CISECO RADIO COMPARISION CHART
R001 - XRF
R004 - SRF-S
R005 SRF-U
R004 SRF-SPI
R010 - SRF STICK
R003 - ERF
R002 - URF
R011 - ARF
B023 - Slice of Radio
B009 - Explorer +
B008 - XinoRF
R012 - RFu
R014 - LLAPcpu
Plug in transceiver
Surface mount transceiver
Surface mount transceiver
Surface mount transceiver
USB dongle transceiver
Plug in transceiver
USB dongle transceiver
Plug in transceiver
Plug in transceiver for the
Raspberry Pi
5 in 1 TTL converter and
built in transceiver
Arduino comp. dev board
with built in transceiver
Arduino comp. dev board
with built in transceiver
LLAP development module
21 x SMT pads
21 x SMT pads
USB male A
6 way female 0.1" header
USB male A
USB female mini
USB female mini
20 x SMT pads or 2 x 10 way
2mm headers (supplied)
2 x 10 way 2.54mm DIL
Serial TTL 3v3
Serial TTL 3v3
SPI 3v3
USB
Serial TTL 3v3 or 5v
USB
Serial TTL 3v3
Serial TTL 3v3
USB or 3v3 TTL serial on
socket
USB or 5v on TTL serial for
Arduino sketches
Serial TTL 3v3
Radio only
Picture
Style of device
Pin configuration
Data Interface
2 x DIL 10 way 2mm
(similar to Xbee)
Serial TTL 3v3 or 5v
(pre version 1.5 is 3v3 max)
21 x SMT pads
(similar to RFM12B)
20 x SMT pads or 2 x 10 way 2 x 13 way female 2.54mm
header
2mm headers (supplied)
Default data rate
9600bps
9600bps
Dictated by USB
400Mhz max
Dictated by USB
9600bps
Dictated by USB
9600bps
9600bps
Dictated by USB
Dictated by USB for uploads
and 115,200bps for Arduino
sketches
115,200bps for Arduino
sketches
250,000bps
Operating voltage
2v to 3.9v
2v to 3.9v
2v to 3.9v
2v to 3.9v
Supplied via USB
3v to 5v
Supplied via USB
2v to 3.9v
3v3
Supplied via USB
Supplied via USB or EXT DC
3v3
3v3
Recommended options to
connect to a PC
B009 - Explorer Plus
Plugs in to USB port (40ma
max)
Plugs in to USB port (40ma
max)
Explorer+
Plugs in to USB port (500
ma max)
Plugs in to USB port (500
ma max)
B009 - Explorer Plus
Programmer
Recommended options to
connect to a Pi
K000 - Slice of Pi
Plugs in to USB port (40ma
max)
Jumper wires
Plugs in to USB port (40ma
max)
Slice of Pi modified to
supply 350ma at 3v3
Plugs into GPIO port
Plugs in to USB port (500
ma max)
Plugs in to USB port (500
ma max)
Recommended options to
connect to Arduino
B004 - Xbee shield
Jumper wires
B004 - Xbee shield
Antennas supported
Wire whip,
SMA connector (pads)
Chip antenna,
50ohm trace
Chip antenna,
50ohm trace
Chip antenna,
50ohm trace
Chip antenna,
wire whip
Chip antenna,
wire whip
Chip antenna,
wire whip
U.fl ext. connector
Chip antenna,
wire whip,
U.fl (pads)
Chip antenna,
wire whip,
U.fl (pads)
Chip antenna,
wire whip
Chip antenna,
50ohm trace
Wire whip,
U.fl,
SMA pads
Supplied antenna
Wire whip
Chip antenna
Chip antenna
Chip antenna
Chip antenna
Chip antenna
Chip antenna
U.fl ext. connector,
solderable wire whip
Chip antenna
Chip antenna
Chip antenna
Chip antenna
Solderable wire whip
Range to XRF whip
1000m max
300m max
300m max
300m max
300m max
500m max
500m max
Over 1000m
300m max
300m max
300m max
300m max
1000m max
Range to Chip ant
300m max
100m max
100m max
100m max
100m max
150m max
150m max
Over 300m
100m max
100m max
100m max
100m max
300m max
Heartbeat support
Pin 6
Pad 1
Pad 1
Pad 4
On board LED
On board LED
On board LED
Pin 6
On board LED
On board LED
SRF pad 1
SRF pad 4
Sleep support
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
YES
NO
NO
NO
YES
YES
OTAMP support
YES both ends
YES both ends
YES host only
NO
YES host only
YES remote only
YES host only
YES both ends
YES host only
YES host only
YES remote only
YES remote only
Flow control
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
NO
LLAP node support
YES
Via firmware personality
(up to v1.5a)
YES
Via ext. micro
YES
Via ext. micro
YES
Via ext. micro
NO
YES
Via ext. micro
NO
YES
Via ext. micro
YES
Via ext. micro
NO
YES
Via Arduino LLAP library
YES
Via Arduino LLAP library
YES
LLAP transceiver support
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Updatable Firmware
Via serial
Via serial
Via serial
Via serial
Via serial
Via serial
Via serial
Via serial
Via serial
Via serial
Via serial
Via serial
Via hardware programmer
