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Badgerboard - The Arduino Compatible LoRa Board

2016-12-19 | By Maker.io Staff

The year of the LoRa boards and we see another LoRa board come to Kickstarter from Nordic Automated Systems (NAS) called Badgerboard. The Badgerboard combines an Arduino compatible Atmel AVR MCU with Microchip RN2483 in a breadboard compatible form factor powered using micro USB port or through an external battery.

LoRa technology is a wireless protocol designed for long range wireless communication between devices. It was designed specifically for long range and low powered hardware IoT devices to allow nodes to connect to applications on multi-tenant networks. The technology has been backed by the LoRa Alliance which consists of a number of Blue chip companies such as CISCO, MicroChip, IBM, STM and many more.

Specifications:

  • MCU: Atmel ATmega32U4 MCU
  • Connectivity: LoRaWAN via Microchip RN2483 (EU – 868MHz) / RN2903 (US – 915 MHz) modem with SMA connector and antenna
  • USB: 1x micro USB port for power and programming
  • Expansion: 2x 18-pin unpopulated headers with SPI, I2C, 13x GPIOs, 6x 10-bit ADC, 3.3V and GND signals; open drain output for relays up to 24V 100 mA
  • Sensors: STM HTS221 temperature and humidity sensor
  • Misc: Reset button; user and Tx/Rx LEDs; power on/off switch
  • Power Supply: 5V via micro USB port, or Li-Ion/ Li-Po battery via JST connector
  • Dimensions: 56 x 26 mm

Badgerboard

Badgerboard Features

What’s great about this particular board is that it can be programmed using the Arduino IDE, which for the majority of makers is ideal and especially for beginners. The Arduino IDE uses a number of LoRa libraries which have been tested and verified by the LoRa alliance.

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