{"id":13545,"date":"2019-09-05T15:10:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T13:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pilover.com\/negozio\/radiofruit-lora-radio-transceiver-bonnet-with-oled-rfm95w-868-mhz\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:17:47","slug":"radiofruit-lora-radio-transceiver-bonnet-with-oled-rfm95w-868-mhz","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.pilover.com\/en\/shop\/radiofruit-lora-radio-transceiver-bonnet-with-oled-rfm95w-868-mhz\/","title":{"rendered":"LoRa Radio Transceiver Bonnet RFM95W"},"content":{"rendered":"

RadioFruit: LoRa Radio Transmitter-Receiver Bonnet with OLED \u2013 RFM95W @ 868 MHz (European)<\/h2>\n

With this LoRa\/LoRaWAN radio, you can enhance your Raspberry Pi board<\/a> and communicate over truly long distances.
\nSimply plug this Bonnet into your Raspberry Pi and you\u2019ll be able to set up Internet gateways or connect to remote nodes (which can even be battery-powered), thanks to the long-range wireless communication capabilities this Bonnet offers.<\/p>\n

Along with the radio module, you\u2019ll also get a 128\u00d732-pixel OLED display for status messages and three buttons for sending text messages or creating a custom user interface. With the help of Python libraries, you can send data to a LoRaWAN gateway, set up a single LoRaWAN channel to Internet gateways, or even send or receive LoRa data with other compatible modules.<\/p>\n

Unlike the Raspberry Pi\u2019s Wi-Fi\/Bluetooth radios, which operate at 2.4 GHz, this module transmits at 900 MHz (sub-GHz, US standard). It\u2019s slower, but the data you send will travel much further. As well as being simpler than Wi-Fi or BLE, with this compact radio you won\u2019t have to worry about pairing, connecting or anything else. Simply send your data and any other module \u2013 provided it has the same key (encryption system) and shares the same frequency \u2013 will receive the data and can also send replies. This module can do it all: error correction, packetisation and auto-retransmission; furthermore, it requires less power to establish or maintain a link.<\/p>\n

The LoRa Radio Bonnet can be used with other microcontrollers that have compatible radios, such as RadioFruit Feathers, if you want a sensor node network or if you wish to transmit data across a city or other large areas, for example. But remember that you\u2019ll need at least two radios \u2013 or even more \u2013 with matching frequencies.<\/p>\n

There are numerous variants of this module, with different frequencies and modulation schemes. The RFM69 models are the best known and easiest to use, while LoRa radios are more powerful but also, to some extent, more expensive.<\/p>\n

This 900 MHz LoRa radio version can be used for transmission\/reception at 868 MHz (Europe) or 915 MHz (USA). It is not possible to determine the exact radio frequency until the software is loaded, as it will be tuned dynamically. This compact LoRa +20dBm radio is shipped with a special radio modulation that makes it NOT compatible with RFM69 radios, although it can transmit much further. Using simple wire antennas, it easily achieves 2 km line of sight (LOS); alternatively, using directional antennas and a bit of fine-tuning, it can reach up to 20 km.<\/p>\n