Arduino Uno & Dragino Lora Module (Semtech SX1278) http://www.dragino.com/products/module/item/102-lora-shield.html
Open-Electronics sx1278 library is available in GitHub. https://github.com/open-electronics/LoRa/releases

SX1278 chip features bit data out in packet mode with DIO5 mapping (Arduino Uno digital pin 8).

Radiomodem at 423.875 MHz
ssm.jpg

#include <SX1278.h>

#define D8_MODE

#define SERIAL_SPEED        9600
#define FREQ                423.875
#define BPS                 1200
#define STATE_STANDBY       1
#define STATE_FSRX          4
#define STATE_RX            5
#define S_DELAY             10
#define L_DELAY             100
#define RX_BUFFER_LEN       64
#define SX_BEGIN            "SX.begin"
#define SX_BITRATE          "SX.readBPS "
#define SX_FREQ             "SX.readFreq "
#define OOK_THRESHOLD       0x1c
#define RSSI_THRESHOLD      180             // -rssi/2
#define RSSI_VAL            (RSSI_THRESHOLD / 2) * -1
#define CH_FILTER_BW        B00001100       // 25 kHz
#define SYNC_VALUE          0x01

#define DATA_PIN            8 // DIO5 in packet mode

#define RegRssiConfig       0x0e
#define RegRxBw             0x12
#define RegPacketConfig1    0x30

#define RegFifo             0x00
#define RegRssiThresh       0x10
#define RegOokPeak          0x14
#define RegOokFix           0x15
#define RegOokAvg           0x16
#define RegPaRamp           0x0a
#define RegPreambleDetect   0x1f
#define RegSyncConfig       0x27
#define RegSyncValue1       0x28
#define RegSyncValue2       0x29
#define RegSyncValue3       0x2a
#define RegPacketConfig2    0x31
#define RegPayloadLength    0x32
#define RegIrqFlags1        0x3e
#define RegIrqFlags2        0x3f
#define RegDioMapping1      0x40
#define RegDioMapping2      0x41

uint8_t b;
uint8_t RegIrqFlags1_value;
uint8_t RegIrqFlags2_value;
uint8_t rxBuffer[RX_BUFFER_LEN];

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(SERIAL_SPEED);
#ifdef D8_MODE
  pinMode(DATA_PIN, INPUT);
#endif
  if (SX.begin()) {
    Serial.println(F(SX_BEGIN));
    delayMicroseconds(S_DELAY);
    SX.startModeFSKOOK();
    SX.setModulation(1); // FSK

    // Channel filter bandwidth control
    SX.SPIwrite(RegRxBw, CH_FILTER_BW);

    SX.setFreq(FREQ);
    Serial.print(F(SX_FREQ));
    Serial.println(SX.readFreq(), DEC);
    SX.setBPS(BPS);
    Serial.print(F(SX_BITRATE));
    Serial.println(SX.readBPS(), DEC);

    // Bits 7-6: AutoRestartRxMode, 01  On, without waiting for the PLL to re-lock
    // Bit 4: Enables the Sync word generation and detection: 0 =>  Off, 1 =>  On
    // Bit 5: Sets the polarity of the Preamble. 0  0xAA, 1  0x55
    // Bits 2-1: Size of the Sync word (SyncSize + 1)
    b = SX.SPIread(RegSyncConfig);
    bitClear(b, 7);
    bitSet(b, 6);
    bitClear(b, 4);                         
    bitClear(b, 5);                      
    bitClear(b, 2);
    bitClear(b, 1);
    bitSet(b, 0);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegSyncConfig, b);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegSyncValue1, SYNC_VALUE);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegSyncValue2, SYNC_VALUE);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegSyncValue3, SYNC_VALUE);

#ifdef D8_MODE
// Set DIO5 mapping
    b = SX.SPIread(RegDioMapping2);
    bitSet(b, 5);
    bitClear(b, 4);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegDioMapping2, b);
#endif

    // Bits 6-5: Defines DC-free encoding/decoding performed: 00->none, 01->manchester, 10->whitening
    // Bit 7: packet format, 0 = fixed length, 1 = variable length
    // Bit 4: crc calc/check, 0 = off, 1 = on
    // Bits 2-1: Defines address based filtering in Rx: 00  None (Off)
    // Bit 3: Defines the behavior of the packet handler when CRC check fails:
    // 0 => Clear FIFO and restart new packet reception.
    // No PayloadReady interrupt issued. 1 =>  Do not clear FIFO. PayloadReady interrupt issued.
    b = SX.SPIread(RegPacketConfig1);
    bitClear(b, 6);               
    bitClear(b, 5);
    bitClear(b, 7);                   
    bitClear(b, 4);             
    bitSet(b, 3);
    bitClear(b, 2);
    bitClear(b, 1);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegPacketConfig1, b);

