sx1262 LoRa chip support

[simonescaccia]

Description

The example provided for using LoRaWAN only supports the sx1272 and sx1276 LoRa chips, also written in RIOT-OS documentation.

Why not provide support also for the sx1262 LoRa chip?
Are there existing RIOT-OS solutions to work with LoRaWAN using the sx1262 LoRa chip?

My current board is the Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 (V3), the new version of the Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 (V2) which has embedded the sx1276 LoRa chip. Could this change in the LoRa chip be a trend also in other manufacturing companies?

[aabadie]

Thanks for your question. Actually the Semtech Loramac package can be used with sx1272, sx1276, sx1261, sx1262, sx1268, llcc68 (but not with SF12 for this particular chip). It also works with the stm32wl family of MCUs.
Your problem is just that documentation wasn't updated in #16238.

[aabadie]

Could this change in the LoRa chip be a trend also in other manufacturing companies?

The sx127x radios were the original radio manufactured by Semtech. sx126x radios are just more recent and have the same behavior. It could just be a problem of availability of the chips.

[simonescaccia]

Nice! Thank you for the clarification