Microchip Technology RN-2483-PICtail User Manual

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Preface ........................................................................................................................... 7

Chapter 1. Overview

1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 11

1.2 Features ....................................................................................................... 11

1.3 Contents ....................................................................................................... 13

1.4 Board Configuration ..................................................................................... 13

Chapter 2. Getting Started

2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 15

2.2 Communication Modes ................................................................................. 15

2.3 Communication to the Module ...................................................................... 16

2.4 Hardware Description ................................................................................... 16

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

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Preface

NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS

All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site (www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.

Documents are identified with a “DS” number. This number is located on the bottom of each page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is “DSXXXXXXXXA”, where “XXXXXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the document.

For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the MPLAB Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available online help files.

IDE online help.

INTRODUCTION

This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board. Items discussed in this chapter include:

• Document Layout

• Conventions Used in this Guide

• Recommended Reading

• The Microchip Web Site

• Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service

• Customer Support

• Document Revision History

DOCUMENT LAYOUT

This document describes how to use the RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board as a development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board, as well as how to program devices. The document is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1. “Overview” – This chapter describes the RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board and presents various board configurations.

• Chapter 2. “Getting Started” – This chapter describes the two main communica- tion modes and the hardware requirements for getting started with RN2483 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).

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CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS GUIDE

This manual uses the following documentation conventions:

DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS

Description Represents Examples

Arial font:

Italic characters Referenced books MPLAB® IDE User’s Guide

Emphasized text ...is the only compiler...

Initial caps A window the Output window

A dialog the Settings dialog A menu selection select Enable Programmer

Quotes A field name in a window or

dialog

Underlined, italic text with right angle bracket

Bold characters A dialog button Click OK

N‘Rnnnn A number in verilog format,

Text in angle brackets < > A key on the keyboard Press <Enter>, <F1>

Courier New font:

Plain Courier New Sample source code #define START

Italic Courier New A variable argument file.o, where file can be

Square brackets [ ] Optional arguments mcc18 [options] file

Curly brackets and pipe character: { | }

Ellipses... Replaces repeated text var_name [,

A menu path File>Save

A tab Click the Power tab

where N is the total number of digits, R is the radix and n is a digit.

Filenames autoexec.bat File paths c:\mcc18\h Keywords _asm, _endasm, static Command-line options -Opa+, -Opa- Bit values 0, 1 Constants 0xFF, ‘A’

Choice of mutually exclusive arguments; an OR selection

Represents code supplied by user

“Save project before build”

4‘b0010, 2‘hF1

any valid filename

[options]

errorlevel {0|1}

var_name...] void main (void)

{ ... }

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1.1 INTRODUCTION

The RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a demonstration board that showcases the Microchip RN2483 Low-Power Long Range,

™

LoRa

The RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board provides access to the RN2483 UART and General Purpose Input and Output (GPIO) ports.

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Features

• Contents

• Board Configuration

1.2 FEATURES

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Chapter 1. Overview

Technology Transceiver Module.

The RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board has the following features as represented in Figure 1-1:

1. Microchip RN2483 Low-Power Long Range, LoRa

Module

2. SMA connector for 433 MHz band

3. SMA connector for 868 MHz band

4. Solder pads around the module for GPIOs, power pins and communication

signals

5. Supply Current measurement points

6. On-board LDO

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

™

Technology Transceiver

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FIGURE 1-1: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS

DAUGHTER BOARD

The high-speed UART interface and the GPIO ports are available on the module to configure, control, and transfer data. The RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board has PICtail and PICtail Plus connectors to interface with a PIC

microcontroller (MCU) on the development boards that support PICtail or PICtail Plus interface with the required pin mapping. The PICtail board also has an on-board PIC18 MCU available for custom user functions. It is preprogrammed to provide a simple USB-to-UART serial bridge enabling easy serial connection.

Demonstration of the RN2483 is performed by plugging the daughter board into a USB port of a PC. The USB port powers the daughter board and enables the user to communicate using the RN2483’s ASCII commands.

