
868x
The RFD868x is a high‑performance 868 MHz ISM band data modem for long‑range telemetry, delivering up to 224 kbit/s and AES hardware encryption.
- Price
- Price on request
- Availability
- In production
- Origin
- Collected automatically
- Source
- Manufacturer page (rfdesign.com.au) +1 more
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last checked
- 25 Sept 2026
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Designed for industrial telemetry and data transfer, the RFD868x supports MavLink communications and can achieve over 40 km of line‑of‑sight range with suitable antennas. It offers AES hardware acceleration, optional RC PPM or SBUS passthrough, GPIO mirroring, RF front‑end filtering, and ESD‑protected I/O pins. Firmware is user‑updatable to enable point‑to‑point, mesh, and asynchronous mesh topologies.
Performance
- Range
- 40km
Source
- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- Medium · 80%
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Physical
- Weight
- 0kg
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- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- Medium · 80%
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- Dimensions
- 30 mm × 57 mm × 12.8 mm
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- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- Medium · 80%
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Communications
- Datalink
- Line of sight, Mesh
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- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- Medium · 80%
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- Encryption
- Hardware accelerated AES
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- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- Medium · 80%
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- Interfaces
- 2 x RP‑SMA antenna connectors
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- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- Medium · 80%
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Environment
- Min. operating temp.
- -40°C
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- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- Medium · 80%
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- Max. operating temp.
- 85°C
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- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- Medium · 80%
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Power
- Battery / fuel
- +5 V nominal, 1.2 A peak at max transmit
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- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- Medium · 75%
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Compliance/certification
- NDAA compliant
- Yes
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- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- High · 90%
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- Country of origin
- AU
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- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- Medium · 75%
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- Manufactured in
- AU
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- Source
- Manufacturer page
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- Medium · 80%
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- Certifications
- FCC, FCC Part 15.247, AS/NZS 4268:2012, IEC 62368-1:2014
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- Source
- Unknown source
- Retrieved
- 25 Sept 2026
- Last reviewed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- High · 90%
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General
- Maximum Air data rate
- 224kbit/s.
- AS/NZS 4268
- 2012 (Radio equipment and systems – short-range devices
- Air Data transfer rates available
- 12, 56, 64, 100, 125, 200, 188 and 224 kbit/sec (User settable depending on firmware and region variant, 64kbit default)*
- UART data transfer rates
- 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200, 230400, 460800, 1200000 baud (User settable, 57600 default)*
- Temp. Range
- -40 to +85 deg C
- RF
- 2x u.FL RF connectors
- Serial
- Logic level TTL (+3.3V)
- Power Input
- +5v, ~1.2A max peak (at maximum transmit power)
- GPIO
- 6 General purpose IO (Digital, PWM/SBUS capable).
- IEC 62368-1
- 2014
- Mon – Fri
- 8am – 5pm
- Ndaacompliant
- Yes
- countryOfOrigin
- Australia
- Max Air Data Rate
- 224 kbit/s
- Output Power
- 30 dBm (1 W)
- Receive Sensitivity
- >‑102 dBm at 12 kbps
- Frequency Band
- 865–870 MHz
- Channels
- 1
- Maximum Duty Cycle
- 100%
- Size
- 30 mm × 57 mm × 12.8 mm
- Weight (Bare)
- 0.007kg
- Temperature Range
- -40 °C to +85 °C
- RF Connectors
- 2 × RP‑SMA
- Serial Level
- TTL (3.3 V)
- GPIO Count
- 6
- Optional RC PPM/SBUS Passthrough
- Yes
868x-EU (Europe)
- Maximum Transmit Power(dBm)
- 27/7 Frequency Band/s (MHz): 869.7-870 Number of Channels: 1 Max Duty Cycle (%): 10/100
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