# RN2483 Breakout PCBs

> Prior to developing the LoRaWAN Pi board, a breakout PCB for the Microchip RN2483 was developed to allow quick and easy prototyping of devices using this module

- Type: Community update
- Community: [The Things Network West Berks](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/west-berks/)
- Author: Andrew Lindsay
- Published: 2015-12-15
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/west-berks/post/rn2483-breakout-pcbs

Prior to developing the LoRaWAN Pi board, a breakout PCB for the Microchip RN2483 was developed to allow quick and easy prototyping of devices using this module. Soldering of the modules is a little on the tricky side and would best be done using solder paste and either a reflow oven or hot air gun. The PCBs were laid out using the 868MHz antenna connection only as this produced a PCB with the shortest track to the SMA antenna connector. Look out for more exciting PCBs including an Arduino compatible LoRaWAN sensor development kit.