Wavecard

A turn-key solution for Wavenis wireless integration
The ready-to-use Wavecard OEM board provides you with an easy plug-in solution for bringing Wavenis-based M2M and WSN products to market in record time. Wavecard boards are available with either 25 mW or 500 mW power output, depending on your range requirements (up to 4 km with a 500 mW board).
Wavecard OEM boards enable manufacturers and integrators to develop state-of-the-art wireless products that meet the connectivity and autonomy requirements of a wide variety of M2M and telemetry products in which low power consumption and long wireless range are key factors.


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Wavecard is a completely integrated Wavenis solution that includes everything you need to add Wavenis wireless technology to your products.

  • Ultra-low-power and long-range Wavenis wireless solution
  • Includes microcontroller and Wavenis RF transceiver
  • Designed for low-traffic WSN and M2M applications
  • Operates in 868, 915 or 433 MHz (license-free ISM bands)
  • Approximate range: 1 km (25 mW) or 4 km (500 mW) (1)

    • (1) Line-of-sight range (LOS). Indoor performance generally up to several hundred meters, depending on construction and other obstacles.

General features
  • Wavenis transceiver with protocol stack in on-board CPU
  • 25mW or 500mW depending on form- factor desired battery life and range requirements (up to 1 km with 25 mW, up to 4 km with 500 mW)
  • 50 ohm RF port for antenna connection
  • Extreme power efficiency: 15µA average operating current with 1s access time
  • Modem operation: RS-232 connection to host controller platform
  • Embedded operation:
    • Up to 4kB available to merge application code over Wavenis stack in Flash memory
    • Up to 512 bytes available RAM for application parameters
    • RS-232 for external connections
  • Power Supply
    • Embedded linear regulator
    • I_peak_RX: 18mA typical (full run)
    • I_peak_TX_25mW: 45mA
    • I_peak_TX_500mW: 450mA
    • I_sby = 3µA typical
  • Temperature range
    • Operating -20° to +70°C (-4° to +158°F)
    • Storage -40° to +85°C (-40° to +185° F)
  • Dimensions
    • 25 mW: 30 x 28 x 7 mm
    • (1.2 x 1.1 x 0.27 in)
    • 500 mW: 37 x 30 x 7 mm (1.45 x 1.18 x 0.27 in)
Wavenis connectivity stack
  • Fully programmable Wavenis wireless parameters
  • Wavenis API and documentation
  • Wavenis Active X, DLL interface for Windows and Windows Mobile platforms
  • Wavenis stack uses 8-32 kB Flash code depending on feature set and microcontroller
  • Compatible with Microchip PIC18, Texas Instruments MSP430, ARM7 (please check with us for others)
RF features
  • Wavenis operates in license-free ISM 433 MHz, 868 MHz and 915 MHz frequency bands
  • ETS300-220 / FCC15.247 certified