LoPy4

1 YEAR OF SIGFOX CONNECTIVITY INCLUDED
The LoPy4 is a quadruple bearer MicroPython enabled development board (LoRa, Sigfox, WiFi, Bluetooth) perfect enterprise grade IoT platform for your connected Things. With the latest Espressif chipset the LoPy4 offers a perfect combination of power, friendliness and flexibility.

Create and connect you things everywhere. Fast.

If you are purchasing the LoPy4 and wish to connect via USB to your computer, you will also need to purchase either the Expansion Board 2.0, Pysense or Pytrack.

The LoPy4 is a compact quadruple network MicroPython enabled development board (LoRa, Sigfox, WiFi, Bluetooth). It’s the perfect enterprise grade IoT platform for your connected Things. With the latest Espressif ESP32 chipset the LoPy4 offers a perfect combination of power, friendliness and flexibility. Create and connect you things everywhere. Fast.

The LoPy4 can act as a LoRa nano gateway and a multi-bearer (LoRa, Sigfox, WiFi and BLE) development platform suitable for all LoRa and Sigfox networks around the globe. It is programmable with MicroPython and the Pymakr plugins for fast IoT application development, easy programming in-field and extra resilience with network failover. You can also configure the LoPy4 in raw LoRa mode to send packets directly between LoPy4’s. The best blend of speed to deployment and access to new LPWAN networks rolling out across Europe, USA, Africa and India. The LoPy4 is CE, FCC approved, LoRaWAN and Sigfox certified.

The board ships with or without male headers mounted as seen on the pictures.

The LoPy4 includes 1-year of Sigfox connectivity – strictly for development purposes only.

NOTE: SIGFOX CONNECTIVITY IS INCLUDED FOR 12 MONTHS FROM FIRST USE OF DEVICE FOR DEVELOPMENT UNITS. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE LARGER DEPLOYMENTS/COMMERCIAL USE WHERE A PAYABLE SERVICE WILL BE REQUIRED. CONTACT PYCOM FOR PRICING

NOTE: Using the LoRa or Sigfox radio without the external antenna can lead to damage of the device and is therefore not recommended.

If you are purchasing the LoPy4 and wish to connect via USB to your computer, you will also need to purchase either the Expansion Board 2.0, Pysense or Pytrack.

LoPy4 Features
Powerful CPU, BLE and state of the art WiFi radio
Can also double up as Nano LoRa gateway
MicroPython enabled
Fits in a standard breadboard (with headers)
Ultra-low power usage: a fraction compared to other connected micro controllers

Processing
Espressif ESP32 chipset
Dual processor WiFi radio System on chip
Network 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

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
Class 0 device. Maximum Tx power:
14dBm (Europe)
20dBm (America)
20dBm (Australia and New Zealand)
Node range: Up to 50km
Sigfox certified

LoRa Specification
Semtech LoRa transceiver SX1276
LoRaWAN stack
Class A and C devices

LoRa Operating Frequencies
868 MHz (Europe) at 14dBm maximum
915 MHz (North and South America, Australia and New Zealand) at 20dBm maximum
433 MHz (Europe) at 10dBm maximum
470 – 510 MHz (China) at 14dBm maximum

LoRa Range Specification
Node range: Up to 40km
Nano-gateway: Up to 22km
Nano-gateway capacity: Up to 100 nodes

Interfaces
2 x UART, SPI, 2 x I2C, I2S, micro SD card
Analog channels: 8_12 bit ADCs
Timers: 4_16 bit with PWM and input capture
DMA on all peripherals
GPIO: Up to 24

Security & Certifications
SSL/TLS support
WPA Enterprise security
FCC 2AJMTLOPY4R
CE 0700

Memory
RAM: 4MB
External flash: 8MB
Hardware floating point acceleration
Python multi-threading

Hash / encryption
SHA, MD5, DES, AES

WiFi
802.1b/g/n 16mbps

Bluetooth
Low energy and classic

RTC
Running at 32KHz

Power
Input: 3.3V 5.5V
3v3 output capable of sourcing up to 400mA
WiFi: 12mA in active mode, 5uA in standby
LoRa: 15mA in active mode, 1-uA in standby
Sigfox (Europe): 12mA in Rx mode, 42mA in Tx mode and 0.5uA in standby
Sigfox (Australia, New Zealand and South America): 12mA in Rx mode, 120 mA in Tx mode and 0.5uA in standby

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

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