EVB1000
All 130 nodes in CLOVES host a Qorvo EVB1000 board with a Qorvo DW1000 UWB radio controlled by an STMicroelettonics STM32F105RC (ARM Cortex-M3 MCU). However, the infrastructure supports multiple platforms at once.
DWM1001-DEV
Several nodes host also a Qorvo DWM1001-DEV board, where the DW1000 is paired with a Nordic Semiconductor nRF52832 SoC integrating an ARM Cortex-M4 MCU with a BLE radio.
Firefly
Finally, all nodes also host a Zolertia Firefly equipped with the Texas Instrument CC2538 SoC integrating a Cortex-M3 MCU and a 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 narrowband radio. This platform is a popular choice in research on low-power wireless.
Therefore, CLOVES is a larger-scale alternative to existing IEEE 802.15.4 narrowband testbeds, while offering a one-of-a-kind opportunity for direct comparison of narrowband vs. UWB network stacks in the same conditions.