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.

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1.3 CONTENTS

The package kit contents contain the following tools as listed in Table 1-1.

TABLE 1-1: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS

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Description Part Number

RN2483 LoRa™ Technology PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board

USB Cable —

433 MHz antenna —

868 MHz antenna —

1.4 BOARD CONFIGURATION

Prior plugging the module into the motherboard's socket, ensure that one of the current measure jumpers, CUR1 or CUR2, are shunted.

PICtail Daughter Board can be powered from two sources, either from one of the PICtail headers or from USB. Both power sources can be active at the same time.

RF antennas must be connected to the SMA connectors prior attaching power to the board.

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.

Overview

RN-2483-PICtail

FIGURE 1-2: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS

DAUGHTER BOARD CONNECTED TO EXPLORER 16 DEVELOPMENT BOARD

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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

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2.1 INTRODUCTION

This chapter describes the hardware requirements for RN2483 LoRa Technology PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board and also provides the different types of communication modes.

The module accepts commands via UART interface. Basically, two communication modes are supported by the daughter board, USB mode and PICtail mode.

PICtail mode gives more computing power to the user program, since motherboards contain additional MCUs.

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Communication Modes

• Communication to the Module

• Hardware Description

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Chapter 2. Getting Started

2.2 COMMUNICATION MODES

2.2.1 USB mode

USB mode is initiated if the daughter board is connected to a USB port via a mini-USB cable. In this mode, the on-board PIC18 MCU provides a USB-to-UART bridge.

Supply voltage is provided via USB and the on-board LDO (IC1) which regulates 5V to the nominal 3.3V.

2.2.2 PICtail mode

PICtail mode is initiated if no USB cable is attached to the board and the board is plugged into the appropriate motherboard.

Note: User must ensure that PICtail/PICtail Plus port pins are fully compatible to

the pinout of the daughter board.

When USB power is not attached, the on-board PIC18 MCU does not influence UART communication.

Note: Some motherboards may adjust the supply voltage to the attached MCU

Plug-in Module. Do not exceed the supply voltage limits of the module.

2.2.3 PICtail mode with USB connected

The daughter board can be used in a third mode when it is connected to a PICtail motherboard while the USB is also connected. It is useful when the user wants to set the supply voltage from the PICtail connector while the communication must be continuously active via the USB interface. The on-board PIC18 MCU takes over the control of the 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.

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Another case is that the motherboard does not have power supply. In this case, the motherboard can be powered from the USB together with the daughter board. User must take care of the maximum output current of the on-board LDO, which is 500 mA.

A short on the jumper JP_RST on the daughter board forces the board to operate in PICtail mode, although USB remains connected. The jumper JP_RST keeps the on-board PIC18 MCU in reset state to ensure that USB-to-UART protocol translation is not performed in this mode. If jumper JP_RST is not shorted, on-board PIC18 MCU has the priority over the UART communication.

Note: Only 30-pin PICtail Plus connection is detected. If the daughter board is

attached to a 28-pin PICtail connector, the jumper JP_RST has no affect.

2.3 COMMUNICATION TO THE MODULE

In PICtail mode, the Microchip 8/16/32-bit PIC MCUs on the motherboards can run custom functions and connect to the module using the UART interface, which accepts ASCII commands from the host.

In USB mode, when the daughter board is connected to the host via USB, the on-board PIC18 MCU uses the CDC class to create a USB-to-UART bridge device. The host can run a simple terminal emulator application to issue commands.

2.4 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

The RF signal path is connected to the SMA edge connectors. The 433 MHz band RF signal is transmitted through RFL SMA edge connector, whereas RFH SMA connector is used for the 868 MHz band.

The current consumption measurement of the module is supported by the on-board current measure jumpers. If jumper CUR1 is shunted, the supply current flows directly to the module.

