The MRF89XAM8A PICtail/PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board is a demonstration and development daughter board for the MRF89XAM8A, an ETSI certified 868 MHz radio transceiver module.

The module is surface mounted to a PICtail/PICtail Plus daughter board that plugs into multiple demonstration and development boards like the PICDEM PIC18 Explorer Board (DM183032) for 8-bit microcontroller development, or the Explorer 16 Development Board (DM240001) for 16-bit microcontroller development. The PICtail connector right-angle header, P2, can be plugged into the PIC18 Explorer Development Board (DM183032). The PICtail Plus card-edge connector, P1, can be plugged into Explorer 16 Development Board (DM240001).

Targeted for the MiWi™ Development Environment and other proprietary wireless protocol applications, the MRF89XAM8A is a perfect solution for low-cost, low-power, complete embedded wireless applications.

The MRF89XAMxA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a demonstration and development daughter board for the following modules:

• MRF89XAM8A Ultra Low-Power Sub-GHz Transceiver Module - 868 MHz (AC164138-1)

MRF89XAM8A is an 868 MHz radio transceiver module which conforms to European ETSI standard. The MRF89XAM8A has an integrated PCB antenna, matching circuitry, and supports Microchip's proprietary protocol MiWi™ Development Environment. The MRF89XAM8A Module connects to hundreds of PIC® microcontrollers via a 4-wire SPI interface

Key Applications: MiWi™ Development Environment and other proprietary wireless protocol applications