RisingHF ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor V2 Test Report

ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor V2 Test Report

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This document include the test results of the ST Nucleo LoRa
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Content
Content...................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Figures....................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Tables........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
1 Preamble................................................................................................................................................................ 1
2 Compliance test matrix........................................................................................................................................ 1
3 Power Consumption Test.................................................................................................................................... 2
4 RF performance test.............................................................................................................................................2
4.1 Tx performance test...................................................................................................................................... 2
4.1.1 Tx performance of ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor v2................................................................................ 2
4.2 Rx performance test......................................................................................................................................7
4.2.1 Sensitivity test in CN470....................................................................................................................... 7
4.2.2 Sensitivity test in US915/AS923.......................................................................................................... 8
5 Performance test in temperature chamber....................................................................................................... 9
5.1 ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor V2 LF.................................................................................................................10
5.1.1 RF performance in CN470................................................................................................................. 10
5.1.2 RF performance in US915/AS923.....................................................................................................10
6 Uplink loop test................................................................................................................................................... 11
6.1 Uplink loop test in CN470.......................................................................................................................... 11
6.2 Uplink loop test in AS923...........................................................................................................................12
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Figures
Figure 1- 1 ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor V2............................................................................................................... 1
Figure 4- 5 CW singal in 470MHz..........................................................................................................................3
Figure 4- 6 LoRa signal in 470MHz....................................................................................................................... 3
Figure 4- 7 Harmonic scan in 470MHz................................................................................................................. 4
Figure 4- 8 Txop vs Freq in 470MHz.....................................................................................................................4
Figure 4- 9 CW signal in 915MHz..........................................................................................................................5
Figure 4- 10 LoRa signal in 915MHz.....................................................................................................................5
Figure 4- 11 Harmonic scan in 915MHz............................................................................................................... 6
Figure 4- 12 Txop vs Freq in 915MHz...................................................................................................................7
Figure 4- 18 Sensitivity vs Freq in CN470............................................................................................................8
Figure 4- 20 Sensitivity vs Freq in US915/AS923............................................................................................... 9
Figure 5- 1 Test in temperature chamber...........................................................................................................10
Figure 6- 1 Packets lost vs total message count...............................................................................................11
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Tables
Table 2- 1 compliance test matrix (LF)................................................................................................................. 1
Table 2- 2 compliance test matrix (HF).................................................................................................................1
Table 3- 1 Power consumption of ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor shield.................................................................. 2
Table 4- 2 Tx performance test in CN470............................................................................................................ 4
Table 4- 3 Tx performance test in US915/AS923............................................................................................... 6
Table 4- 6 Sensitivity test in CN470...................................................................................................................... 7
Table 4- 8 Sensitivity test in US915/AS923......................................................................................................... 8
Table 5- 2 RF performance in CN470 in temperature chamber..................................................................... 10
Table 5- 4 RF performance in EU433 in temperature chamber..................................................................... 10
Table 6- 1 Statistic data in loop test with ADR on.............................................................................................11
Table 6- 2 PER test with ADR off........................................................................................................................ 12
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1 Preamble
ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor shield is based on RisingHF’s LoRaWAN modem RHF0M003. RHF0M003 is a
high performance high integration module with global LoRaWAN protocol embedded which support
EU433, EU868, CN470, AS923, CN779, US915, AU915, IN865 and KR920.
This doc would include most of the basic test data, like power consumption, transmitter output power
(Txop), Frequency tolerance, Harmonic, sensitivity @ different data rate, PER loop test.

Figure 1- 1 ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor V2

2 Compliance test matrix

Here is the summary table on the compliance of the completed tests.
As the ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor v2 with RHF0M003-LF20 could support LF(433/470MHz) and which
with RHF0M003-HF20 could support HF(868/915MHz) band, we will separate the test results into two
parts here. For LF band, test in CN470 will be as an example. For HF band, test in US915/AS923 will
be as an example.
Table 2- 1 compliance test matrix (LF)
ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor V2 LF(CN470)
# Test Compliance
1 Power consumption PASS
2 RF frequency error tolerance PASS
3 Tx output power PASS
4 Tx Harmonic level PASS
5 Rx sensitivity PASS
6 RF frequency error tolerance in [-40 +85]℃ PASS
7 Tx output power in [-40 +85]℃ PASS
8 Rx sensitivity in [-40 +85]℃ PASS
9 PER loop test in CN470 PASS

Table 2- 2 compliance test matrix (HF)

ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor V2 HF(US915/AS923)
# Test Compliance
1 Power consumption PASS
2 RF frequency error tolerance PASS
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3 Tx output power PASS

