0.03 28 April 2016 Updated Max Transmit power, temperatures, and Jonathan Kaye DVK descriptions. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
EU Declarations of Conformity ..........................35 Ordering Information .............................. 36 Bluetooth SIG Qualification ............................. 36 Additional Assistance .............................. 38 Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... -
Page 4: Overview And Key Features
VERVIEW AND EATURES This Hardware Integration Guide describes both the RM186 (868MHz band for EU) and RM191 (915MHz band for US). The differences will be outlined in the Radio Specifications. Every RM1xx Series module is designed to enable OEMs to add a long range LoRa radio link as well as central role Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to small, portable, power-conscious devices. -
Page 5: Specifications
TX, RX, CTS, RTS DCD, RI, DTR, DSR, CTS, RTS (Note 1) Default 115200, n, 8, 1 Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... - Page 6 On-board ceramic chip monopole antenna -1.5 dBi LoRa (External) Dipole antenna with U.FL (IPEX) connector up to 2 dBi Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved...
- Page 7 Laird provides many sample smart BASIC application scripts covering the services listed. Additional applications being added every quarter. Note 5: Laird suggests using Vcc of 3.3V +/-5% (3.13V-3.46V) for maximum LoRa output power. WARNING: above 3.5V, the LoRa transmitter will be disabled to maintain regulatory compliance Note 6: Deep Sleep current <1000nA (typical).
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Page 8: Hardware Specifications
Hardware Integration Guide ARDWARE PECIFICATIONS Block Diagram and Pin-out Figure 1: Functional HW and SW block diagram for RM1xx series smartBASIC modules Figure 2: RM186/RM191 module pin-out (top view) Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless... -
Page 9: Pin Definitions
Laird Devkit: LED5 or SIO_06/AIN PULL-UP 1,2,3,4,5,6,11 Arduino A0 Via J8 System Reset (Active nRESET 9,10 low) DO NOT CONNECT Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... - Page 10 When an alternative SIO function is selected (such as I2C or SPI), the firmware does not allow Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved...
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Page 11: Electrical Specifications
Note 2: The maximum VCC ripple or noise (at any frequency) that does not disturb the radio. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... - Page 12 Time required to convert single sample in 10bit mode 9bit mode 8 bit mode ADC input impedance (during operation) Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved...
- Page 13 $autorun$ then the smartBASIC runtime engine executes the application automatically; hence the name self-contained run mode. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved...
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Page 14: Lora Power Consumption
Ultra Low Power Mode1 (Note 2) Standby Doze Ultra Low Power Mode2 (Note 3) Deep Sleep (no RAM retention) 600 (Note 4) Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... - Page 15 & each packet contains 20 bytes (which is the maximum for each packet) and an inaccurate 32 kHz master clock accuracy would increase the average current consumption. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved...
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Page 16: Ble Measured Peak Current Waveforms During Connection
Unit I2C Run current @ 100 kbps I2C Run current @ 400 kbps I2C Bit rate kbps Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... -
Page 17: Functional Description
Supervisor hardware to manage power on reset, brownout (and power fail). 1.8V to 3.5V supply range. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... -
Page 18: Clocks And Timers
865 – 870MHz (250 – 11000 bps over the air data rate) RM186 protocol can optionally employs 50kbps FSK when enabled by the gateway RM191 Lora radio: 902 – 928MHz (980 – 21900 bps over the air data rate) ... -
Page 19: Spi Bus
RS-232 level compliant interface. Some serial implementations link CTS and RTS to remove the need for handshaking. Laird does not recommend linking CTS and RTS other than for testing and prototyping. If these pins are linked and the host sends data at the point that the RM1xx deasserts its RTS signal, then there is significant risk that internal receive buffers will overflow, which could lead to an internal processor crash. -
Page 20: I2C Interface
GpioSetFunc() function. AIN – Analog Input 10 bit resolution. Voltage scaling 1/1, 2/3, 1/3. AIN – Analog Input Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... -
Page 21: Nreset Pin
2-Wire SWD Programming/Debug Interface connector and RM1xx module hidden 2-Wire SWD Programming/Debug Interface pins. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... -
Page 22: Rm1Xx On-Board Chip Antenna Characteristics
FET transistor in conjunction with a low resistance voltage divider. High impedance values of a voltage divider connected to an AIN pin will introduce ADC inaccuracy. Laird recommends the following solution for setup of a voltage divider when used with the RM1xx ADC: –... - Page 23 Hardware reset. Wire out to push button or drive by host. By default module is out of reset when power applied to VCC pin. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved...