There are two ways to measure current consumption:

• A current meter can be connected to CUR1 jumper pins to measure the actual current consumption of the module. CUR2 must be left open.

• The current consumption graph can be recorded in the time domain by removing the shunt from CUR1 jumper and shunting CUR2 at the same time. Use a two channel oscilloscope, which supports subtracting mathematical function. Connect oscilloscope probes to CUR1 jumper pins while CUR2 jumper is shunted. Set the oscilloscope to display the difference between the two channels.

All pins of the module can be accessed via through hole pads which is located on both sides of the module. User can mount two 1.27 mm pitched socket headers if required. Sockets can connect the module pins to a custom board, whereas the daughter board provides the power. The through hole pads are classified into two groups which are located on both sides of the module. Each pad group, J1 and J2, has a dedicated pad on which power is delivered to the custom board. The supply current is measured together with the module's supply current. To do this, JP2 must be shorted for J2 and JP3 for J1.

If the supply current is separated from the module, the other two jumpers must be shorted. 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.

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Getting Started

Ta bl e 2- 1 shows the PICtail/PICtail Plus connections to various boards.

TABLE 2-1: PICtail™ AND PICtail PLUS CONNECTIONS

Signal Name Description

+3V3 Positive Supply Rail 26 21, 22

GND Ground Supply Rail 28 9, 10, 16

Module_TX UART transmit output of the module 21 2

Module_RX UART receive input of the module 17 4

Module_RTS UART Hardware handshake output of

the module

Module_CTS UART Hardware handshake input of the

module

PT_Module_RESET Master Clear input of the module 1 6

PT+_SENSE Sensing signal for PICtail Plus connector

(the platform connects this line to GND when plugged)

(1)

Pin number on PICtail

connector

419

320

—15

Note 1: Optional handshake lines are supported in future firmware releases.

Pin number on PICtail

Plus connector

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Appendix A. Board Schematic and PCB Details

A.1 INTRODUCTION

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

A.2 BOARD SCHEMATIC

Figure A-1 shows the board schematic.

