{
 "id": "identify-an-rfm-radio-from-its-version-register",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Identify an RFM radio from its version register, because the board name does not distinguish LoRa from FSK",
 "symptom": "The board reports itself as a Feather RP2040 RFM. Two different radios ship under that name, one a LoRa transceiver and one an FSK-only part, and a project built on the wrong assumption fails late and confusingly.",
 "hw": [
  "feather-rp2040",
  "rfm95w",
  "sx1276",
  "lora"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython",
  "spi"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Find out which radio is on a board whose name only says RFM",
 "date": "2026-08-20",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}