User's Manual

Getting started X-NUCLEO-S2868A1
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1 Description
The X-NUCLEO-S2915A1 boards contain the S2-LP radio which is a high
performance ultra-low power, sub-1 GHz, RF transceiver.
Table 1. Expansion board details
Evaluation board
RF
communication
frequency
Description
X-NUCLEO-S2868A1
868 MHz
868 MHz RF expansion board based on S2-LP RF
transceiver.
X-NUCLEO-S2915A1
915 MHz
915 MHz RF expansion board based S2-LP RF
transceiver
1.1 Typical applications
The evaluation boards can be used for evaluation of the S2-LP device in
multiple applications.
The following demo examples are available for testing with the evaluation
boards
• wM-Bus: Wireless Metering Bus demo
• Point-to-point communication protocol demo
• 6LoWPAN applications
• SigFox Communication
Please refer to the data brief for the firmware, available on www.st.com.
Users can develop other applications for evaluating the devices. Some of
these applications are:
• SigFox Communication
• Automatic meter reading
• Home and building automation
• WSN (wireless sensor network)
• Industrial monitoring and control
• Wireless fire and security alarm systems