Welcome to PMOD-Sigfox documentation!

Version:1.00B
Copyright:(C)2016 Avnet Silica company
Date:6 Jul 2016
Reference name:BAEPMOD-COM-001-A01

Sigfox’s Long Range Low Power End Node solution

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INTRODUCTION

Telecom Design’s TD1207 devices are high performance, low current SIGFOXTM gateways. The combination of a powerful radio transceiver and a state-of-the-art ARM Cortex M3 baseband processor achieves extremely high performance while maintaining ultra-low active and standby current consumption. The TD1207 device offers an outstanding RF sensitivity of – 126 dBm while providing an exceptional output power of up to +14 dBm with unmatched TX efficiency. The TD1207 device versatility provides the gateway function from a local Narrow Band ISM network to the long-distance Ultra Narrow Band SIGFOXTM network with no additional cost. The broad range of analog and digital interfaces available in the TD1207 module allows any application to interconnect easily with the SIGFOXTM network. The LVTTL low- energy UART, along with the numerous GPIOs can control any kind of external sensors or activators. Featuring an AES encryption engine and a DMA controller, the powerful 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 baseband processor can implement highly complex and secure protocols in an efficient environmental and very low consumption way.

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Features:

  • SIGFOX READY
  • Frequency range = ISM 868 MHz
  • Receive sensitivity =-126 dBm
  • Modulation:
    • (G)FSK, 4(G)FSK, GMSK,
    • OOK
  • Max output power: +14 dBm
  • Low active radio power consumption:
    • 13/16 mA RX,
    • 37 mA TX @ +10 dBm
  • Power supply = 2.3 to 3.3 V

Developement tools

Firmware developed using: NXP Codewarrior. For installation and configuration of the project, follow instruction inside Developing guide