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BLG840F/X LTE Gateways and BN60 LTE Beacon      

Draft Ver 0.51  May 2019

OpenSource with Market Ready Enclosure

BLG840F/X gateways support Bluetooth 5, Thread, or 
Zigbee radio protocols. Both LTE-M and NB-IoT are 
supported on the network side. They are 
in market ready enclosure and pre-
certified. OpenSource codes are available 
to expedite your firmware development. 

BLG840F Gateway

BLG840F integrates a long-range module 
BT840F with nRF9160 SIP module. 
Range between 2 BT840F modules (not 
in enclosure) is 2300 meters at 125 Kbps. 
GPS antenna is integrated. An external 
LTE antenna is included. 

BLG840X Gateway

Using BT840X with +22.9 dBm TX, BLG832X can 
penetrate multiple walls or be used in wide area mesh 
applications. Range between 2 BT840X is more than 4500 
meters at 125 Kbps. 

BN60 LTE Beacon

With integrated GPS receiver and LTE connectivity, BN60 
can be used for wide area tracking. 

Miscellaneous

• Gateway size: 60x60x22 mm. 
• Antenna length: 170mm. 
• Includes AC adapter, USB cable, wall mount bracket. 

DK-BLG840F Development Kit

Pre-loaded modem firmware supports both LTE-M and NB-
IoT. Pre-loaded non-secure application is AT command. 
Additional AT command information is available at: 

https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/
ref_at_commands/REF/at_commands/intro.html?
cp=2_1

 

To develop nRF91 firmware please download 

nRF 

Connect for Desktop

  and install 

Getting Started 

Assistant.

 

https://www.nordicsemi.com/?
sc_itemid=%7B49D2264D-62FD-4C16-811F-88B477833
C5D%7D

 

A Nordic nRF9160-DK 

LTE Link Monitor of nRF Connect is not compatible, please 
download and use Fanstel LTE PC tool for testing. 

https://www.fanstel.com/download-opensource

 

Nordic nRF52 Development Environment

Nordic nRF52 development environment is used to develop 
BT840F/X codes. Open source codes are available 

http://www.fanstel.com/download-opensource/

  

 LTE Gateway

 Summaries

BN60 Beacon

BLG840F Gateway

BLG840X Gateway

Network Interface

LTE-M, NB-IoT

LTE-M, NB-IoT

LTE-M, NB-IoT

BLE module

None

BT840F

BT840X

FCC 

Industrial Canada
QDID

108621

108621

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Summary of Contents for BLG840F

Page 1: ...way size 60x60x22 mm Antenna length 170mm Includes AC adapter USB cable wall mount bracket DK BLG840F Development Kit Pre loaded modem firmware supports both LTE M and NB IoT Pre loaded non secure app...

Page 2: ...dware Description 4 Development Kit 5 LTE and GPS antennas 5 USB Connectors 5 3 nRF9160 Firmware Development and Testing 6 Set Up for Programming nRF9160 6 Modem Firmware 7 AT Commands 7 nRF Connect 7...

Page 3: ...nality A broad selection of general interfaces and peripherals and are included on nRF9160 including 12 bit ADC RTC SPI I C I S UARTE PDM and PWM Security is best in class with Arm TrustZone technolog...

Page 4: ...ting Three antennas are supported Bluetooth Thread Zigbee antenna is integrated GPS antenna is integrated An external LTE antenna is included Additional external hardwire features Two user definable L...

Page 5: ...routed to the external antenna Production BLG840F includes an external antenna The included antenna should be used for LTE signal reception and transmission testing A GPS antenna and signal amplifier...

Page 6: ...mware Development and Testing Set Up for Programming nRF9160 Both 4 pin and 10 pin programming interfaces are provided A 10 pin cable is included for connection between DK BLG840F and nRF9160 To progr...

Page 7: ...on is available at Nordic website https infocenter nordicsemi com topic ref_at_commands REF at_commands intro html cp 2_1 nRF Connect To develop the nRF91 firmware please download the nRF Connect desk...

Page 8: ...BLG840F X LTE Gateways and BN60 LTE Beacon Draft Ver 0 51 May 2019 Press the reset button SW Insert SIM card obtained from your local carrier into J5 Click on Refresh icon 8...

Page 9: ...BLG840F X LTE Gateways and BN60 LTE Beacon Draft Ver 0 51 May 2019 Wait for one minute If everything is OK the LTE icon becomes green and the signal strength is shown 9...

Page 10: ...2019 Modem Firmware Update To update modem firmware follow the steps listed below More instructions are available in README rst inside nrf9160_mdm_dfu zip 1 Install DFU tool nrf9160_mdm_dfu zip 2 Run...

Page 11: ...BLG840F X LTE Gateways and BN60 LTE Beacon Draft Ver 0 51 May 2019 To install AT command application type command as below 11...

Page 12: ...2019 4 nRF52840 Firmware Development Set up for Programming BT840F or BT840X Both 10 pin and 4 pin programming interfaces are provided A 10 pin cable is included To program BT840F X module connect Deb...

Page 13: ...r nordicsemi com index jsp topic com nordic infocenter nrf52 dita nrf52 development nrf52_dev_kit html cp 1_1 Nordic SDK with many example projects https developer nordicsemi com nRF5_SDK Nordic devel...

Page 14: ...PA_LNA_H__ include ble h include app_error h include nrf_drv_gpiote h include nrf_drv_ppi h void pa_lna_init uint32_t gpio_pa_pin uint32_t gpio_lna_pin endif Main program include pa_lna h define APP_...

Page 15: ..._t err_code nrf_drv_gpiote_init if err_code NRF_ERROR_INVALID_STATE APP_ERROR_CHECK err_code err_code nrf_drv_ppi_init if err_code MODULE_ALREADY_INITIALIZED APP_ERROR_CHECK err_code nrf_ppi_channel_t...

Page 16: ...it gpio_lna_pin config APP_ERROR_CHECK err_code gpiote_ch nrf_drv_gpiote_out_task_addr_get gpio_lna_pin LNA config opt common_opt pa_lna lna_cfg active_high 1 Set the pin to be active high opt common_...

Page 17: ...BLG840F X LTE Gateways and BN60 LTE Beacon Draft Ver 0 51 May 2019 Revision History May 2019 Ver 0 50 Initial draft release 17...

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