User's Manual

WaveFlexPicocellGatewayRadio‐UserManual‐Version1.2
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2. HardwareOverview
TheWPGRisanFCCCertifiedLoRa®‐Enabledmulti‐channelhighperformancetransceiverthatis
basedontheSemtechRev2bReferenceDesign.ThisdesignincorporatestheSemtechSX1308
DigitalBasebandICandtwoSemtechSX1257RadioTransceiverIC’swhicharecapableof
operatingoverthe902to928MHzNorthAmerican/Australian,and867.1‐868.5MHzEuropean
ISMlicense‐exemptfrequencybands.TheRFFrontEndiscapableofreceivingdata
simultaneouslyon8LoRa®ChannelsandisterminatedwithaReversePolaritySMAconnector
forconnectinganFCCapproved2.0dBimaximumgainantenna.TheWPGRisdesignedtoplug
intoastandardUSB2.0TypeAFemaleHostPortforPowerandLoRaWANGateway
Communicationssupport.
2.1WaveFlex‐WPGRRFBlockDiagram
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 TheSX1308DigitalBasebandICprovidesapowerfulDSPEnginewhichintegratesthe
LoRa®ConcentratorIP
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 ThetwoSX1257transceiversprovidearobustRFfront‐endthatiscapableofreceiving
dataon8LoRa®200kHzchannelssimultaneously.
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Figure2–WaveFlexPicocellGatewayRFBlockDiagram