LoRa mPCIe Smart Gateway Card SG900x (US 915MHz)

Bringing your gateway infrastructure into the future and enabling low-power long range networks has never been easier. OccamSmart’s mPCIe Smart Gateway Card, for use in LoRa®-based and LoRaWAN™ networks, allows you to easily add low-power long range capabilities to your new gateway design or existing gateway infrastructure by simply installing the card into your device.

The mPCIe Smart Gateway Card delivers an easy-to-use solution for data communication in a long range, low power wireless LoRa®-based network. Each module provides eight LoRa®- based receive channels. In addition, two auxiliary receive channels are provided for LoRa® and FSK modulation. Beyond its receiver capability, the device offers a single flexible transmit channel. This transmit channel is capable of modulation at multiple bandwidths for a LoRa®-based network or FSK/GFSK.

Unlike other boards, the mPCIe Smart Gateway Card has a built-in host microcontroller that manages message timing for the LoRa® gateway chipset. This unloads user tasks and eliminates any missed messages due to latency.

GENERAL FEATURES

• Supports RF packets for a LoRa®-based network
• Eight receive and one transmit channel(s)
• Two auxiliary receive channels
• Full-sized mPCIe compliant form factor
• Available with either serial or mPCIe compliant USB interface
• Environmentally friendly RoHS compliant
• Compliance:
  • US Version: certified to FCC modular transmitter standards (915 MHz certification pending)
• Firmware upgradeable

OPERATIONAL

• Single operating voltage: 3.3 VDC +/- 10%
• Available for industrial (SX1301) and commercial (SX1308) temperature ranges
• 125 kHz Bandwidth (BW)
• Supports LoRa®-based and FSK (EU only) modulations
• Integrated frequency matched RF front end, RF transceiver, baseband processor, and MCU for reduced host overhead

APPLICATIONS

LoRa®-based networks requiring gateway devices have deployed in many market segments, including:

• Agriculture
• Home and Building Automation
• Wireless Alarm and Security Systems
• Industrial Monitoring and Control
• Machine to Machine (M2M)
• Internet of Things (IoT)