    SX.SPIwrite(RegPayloadLength, RX_BUFFER_LEN);

    // Data processing mode: 0 => Continuous mode, 1 => Packet mode
    b = SX.SPIread(RegPacketConfig2);
    bitSet(b, 6);                   
    SX.SPIwrite(RegPacketConfig2, b);

    // RSSI smoothing.
    // Defines the number of samples taken to average the RSSI result. 000 -> 2 samples
    b = SX.SPIread(RegRssiConfig);
    bitClear(b, 2);
    bitClear(b, 1);
    bitClear(b, 0);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegRssiConfig, b);

    SX.SPIwrite(RegRssiThresh, RSSI_THRESHOLD);
    
    // Bit 5: enables the Bit Synchronizer:
    // 0 -> bit sync disabled (not possible in packet mode), 1 -> bit sync enabled
    // Bits 4-3: Selects the type of threshold in the OOK data slicer: (01 = peak mode, 00 = fixed mode)
    // Bits 2-0: Size of each decrement of the RSSI threshold in the OOK demodulator
    b = SX.SPIread(RegOokPeak);
    bitSet(b, 5);
    bitClear(b, 4);
    bitSet(b, 3);
    bitClear(b, 2);
    bitClear(b, 1);
    bitClear(b, 0);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegOokPeak, b);

    SX.SPIwrite(RegOokFix, OOK_THRESHOLD);

    b = SX.SPIread(RegOokAvg);
    bitClear(b, 7);
    bitClear(b, 6);
    bitClear(b, 5);
    bitClear(b, 3);
    bitClear(b, 2);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegOokAvg, b);

    b = SX.SPIread(RegPaRamp);
    bitClear(b, 6); // no FSK
    bitClear(b, 5); // data shaping
    bitSet(b, 3); // Rise/Fall time of ramp
    bitClear(b, 2); // up/down in FSK
    bitClear(b, 1);
    bitSet(b, 0);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegPaRamp, b);

    // RegPreambleDetect (0x1f). Enables Preamble detector when set to 1.
    // The AGC settings supersede this bit during the startup / AGC phase.
    // Bit 7: 0 -> turned off, 1 -> turned on
    // Bits 6-5: Number of Preamble bytes to detect to trigger an interrupt.
    // 00  1 byte, 10  3 bytes, 01  2 bytes
    b = SX.SPIread(RegPreambleDetect);
    bitClear(b, 7);
    bitClear(b, 6);                       
    bitSet(b, 5);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegPreambleDetect, b);

    // Flag(s) and FIFO are cleared when this bit is set
    b = SX.SPIread(RegIrqFlags2);
    bitSet(b, 4);
    SX.SPIwrite(RegIrqFlags2, b);
    
    SX.setState(STATE_FSRX);
    delayMicroseconds(L_DELAY);
    SX.setState(STATE_RX);
    
    RegIrqFlags1_value = SX.SPIread(RegIrqFlags1);
    RegIrqFlags2_value = SX.SPIread(RegIrqFlags2);
    Serial.print("RegIrqFlags1_value ");
    Serial.println(RegIrqFlags1_value, BIN);
    Serial.print("RegIrqFlags2_value ");
    Serial.println(RegIrqFlags2_value, BIN);
  }
}

void loop() {
#ifdef D8_MODE
  Serial.println((PINB & B00000001));
#else
    uint8_t r1 = SX.SPIread(RegIrqFlags1);
    uint8_t r2 = SX.SPIread(RegIrqFlags2);
    if (r1 != RegIrqFlags1_value) {
      RegIrqFlags1_value = r1;
      Serial.print("RegIrqFlags1_value ");
      Serial.println(RegIrqFlags1_value, BIN);
    }
    if (r2 != RegIrqFlags2_value) {
      RegIrqFlags2_value = r2;
      Serial.print("RegIrqFlags2_value ");
      Serial.println(RegIrqFlags2_value, BIN);
    }
    if (bitRead(r2, 2) == 1) {
      b = SX.SPIread(RegPayloadLength);
      if (b > 0) {
        Serial.print("RegPayloadLength ");
        Serial.println(b, DEC);
        b = SX.dataReceived(rxBuffer, b);
        if (b > 0) {
          for (int i = 0; i < b; i++) { Serial.print(rxBuffer[i]); }
          Serial.println();
        }
      }
    }
#endif
}