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+3V3

Current measure points

+3V3_M

GNDGND

GND

Module_RX

Module_TX

Module_CTS

Module_RTS

+3V3_M +3V3_M

GND GND GND

+3V3+3V3

GND

+3V3

PT_Module_RESET

+3V3

GND

Module_RX

Module_TX

PT_Module_CTS

Module_CTS

+3V3

GND

+3V3

Module_TX

PT_Module_CTS

Module_RTS

GND

Socket 1.27 mm

+3V3_ext1

+3V3_ext2

GP0

GP1

GP2

GP3

GP4

GP5

GP6

GP7

GP8

GP9

GP10

GP11

GP12

GP13

PT_Module_RX

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

11 12

13 14

15 16

17 18

19 20

21 22

23 24

25 26

27 28

29 30

PICTail Plus

RA2/AN2/C2IN+/Vref-

RA3/AN3/C1IN+/VREF+

RA4/C1OUT/SRQ/T0CKI

RA5/AN4/C2OUT/SRNQ/HLVDIN/SS

RA7/OSC1/CLKI

RA6/OSC2/CLKO

RC0/SOSCO/T1CKI/T3CKI/T3G/IOCC0

RC1/CCP2/SOSCI/IOCC1

RC2/AN14/CTPLS/CCP1/P1A/IOCC2

VUSB

D-

D+

RC6/AN18/TX/CK/IOCC6

RC7/RX/DT/SDO/IOCC7

Vss

Vdd

RB0/AN12/SRI/FLT0/SDI/SDA/INT0

RB1/AN10/C12IN3-/P1C/SCK/SCL/INT1

RB2/AN8/CTED1/P1B/INT2

RB3/AN9/C12IN2-/CTED2/CCP2/SDO

RB4/AN11/P1D/IOCB4

RB5/AN13/T1G/T3CKI/IOCB5

RB6/IOCB6/PGC

RB7/IOCB7/PGD

MCLR/VPP/RE3

RA0/AN0/C12IN0-

RA1/AN1/C12IN1-

5,16

RA3

/AN3

/C1IN+/V

CKI

/C2

OUT/

RA7

/OSC1

RA6

OSC2/CLKO

RC0/SOSCO/T1CKI/T3

CKI/T3

G/IOCC0

RC1/CCP2/SOSC

OCC

RC2

S/CCP1

OCC2

VUS

D-

D+

RC6

/TX/CK/

RC7

/RX/DT/SDO/IOCC

Vss

/AN1

/SRI/

IN3

C/SCK/SC

RB2

/P1

RB4

/P1

D/IOC

RB5

/AN13/

RB7

/PGD

IN0

IN1

IC2

PIC18LF25K50-I/ML

Module_RX

Module_TX

Module_CTS

Module_RTS

+3V3

GND

IC2_ICSP_MCLR

IC2_ICSP_PGD

IC2_ICSP_PGC

Module_RESET

GND

PT+_SENSE

PT+_SENSE IC2_MCLR

GND

USB_D+

USB_D-

+5V_USB

USB_DET

+5V_LDO

GND

+3V3

GND

UART_RTS

UART_CTS

RESERVED

UART_TX

UART_RX

GND

VDD

GND

GND21GND

RFH

GND

RFL

GND26GND

GND

TEST0

TEST1

RESET

GND

VDD

GPIO0

GND

CTSRESERV

GND

VDD

CNC

NNNLN

GND

VDD

GPIO

GND

GPIO1

GPIO2

GPIO3

GPIO4

GPIO5

GPIO6

GPIO7

GPIO8

GPIO9

GPIO11

GPIO10

GPIO12

GPIO13

U1 RN2483

0.1uF 25V 0603

10uF 10V 0603

0.01uF 50V 0603

1uF 50V 0603

0.47uF 25V 0603

1R 0603 1%

1.5k 0603 1%

220R 0603 1%

R10

100R 0402 1%

4.7k 0603 1%

4.7uF

6.3V 0603

LD1

LD2

Gnd

Vout

Pgd5EN

Vin

Gnd

3,6

IC1

MCP1825T-SOT-223-5

B0520WS

123450

ID D+ D-

+5VGND

USB MINI-B Female

USB

RFL RFH

TP LOOP White

GND

CUR1

CUR2

JP_RST

HDR-2.54 Ma le 1x6

ICSP_IC2

PT_Module_RESET

GND

TEST

HDR-2.54 Ma le 1x6 RA

1112

1314

1516

1718

1920

2122

2324

2526

2728

12345678910

RF-PICtail

PICTail

HDR_M_2.54_2x14_RA_SUL_PBC14DBDN

0R 0603

JPI

0R 0603

JP1

0R 0603

JP2

0R 0603

JP3

0R 0603

JP4

Note: Shaded components are not populated by default.

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I/I

TPL

IOCC

B1/AN10/C12

RB3/AN

P1A/I

RA2/AN2/C2IN+/Vref

A4/C1OUT/SRQ/T

AN4

FLT0/SDI/SDA/INT0

-/P

AN8/CTED

12IN2-/CTED2/CCP2/SD

RA0/AN0/C1

AN1/C1

REF+

SRNQ/HLVDIN/SS

L/INT1

INT2

AN1

T1G/T3CKI/IOCB

B6/IOCB6/P

IOCB

CLR/VPP/RE3

LKI

TEST0

TEST1

RESE

UART

ART_

RESERVED

ART

ART_RT

AN1

Board Schematic and PCB Details

A.3 PCB LAYOUT

LoRa Technology PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a 2-layer, FR4, 1.55 mm, plated through hole PCB construction.

Figure A-2 through Figure A-4 illustrate the PCB layers, Figure A-5 shows the

assembly drawing of LoRa Technology PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board.

