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Pycom FiPy

SKU: CE04922 Brand: Pycom Guides (10)

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**IMPORTANT NOTE: As of December 2019, all the cellular products have been recalibrated and screened on all 17 bands with a vastly improved RF test system to guarantee more stable connectivity, lower power consumption and faster network attachment. New specialised equipment and software from Rhode & Schwarz enables us to do more precise measurements during the calibration process. This enhances RF sensitivity and thus signal quality especially in areas with poor cellular coverage while reducing output power during transmit to improve battery performance.

Imagine 5 networks in one perfectly-formed, same-small-foot-print-as-WiPy- LoPy-and SiPy, IoT development board. MicroPython enabled. Featuring WiFi, Bluetooth, LoRa, Sigfox and dual LTE-M (CAT M1 and NBIoT) the FiPy gives access to all the world’s LPWAN networks on one tiny board.

NOTE: The LTE Antenna MUST always be used with LTE CAT M1 / NB1, or it could cause serious damage to the development board.

Get on with a board that gives you full flexibility during testing, install, deployment and even later when you want to switch real-time your airtime network provider. You can switch when the time is right for you or set some parameters that will do so automatically.

FiPy Features

Powerful CPU
Five networks: WiFi, BLE, cellular LTE-CAT M1/NB1, LoRa and Sigfox
1KM WiFi range
MicroPython enabled
Fits in a standard breadboard (with headers)
Ultra-low power usage: a fraction compared to other connected microcontrollers

Processing

Espressif ESP32 SoC
Dual processor and WiFi radio system on chip
Networking processor handles the WiFi connectivity and the IPv6 stack
Main processor is entirely free to run the user application
An extra ULP-coprocessor that can monitor GPIOs, the ADC channels and control most of the internal peripherals during deep-sleep mode while only consuming 25uA

Interfaces

2 x UART, 2 x SPI, I2C, micro SD card
ANalog channels: 8×12 bit ADCs, 2×8 bit DAC
Timers: 2×64 bit with PWM with up to 16 channels
DMA on all peripherals
GPIO: Up to 22

Hash / Encryption

SHA, MD5, DES, AES

WiFi Networking

802.11b/b/n 16mbps

Bluetooth

Low energy and classic

RTC

Running at 32KHz

Range

Node range: Up to 50km

Security & Certifications

SSL/TLS support up to 1.2
WPA Enterprise security
AES encryption engine

Memory

RAM: 4MB
Flash Memory: 8MB
GPIO: Up to 22
Hardware floating point acceleration
Python multi-threading

Power

Voltage Input: 3.3V – 5.5V
3v3 output capable of sourcing up to 400mA

Sigfox Operating Frequencies

RCZ1 – 868MHz(Europe)
RCZ2 – 902MHz (US, Canada and Mexico)
RCZ3 – (Japan and Korea)
RCZ4 – 920-922MHz (ANZ, Latin America and S-E Asia)

Sigfox Specification

TI CC1125NarrowbandTransceiver
Class 0 device. Maximum Tx power:
+14dBm (Europe)
+22dBm (America)
+22dBm (Australia and New Zealand)
Node range: Up to 50km
Sigfox pre-certified (October 2016)
Power
Sigfox (Europe): 17mA in Rx mode, 47mA in Tx mode and 0.5uA in standby
Sigfox (Australia, New Zealand and South America): 24mA in rX mode, 257 mA in Tx mode and 0.5uA in standby

Bluetooth Networking

Low energy and classic
Compliant with Bluetooth v4.2 BR/EDR and BLE specification
Class-1, Class-2 and Class-3 transmitter without external power amplifer
Enhanced power control
+10dBm transmitting power
NZIF receiver with -98 dBm sensitivity
Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH)
Standard HCI based on SDIO/SPI/UART
High speed UART HCI, up to 4 Mbps
BT 4.2 controller and host stack
Service Discover Protocol (SDP)
General Access Profile (GAP)
Security Manage Protocol (SMP)
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
ATT/GATT
HID
All GATT-based profile supported
SPP-Like GATT-based profile
BLE Beacon
A2DP/AVRCP/SPP, HSP/HFP, RFCOMM
CVSD and SBC for audio codec
Bluetooth Piconet and Scatternet

LoRa Operating Frequencies

868MHz(Europe) at +14dBm maximum
915MHz (North and South America, Australia and New Zealand) at +20dBm maximum

LoRa Specification

Power consumption: 10mA Rx, 28mA Tx
LoRaWAN stack – Class A and C devices
Node range: Up to 40km
Nano-gateway: Up to 22km (Capacity up to 100 nodes)

LTE-M Operating Frequencies

34 bands supports from 699Mhz to 2170Mhz (Total world-wide support)

LTE-M Specification

One single chip for both CAT M1 and NB1 (yes, only one chip)
3GPP release 13 LTE Advanced Pro
Supports narrowband LTE UE categories M1/NB1
Integrated baseband, RF, RAM memory and power management
Reduced Tx power class option
Peak power estimations: TX current = 420mA peak @1.5Watt RX current = 330mA peak @1.2Watt
Data rates:
300 kbps DL
375 kbps UL (LTE Cat M1 in 1.4 Mhz, HD-FDD)
40 kbps DL
55 kbps UL (LTE Cat M2 in 200 kHz, HD-FDD)

Tx/Rx Frequencies

Ports for LTE Bands

Tx frequencies

Rx frequencies

Low bands 5, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 28

699 to 915 MHz

729 to 960 MHz

Mid bands 1, 2, 3, 4

1710 to 1980MHz

1805 to 2170 MHz

WiFi Networking

Up to 1km range
802.11b/g/n 16mbps
Power: 12mA in active mode, 5uA in standby

Size

55m x 20mm x 3.5mm (Without Headers)

Weight

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