Pycom GPy - WiFi, Bluetooth LE and LTE-M

Name: Pycom GPy - WiFi, Bluetooth LE and LTE-M
SKU: 3612
Price: 54.9500 USD
Availability: Discontinued

Product ID: 3612

$54.95

Discontinued

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Description

With WiFi, BLE and cellular LTE CAT M1/NB1, the Pycom GPy is a triple-bearer MicroPython enabled micro controller - the perfect enterprise grade IoT platform for your connected Things. Create and connect your things everywhere, fast.

Imagine three networks in one perfectly-formed, same-small-foot-print-as-WiPy-LoPy-FiPy-and-SiPy, IoT development board. MicroPython enabled. GPy includes WiFi, Bluetooth LE and dual LTE-M (CAT M1 and NBIoT). That means you get a hat-trick of low/medium/long range transports. BLE is great for local and mobile communication, WiFi when you want free medium range data, and cellular LTE for use-anywhere long range.

This one-of-a-kind board gives you full flexibility during testing, install, deployment and even later when you want to switch real-time your airtime network provider. You can switch when the time is right for you or set some parameters that will do so automatically. The GPy has a built-in operating system that supports MicroPython, the lightweight cousin of the Python programming language. You can use this board as is, or develop your application, then minimize the design with one of the smaller and simpler Pycom boards (if, say, you realize you don't need LTE cellular)

Comes with just the dev board. You'll need an antenna for LTE usage. The WiFi/BLE (which has a ceramic antenna built in). Using LTE/cellular without an antenna can damage the board!

For LTE you'll also need a SIM card with data that can go on an LTE network.

Technical Details

Technical Specs:

Size: 55mm x 20mm x 3.5mm (Without Headers)
Weight: 7g
For product support you can contact Pycom here

Features

Powerful CPU
Three networks: WiFi, BLE, and cellular LTE-CAT M1/NB1
1KM WiFi range
MicroPython enabled
Fits in a standard breadboard (with headers)
Ultra-low power usage: a fraction compared to other connected microcontrollers
Open source firmware

Processing

Espressif ESP32 SoC
Dual processor and WiFi radio system on chip
Networking 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

Interfaces

2 x UART, 2 x SPI, I2C, micro SD card
Analog channels: 8×12 bit ADCs, 2×8 bit DAC
Timers: 2×64 bit with PWM with up to 16 channels
DMA on all peripherals
GPIO: Up to 22

Hash / Encryption

SHA, MD5, DES, AES

WiFi Networking

802.11b/b/n 16mbps

Bluetooth

Low energy and classic

RTC

Running at 32KHz

Security & Certifications

SSL/TLS support up to 1.2
WPA Enterprise security
AES encryption engine

Memory

RAM: 4MB
Flash Memory: 8MB
GPIO: Up to 22
Hardware floating point acceleration
Python multi-threading

Power

Voltage Input: 3.3V – 5.5V
3v3 output capable of sourcing up to 400mA

LTE-M Operating Frequencies

4 bands supports from 699Mhz to 2690Mhz (Total world-wide support)

LTE-M Specification

One single chip for both CAT M1 and NB1 (yes, only one chip)
3GPP release 13 LTE Advanced Pro
Supports narrowband LTE UE categories M1/NB1
Integrated baseband, RF, RAM memory and power management
Reduced Tx power class option
Peak power estimations: TX current = 420mA peak @1.5Watt RX current = 330mA peak @1.2Watt
Data rates:
- 300 kbps DL
- 375 kbps UL (LTE Cat M1 in 1.4 Mhz, HD-FDD)
- 40 kbps DL
- 55 kbps UL (LTE Cat M2 in 200 kHz, HD-FDD)