FIGURE A-2: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD TOP

SILKSCREEN

FIGURE A-3: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD TOP

COPPER

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FIGURE A-4: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD

BOTTOM COPPER (BOTTOM VIEW)

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Board Schematic and PCB Details

FIGURE A-5: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD TOP

ASSEMBLY

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A.4 BILL OF MATERIALS

TABLE A-1: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD BILL OF

MATERIALS (BOM)

Reference Value Description Vendor Vendor P/N

C1, C3 1uF CAP, 0603, 25V, 10%, X7R Murata Electronics

North America

C2 470nF CAP, 0603, 25V, 10%, X7R Murata Electronics

North America

C4 100nF CAP, 0603, 25V, Y5V Yageo CC0603ZRY5V8BB104

C5 10uF CAP, 0603, 6.3V, 20%, X5R Murata Electronics

North America

C6 10nF CAP, 0603, 50V, 10%, X7R Murata Electronics

North America

C8 4.7uF CAP, 0603, 6.3V, 10%, X5R Murata Electronics

North America

CUR1, CUR2

D1 — DIODE SCHOTTKY 20V 0.5A

GND — CONN Pin1 Keystone 5012

IC1 — IC MCP1825-3302E/DC Microchip MCP1825-3302E/DC

IC2 — IC PIC18LF25K50-I/ML Microchip PIC18LF25K50-I/ML

JP2, JP4 — RES 0 OHM 0603 JUMPER 2P Vishay Dale CRCW06030000Z0EA

JP-S1 — JUMPER SHUNT 2POS 2.54

LD1, LD2 — LED 565NM GRN DIFF 0603 Lumex

PICTail — CONN Pin14x2 2.54 mm right

R1 1.00 Ohm RES 0603 1/10W 1% Yageo RC0603FR-071RL

R2 1.50 kOhm RES 0603 1/10W 1% Vishay Dale CRCW06031K50FKEA

R3 2.70 kOhm RES 0603 1/10W 1% Vishay Dale CRCW06032K70FKEA

R4, R5, R6, R9, R10

R7 100 Ohm RES 0603 1/10W 1% Vishay Dale CRCW0603100RFKEA

R8 4.70 kOhm RES 0603 1/10W 1% Vishay Dale CRCW06034K70FKEA

RFH, RFL — CONN JACK SMA 50 OHM

U1 — RF module RN2483 LoRa EU

USB — CONN MINI B USB R/A SMD Hirose UX60-MB-5ST

— CONN Pin2 2.54 mm_jumper Harwin Inc M20-9990245

Diodes Inc B0520LW-7-F

SOD123

TE Connectivity 382811-8

mm LOPRO GOLD

Opto/Components Inc

Sullins Connector

angle (PBC14DBDN)

220 Ohm RES 0603 1/10W 1% Vishay Dale CRCW0603220RFKEA

EDGE MOUNT

433/868MHz

Solutions

Cinch Connectivity Solutions Johnson

Microchip RN2483

GRM188R71E105KA12D

GRM188R71E474KA12D

GRM188R60J106ME47D

GRM188R71H103KA01D

GRM188R60J475KE19D

SML-LX0603GW-TR

PBC14DBDN

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Table of Contents

Preface

1.1 INTRODUCTION

1.2 FEATURES

Chapter 1. Overview

1.3 CONTENTS

1.4 BOARD CONFIGURATION

2.1 INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2. Getting Started

2.2 COMMUNICATION MODES

2.2.1 USB mode

2.2.2 PICtail mode

2.2.3 PICtail mode with USB connected

2.3 COMMUNICATION TO THE MODULE

2.4 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

TABLE 2-1: PICtail™ AND PICtail PLUS CONNECTIONS

Appendix A. Board Schematic and PCB Details

A.1 INTRODUCTION

A.2 BOARD SCHEMATIC

FIGURE A-1: RN2483 LORA™ TECHNOLOGY PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD SCHEMATIC

A.3 PCB LAYOUT

A.4 BILL OF MATERIALS

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