4 Tx Harmonic level PASS
5 Rx sensitivity PASS
6 RF frequency error tolerance in [-40 +85]℃ PASS
7 Tx output power in [-40 +85]℃ PASS
8 Rx sensitivity in [-40 +85]℃ PASS
9 PER loop test in AS923 PASS

3 Power Consumption Test

For the Sensor shield, there will be 4 different modes with different current, which are Sleep, Standby,
Rx and Tx mode.
Table 3- 1 Power consumption of ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor shield
Current Current Current
Band Freq @Standby @TX max @RX
/mA OP/mA /mA
EU433 8 119 20
LF
CN470 8 121 20
EU868 8 125 20
HF
US915 8 119 20

Note: This result is only for Sensor shield, not include the ST Nucleo board.
Test result: Pass

4 RF performance test
4.1 Tx performance test
Tx performance test include Frequency tolerance, Txop, Harmonic and Spectrum in LoRa mode.

4.1.1 Tx performance of ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor v2

4.1.1.1 Tx performance in CN470
1) Frequency tolerance
A 32.000MHz XTAL with tolerance less than 10ppm is used as reference clock for the RF signal in the
sensor shield. So the RF frequency tolerance should be less than +/-10ppm in normal temperature.
For example, we set the Sensor shield to output 470.000MHz CW signal, we get a signal
@469.9988MHz. The frequency tolerance is 10^6*(469.9988-470.000)/470.000=-2.55ppm.

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Figure 4- 5 CW singal in 470MHz

Test result: Pass

1) Spectrum in LoRa mode (BW=125kHz, SF7)

Figure 4- 6 LoRa signal in 470MHz

Test result: Pass

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2) Txop and harmonic

Figure 4- 7 Harmonic scan in 470MHz

Table 3- 2 show the Tx performance data in CN470.
Table 4- 2 Tx performance test in CN470
Freq/MHZ 465 470 475 480 485 490 495 500 505 510
Txop/dBm 17.58 17.45 17.44 17.41 17.53 17.6 17.63 17.6 17.51 17.58
H2/dBm -50 -48 -46 -45 -44 -44 -45 -45 -46 -46
H3/dBm -49 -50 -50 -50 -51 -51 -52 -52 -52 -53
H4/dBm <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60
H5/dBm <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60
Figure 3- 8 show the output power from 465MHz to 510MHz in CN470.

Figure 4- 8 Txop vs Freq in 470MHz

Test result: Pass

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4.1.1.2 Tx performance in US915/AS923

1) Frequence tolerance
Frequency tolerance is +2.51ppm.

Figure 4- 9 CW signal in 915MHz

Test result: Pass

2) Spectrum in LoRa mode (BW=125kHz, SF7)

Figure 4- 10 LoRa signal in 915MHz

Test result: Pass
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3) Txop and harmonic

Figure 4- 11 Harmonic scan in 915MHz

Table 4- 3 Tx performance test in US915/AS923

Ferq/MHZ 902 904 906 908 910 912 914 916 918 920 922 924 926 928
Txop/dBm 17.65 17.59 17.54 17.51 17.44 17.44 17.41 17.39 17.41 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.38 17.34
H2/dBm -48 -48 -47 -47 -47 -47 -47 -47 -47 -48 -48 -48 -48 -48
H3/dBm <60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 <-60 -60

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Figure 4- 12 Txop vs Freq in 915MHz

Test result: Pass

4.2 Rx performance test

4.2.1 Sensitivity test in CN470
Table 4- 6 Sensitivity test in CN470

Freq/MHZ 470 475 480 485 490

SF12 -139 -138 -137.5 -137.5 -137.5
SF11 -135.5 -135 -135 -135 -135
SF10 -132 -132 -132 -132 -132
SF9 -129.5 -129.5 -129 -129 -129
SF8 -127 -126.5 -126.5 -126.5 -126.5
SF7 -123 -123 -123 -123 -123

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Figure 4- 18 Sensitivity vs Freq in CN470

Test result: Pass

4.2.2 Sensitivity test in US915/AS923

Table 4- 8 Sensitivity test in US915/AS923

Freq/MHZ 902 904 906 908 910 912 914 916 918 920 922 924 926 928
SF12 -138.5 -138.5 -138.5 -138 -138 -137.5 -138 -138 -138 -138 -138 -137.5 -138 -138
SF11 -135.5 -135.5 -135.5 -135 -135 -135 -135.5 -135 -135 -135 -135 -135 -135 -135
SF10 -132.5 -132.5 -132.5 -132 -132 -132 -132 -132 -132 -132 -132 -132 -132 -131.5
SF9 -129 -129 -129 -129 -129 -129 -129 -129 -129 -129 -129 -129 -129 -128.5
SF8 -127 -127 -127 -127 -127 -126.5 -126.5 -127 -126.5 -126.5 -126.5 -126.5 -126.5 -126
SF7 -124 -124 -123.5 -124 -123.5 -123.5 -124 -124 -123.5 -123.5 -123.5 -123 -123 -123

