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Wireless Gateways

From serial to radio, and back again

Wireless Gateways
Wireless Gateways
Tiny low power radio (LPR) modules operating at UHF ISM frequencies like 433 MHz and 868 MHz are available on the market that are ideal for remote measurement and control applications. They are usually controlled over an SPI interface. Poring over datasheets and writing a driver is, however, not everyone’s delight, and we have therefore designed a small board that carries an LPR module along with an ATmega328 microcontroller and a serial interface. Pre-programmed firmware allows the board to be used as a simple gateway for strings of characters between the serial interface and the ether.

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Components

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Component list

COMPONENT LIST
Resistors
R1,R4 = 1kOhm (0805)
R2 = 10kOhm (0805)
R3 = 2kOhm (0805)
R5,R7,R9,R11,R13,R15,R17,R19 = 1.8kOhm (0603)
R6,R8,R10,R12,R14,R16,R18,R20 = 3.3kOhm (1%, 0603)
Capacitors
C1,C2 = 22pF (0805)
C3..C7 = 100nF (0805)
C8 = 4.7µF (0805)
C9 = 10µF, 25V (1206)
C10,C11 = 1µF (0603)
Semiconductors
D1 = LED yellow (0805)
D2 = LED green (0805)
D3 = PMEG2010AEH Schottky diode (SOD-123F)
IC1 = ATmega328P-AU, programmed (TQFP-32)
IC2 = LDO NCP5501DT50G (DPAK-3)
IC3 = XC6206P332MR (SOT-23-3)
Miscellaneous
K1 = 10-pin (2x5) pinheader, 0.1’’ pitch
K2 = 6-pin (2x3) pinheader, 0.1’’ pitch
K3 = 2-pin pinheader, 0.1’’ pitch
JP1 = 3-pin pinheader, 0.1’’ pitch with jumper
S1 = pushbutton
X1 = 16MHz quartz crystal, 50ppm, 18pF
MOD1 = RFM12B-433-S1 radio module (HopeRF)
14-pin pinheader, 2mm lead pitch
14-way receptacle. 2mm pitch
PCB # 130023-1

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