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Page 24: Pcb Layout On Host Pcb - General
PCB and the antenna keep out must be observed. An example is shown in Figure 6. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... - Page 25 It is best that the customer tests the Range with mock-up (or actual prototype) of the product to assess effects of enclosure height (and material whether metal or plastic). Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved...
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Page 26: Lora External Antenna Integration With Rm1Xx
Figure 7: RM1xx Mechanical drawings Development Kit Schematics can be found in the Documentation tab of the RM1xx product page: www.lairdtech.com/products/rm1xx-lora-modules Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... -
Page 27: Host Pcb Land Pattern And Antenna Keep-Out For Rm1Xx
OUNT ODULES Introduction Laird Technologies surface mount modules are designed to conform to all major manufacturing guidelines. This application note is intended to provide additional guidance beyond the information that is presented in the User Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com... -
Page 28: Shipping
IPC/JEDEC J-STD-033. A copy of this standard is available from the JEDEC website: http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/docs/jstd033b01.pdf Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: Europe: +44-1628-858-940 http://ews-support.lairdtech.com Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 www.lairdtech.com/wireless © Copyright 2016 Laird. All Rights Reserved... - Page 29 13 days 9 days Laird surface mount modules are designed to be easily manufactured, including reflow soldering to a PCB. Ultimately it is the responsibility of the customer to choose the appropriate solder paste and to ensure oven temperatures during reflow meet the requirements of the solder paste. Laird surface mount modules conform to J-STD-020D1 standards for reflow temperatures.
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Page 30: Fcc And Ic Regulatory Statements
SQG-RM191 3147A-RM191 The OEM must follow the regulatory guidelines and warnings listed below to inherit Laird’ modular approval. The RM191-SM holds full modular approvals and has been certified for integration to products only by OEM integrators under the following conditions: 1. - Page 31 WARNING: The OEM must ensure that FCC and Industry Canada labelling requirements are met. This includes a clearly visible label on the outside of the OEM enclosure specifying the appropriate Laird FCC identifier for this product. Contains FCC ID: SQG-RM191...
- Page 32 The OEM should have their device which incorporates the RM191-SM tested by a qualified test house to verify compliance with FCC Part 15 Subpart B limits for unintentional radiators. WARNING: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Laird could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. FCC Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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Page 33: Ce Regulatory
CE R EGULATORY The RM186 has been tested for compliance with relevant standards for the EU market. The RM186 module has been tested with a 2.0dBi external dipole antenna for LoRa, and the -1.5dBi on-board chip antenna for the BLE transmitter. - Page 34 -1.5 RM191-SM Note: The RM186 module internal BLE chipset IC pins are rated 4 kV (ESD HBM). ESD can find its way through the external 2-Wire SWD Programming/Debug Interface connector (if used on the customers design), if discharge is applied directly. Customer should ensure adequate protection against ESD on their end product design (using the RM186 module) to meet relevant ESD standard (for CE, this is EN301-489).
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Page 35: Eu Declarations Of Conformity
Declaration: We, Laird, declare under our sole responsibility that the essential radio test suites have been carried out and that the above product to which this declaration relates is in conformity with all the applicable essential requirements of Article 3 of the EU Directive 1999/5/EC, when used for its intended purpose. -
Page 36: Ordering Information
Development board with RM186-SM module soldered in place DVK – RM191-SM Development board with RM191-SM module soldered in place General Comments This is a preliminary datasheet. Please check with Laird for the latest information before commencing a design. If in doubt, ask. SIG Q LUETOOTH... - Page 37 For further information please refer to the following training material: https://www.bluetooth.org/en-us/test-qualification/qualification-overview/listing-process-updates Note: If using the RM1xx with Laird Firmware and smartBASIC script, you can skip Controller Subsystem, Host Subsystem, and Profile Subsystem. Qualification Steps When Deviating From a Laird End Product Design...
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Page 38: Additional Assistance
Core Spec Version nRF51xxx stack: S110 link layer Sx20_nRF51xxx link layer S130_nRF51xxx link layer *Note: Please check with Laird/Nordic for applicable LL components. Examples of Host Stack components that can be integrated into the new design are; Listing reference Design Name...
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