Developers, makers and enthusiasts looking to build their very own Internet of Things protocols and gateways may be interested in a new versatile development board called the iotSDR, which will soon be available to purchase via the Crowd Supply website. The iotSDR development board provides a platform that allows SDR developers and enthusiasts to “develop cutting-edge solutions in the IoT radio and network domains” say it’s creators.
Equipped with two Microchip AT86RF215 frontends the development board is capable of providing I/Q streams and modem functionality for the Xilinx ZYNQ SoC, as well as a MAX2769 GNSS chip for custom GPS, Galileo, BieDou, and Glonass development. It is also compatible with the popular GNURadio SDR software.
“If you want to design and develop a physical layer protocol for IOT – a protocol like LoRa, SigFox, WightLess, Bluetooth, BLE, 802.15.4, ZigBee, or something of your own – this board is for you. It is also a great place to start if you want to build a custom IoT gateway along the lines of The Things Network, LPWAN, or Google Thread.”
For more information and to register your interest in the iotSDR development board to create your IoT protocols and gateways jump over to the Crowd Supply website and project page by following the link below.
Features and specifications of the iotSDR versatile develop on board include :
- RF Transceiver: 2x Atmel AT86RF215
- European band: 863-870 MHz / 870-876 MHz / 915-921 MHz
- Chinese band: 470-510 MHz / 779-787 MHz
- North American band: 902-928 MHz
- Korean band: 917-923.5 MHz
- Japanese band: 920-928 MHz
- World-wide ISM band: 2400-2483.5 MHz
- GNSS Receiver: MAX2769B
- SoC: Xilinx ZYNQ XC7Z010-1CLG400C
- Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore
- 256 kb on-chip memory
- DDR3 support
- 28,000 logic cells
- 17,600 LUTs
- 2.1 Mb block RAM
- 80 DSP slices
- 2x UART, 2x CAN 2.0 B, 2x I²C, 2x SPI, 4x 32-bit GPIO
- FPGA configuration via JTAG
- EEPROM Memory: 1x AT24MAC602 for RF transciever MCU firmware and data
- Flash Memory: 1x QSPI 128 Mb flash memory for firmware
- RAM: 256 MB DDR3
- SD Card: Micro SD card slot
- General User Inputs/Outputs:
- 2x 8-bit PL interfaces
- 1x 8-bit PS interface
- Connectivity:
- 1x Gigabit Ethernet
- USB 2.0 high-speed (USB3310)
- USB 2.0 full-speed (CP2104)
- 2x SMA RF connector for Low Frequency IoT Bands transceiver
- 2x SMA RF connector for 2.4 GHz Band transceiver
- 1x GNSS receiver RF connector
- FPGA JTAG connector for external JTAG programmer/debugger
- Clock System:
- Single clock source for both RF frontends
- Separate clock for GNSS receiver
- Board Dimensions: 76.2 mm x 101.6 mm
Source : Crowd Supply