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Figure 4- 20 Sensitivity vs Freq in US915/AS923

Test result: Pass

5 Performance test in temperature chamber

The performance test would be made in a temperature chamber and the temperature would cover from
-40 to +85℃. The frequency tolerance should be less than 20ppm compare to the result in normal
temperature +25℃. The txop and sensitivity variation should be less than 3dB.

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Figure 5- 1 Test in temperature chamber

5.1 ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor V2 LF

5.1.1 RF performance in CN470
Table 5- 2 RF performance in CN470 in temperature chamber
Temp/℃ -40 +25 +85
Freq measured/MHZ 469.998 469.998 470.009
Txop/dBm 18.01 17.89 17.01
Sensitivity@S12/dBm -140 -139 -137
Sensitivity@S11/dBm -137 -136 -134
Sensitivity@S10/dBm -134 -133 -130
Sensitivity@S9/dBm -131 -130 -127
Sensitivity@S8/dBm -128 -127 -124
Sensitivity@S7/dBm -125 -124 -122
Test result: Pass

5.1.2 RF performance in US915/AS923

Table 5- 4 RF performance in EU433 in temperature chamber
Temp/℃ -40 +25 +85
Freq measured/MHZ 914.995 915.0023 915.017
Txop/dBm 17.41 17.22 16.57
Sensitivity@S12/dBm -140 -138 -136
Sensitivity@S11/dBm -137 -135 -133
Sensitivity@S10/dBm -134 -132 -131
Sensitivity@S9/dBm -131 -129 -127.5
Sensitivity@S8/dBm -128 -126 -125

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Sensitivity@S7/dBm -125 -124 -122.5

Test result: Pass

6 Uplink loop test

6.1 Uplink loop test in CN470
ST Nucleo LoRa GW V2 would be connected to Loriot server, and ST Nucleo LoRa Sensor V2 would
operate uplink.
Configuration in node side:
+DR: CN470PREQUEL
+DR: DR0
+DR: CN470PREQUEL DR0 SF12 BW125K
+CH: 8; 0,471500000,DR0,DR5; 1,471700000,DR0,DR5; 2,471900000,DR0,DR5;
3,472100000,DR0,DR5; 4,472300000,DR0,DR5; 5,472500000,DR0,DR5; 6,472700000,DR0,DR5;
7,472900000,DR0,DR5;
+RXWIN1: 8; 0,471500000; 1,471700000; 2,471900000; 3,472100000; 4,472300000; 5,472500000;
6,472700000; 7,472900000;
+RXWIN2: 471300000,DR3
+MODE: LWABP
+CLASS: A

Figure 6- 1 Packets lost vs total message count

(blue: message count; yellow: packet lost)

Table 6- 1 Statistic data in loop test with ADR on

Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1
Time Total
16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 24:00
Message count
229 358 357 359 358 359 358 359 360 3097
Hourly
Packer lost
2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 12
Hourly
PER 0.87% 0.55% 0.55% 0.28% 0.55% 0.28% 0.28% 0.28% 0.00% 0.38%

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From the results above, we can see that the total packet lost is 12 in loop with total 3097 packets uplink,
i.e. PER is only 0.38%.
Test result: Pass

6.2 Uplink loop test in AS923

Configuration in node side:
+DR: AS923
+CH: 2; 0,923200000,DR0,DR5; 1,923400000,DR0,DR5;
+RXWIN1: 2; 0,923200000; 1,923400000;
+RXWIN2: 923200000,DR2
+CLASS: A
+MODE: LWABP

Table 6- 2 PER test with ADR off

Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1
Time Total
14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 24:00
Message count
Hourly
357 357 357 357 357 356 358 357 358 357 358 3929
Packer lost
Hourly
2 3 2 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 25
0.55 0.83 0.55 0.83 0.55 0.83 0.28 0.83 0.55 0.83 0.28 0.63
PER
% % % % % % % % % % % %
From the results above, we can see that the total packet lost is 25 in loop with total 3929 packets uplink,
i.e. PER is only 0.63%.
Test result: Pass

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Revision
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+ Update the module version from RHF76-052DM to RHF0M003
V1.0 2017-06-14
+ Draft creation

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