Features
🌱High Performance: The transmit power up to 22dBm @868/915MHz; -136.5dBm sensitivity for SF12 with 125KHz BW.
🌱Long Distance Use:158dB link budget
🌱Wireless Connectivity: Embedded Long Range protocol, AT command, support global Long Range frequency plan
🌱Use-friendly: It features fully lead-out GPIOs, as well as convenient RESET and BOOT buttons on board.
🌱FCC, CE, IC and Telec Certified
Description
Wio-E5 mini leads out all GPIOs of Wio-E5, including UART, ADC, SPI, IIC, etc. It contains RESET and BOOT buttons and is user-friendly. Supporting Long Range protocol, Wio-E5 mini features ultra-long-range transmission and ultra-low power consumption: it is able to achieve a transmission range of up to 10 km, and the sleep current of Wio-E5 modules on board is as low as 2.1 uA(WOR mode). Other than the Wio-E5 mini, we also provide other choices including the Wio-E5 Development Board carrying more complex interfaces and features to unlock the more powerful performance of the Wio-E5 module. It provides a broader range of access protocols and superabundant types of interfaces. Thus you are able to test and prototype the module rapidly with RS-485, Grove interfaces, and rich GPIOs.
Additionally, the module has already been certificated, so your completed device can be certified and approved by any agency cheaply and rapidly.
Since Wio-E5 is a Long Range chip with an MCU, there are three main ways to utilize the Wio-E5 mini:
- Connect Wio-E5 mini to PC and control by AT commands
There is a built-in USB to UART function on board, you could connect the Wio-E5 mini to your PC with a USB type C cable, and use serial communication software to send AT commands and read data from the board.
Connect Wio-E5 mini to another mainboard via UART and control by AT commands
For example, connect Wio-E5 mini to Seeeduino XIAO and the Expansion Board via UART, and send AT commands and read data from Seeeduino XIAO through Arduino IDE serial monitor.
- User Application Development by using SDK
Develop your own Long Range development board with MCU function by using STM32Cube Programmer, which is the SDK officially provided by STMicroelectronics. To download this SDK resource, please click here.
With all the outstanding features listed above, the Wio-E5 mini will be a superior choice for IoT device development, testing, prototyping, and applications in long-distance, ultra-low power consumption IoT scenarios like smart agriculture, smart office, and smart industry.
If you are unfamiliar with Long Range technology, please check out this blog An Introduction of LoRa® and LoRaWAN® Technology in detail.
If you want to learn about Long Range and its features such as network architecture and applications, you can check out this article LoRapedia, which introduces Long Range and Long Range in detail, It explains what Long Range is, how it works, and its pros and cons.
Hardware Overview
Package Information
Applications
Would like to learn more about the application scenarios of the LoRa-E5 module? Please check out the following real-world use cases:
- Solar-Powered Outdoor LoRaWAN Air Quality Monitor
- Low-Power Snow Depth Sensor Monitoring for IoT Smart City Based On Wio-E5 Applied in Norway
- Developed Stream Runoff Monitoring Sensors Using Wio-E5 to Measure The Temperature, Quality and Flow
- Smart City: Wio-E5-based Indoor Air Pollutant Detection Project
- Wio-E5 & ESP32 Powered WiLoBlIno
- Loko: The Tiniest GPS Tracker with Built-In Wio-E5 Module Can Track Any Wild Animals and Drones
After designing your own Long Range devices with this Wio-E5 module, you can get your designs verified quickly with Seeed Fusion PCB and PCBA services, which can help turn your designs into prototypes in a few days. And when the design is verified, Seeed agile manufacturing services will help you scale up the prototypes into mass production, with services from Design for Manufacturing, and procuring raw materials, to mass production and global shipment, and many services in between.
Specifications
| Parameters | Specifications |
| size | 50*23mm |
| voltage – supply | 3.7V – 5V |
| power – output | up to +20.8 dBm at 3.3V |
| working frequency | 868/915MHz |
| protocol | Long Range |
| sensitivity | -116.5 dBm ~ -136 dBm |
| interfaces | USB Type C / 2P-2.54mm Hole / 1*12P-2.54mm Header*2 / SMA-K / IPEX |
| modulation | Long Range , (G)FSK, (G)MSK, BPSK |
| working temperature | -40℃ ~ 85℃ |
| current | Wio-E5 module sleep current as low as 2.1uA (WOR mode) |
Development Tools
To facilitate your development, we have designed Wio-E5, Grove Wio-E5, Wio-E5 mini Dev Board, Wio-E5 Dev Kit that you can choose according to your needs to speed up your project development.
Free Wio-E5 Project Sponsorship with Seeed Fusion PCBA:
If you have an interesting concept for Wio-E5 and are willing to share it with the community, share it with us and we can help you make it a reality with Seeed Fusion’s one-stop-shop capabilities. Each person is limited to two PCBA boards 100% completely FREE for one design, including PCB fabrication, the cost of parts, assembly and shipping. The design must include Wio-E5.
Product Label Change Notice
The label on the Wio-E5 module will be updated to a new version that includes the TELEC certification logo. As a result, products that include the Wio-E5 module (such as the Grove Wio-E5, Wio-E5 mini, and Wio-E5 development kit) will have a new label on the Wio-E5 module in production batches after May. During the transition period, please note that there may be mixed deliveries. If you only accept new labels that show the TELEC logo, please make a note when ordering related products.
Part List
| Wio-E5 mini *1 | |
| Antenna(EU868/US915) *1 | |
| USB TypeC (20cm) *1 | |
| Sticker *1 | |
| 1X12pin male pin headers *2 |
