Semtech Corp. has announced that it has joined with other members of the Wi-SUN Alliance to produce a radio frequency (RF) development platform targeting advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and industrial applications. The development platform includes Semtech’s SX1276 Wi-SUN compliant RF transceiver that features its long-range LoRa technology, combined with a Kinetis microcontroller (MCU) from Freescale. The Wi-SUN ready software stack is provided by Nissin.
The Semtech SX1276, a Wi-SUN ready, LoRa-based transceiver with a 168 dB link budget for maximum range, constitutes the wireless portion of the solution. The LoRa™ long-range technology, combined with the Nissin software stack enables customers to reduce infrastructure cost and improve quality of service.
The Freescale Kinetis MCU architecture is particularly suited for AMI and currently used in many metering applications. Freescale has delivered a new hardware and software solution that will help deploy a complete smart meter infrastructure across Japan in the coming years. Nissin builds on 25 years of experience in software development and proven metering experience making it a key element in delivering a complete Wi-SUN ready software stack running on a Freescale MCU and Semtech RF. Nissin is now positioned to be a key player in the Japan AMI market.
This will be the first Wi-SUN ready platform that includes the RF transceiver, MCU and software stack. Availability of the solution will greatly reduce cost and development time of Nissin customers.
