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WIFI  Module 

                                                                                                                                FC10  EVB  User  Guide

 

 
 

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Appendix  Reference 

 

Table 11: Related

 

Documents 

 

 

 

SN 

Document Name 

Remark 

[1] 

Quectel_EC20_Hardware_Design 

EC20 Hardware Design 

[2] 

Quectel_FC10_Hardware_Design 

FC10 Hardware Design 

[3] 

Quectel_EC20_AT_Commands_Manual 

EC20 AT Commands Manual 

Quectel  

Confidential

Summary of Contents for FC10 EVB

Page 1: ...FC10 EVB User Guide WIFI Module Rev FC10_EVB_User_Guide_V1 1 Date 2015 10 15 www quectel com ...

Page 2: ...IDED IS BASED UPON CUSTOMERS REQUIREMENTS QUECTEL MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION IT MAKES AVAILABLE QUECTEL DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED BY USE OF OR RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NO...

Page 3: ...User_Guide Confidential Released 2 28 About the Document History Revision Date Author Description 1 0 2015 07 24 Yeoman CHEN Initial 1 1 2015 10 15 Yeoman CHEN 1 Updated power supply schematic in Figure 4 2 Added Chapter 6 Quectel Confidential ...

Page 4: ...ssories 11 3 Interface Application 13 3 1 Power Interface 13 3 2 USB Device Interface 14 3 3 SD Interface 16 3 4 USIM Card Interface 17 3 5 UART Interface 19 3 6 Switch and Buttons 20 3 7 Status LEDs 21 3 8 Test Points 22 4 Operation 24 4 1 Power On 24 4 2 Power Off 24 4 3 Reset 24 4 4 Communication via USB or UART Interface 25 4 4 1 Communication via USB Interface 25 4 4 2 Communication via UART ...

Page 5: ...CCESSORIES LIST 11 TABLE 4 PIN ASSIGNMENT OF USB DEVICE INTERFACE J701 15 TABLE 5 PIN ASSIGNMENT OF J502 17 TABLE 6 PIN ASSIGNMENT OF J503 18 TABLE 7 PIN ASSIGNMENT OF J504 20 TABLE 8 DESCRIPTION OF SWITCH AND BUTTONS 21 TABLE 9 DESCRIPTION OF STATUS LEDS 21 TABLE 10 PIN ASSIGNMENT OF J704 AND J705 23 TABLE 11 RELATED DOCUMENTS 28 Quectel Confidential ...

Page 6: ...IC OF SD CARD INTERFACE 16 FIGURE 9 PINS ASSIGNMENT OF SD CARD HOLDER 16 FIGURE 10 SIMPLIFIED USIM CARD INTERFACE SCHEMATIC 17 FIGURE 11 PINS ASSIGNMENT OF USIM CARD HOLDER 18 FIGURE 12 UART BLOCK DIAGRAM 19 FIGURE 13 UART PORT J504 19 FIGURE 14 SWITCH AND BUTTONS 20 FIGURE 15 STATUS LEDS 21 FIGURE 16 TEST POINTS 22 FIGURE 17 USB PORT 25 FIGURE 18 QCOM CONFIGURATION UNDER USB PORT 25 FIGURE 19 QCO...

Page 7: ...dential Released 6 28 1 Introduction This document describes the evaluation board of Quectel s FC10 module The FC10 evaluation board is an assisted system integrator for developing and evaluating products based on Quectel Wireless Modules Quectel Confidential ...

Page 8: ...ing the aircraft if your device offers a Fight Mode which must be enabled prior to boarding an aircraft Switch off your wireless device when in hospitals or clinics or other health care facilities These requests are desinged to prevent possible interference with sentitive medical equipment Cellular terminals or mobiles operate over radio frequency signal and cellular network and cannot be guarante...

Page 9: ...ey Features Table 1 Features Features Implementation Power Supply DC supply 4 5 5 5V typically 5V VBAT 3 8V J201 USIM Interface Support USIM SIM cards 3 0V and 1 8V UART Interface COM serial interface for data communication default 115200bps Max baud rate 460800bps USB Interface USB 2 0 Signal Indication 4 LEDs are available for signal indication Physical Characteristics Size 13 64 10 5cm Quectel ...

Page 10: ...201 SD_VCC J501 GND VBAT DTR_TEST VBAT_EN VDD1V8_EN WLAN3V3_EN USB_ON PWRKEY_3V3 RESET_3V3 WLAN_3V3 J302 GND J303 PM_ENABLE WIFI_RESET DC_5V GND U103 U502 U503 J703 J704 J705 Figure 1 System Overview 2 3 Interface Overview Table 2 Interfaces of FC10 EVB Interface Reference Number Description Power Supply J101 The power jack on the EVB board Supply voltage typically 5V Power Switch S101 Switch 5V p...

Page 11: ...e EC20 operating status D108 Indicate EC20 network activity status D107 Indicate EC20 network registration mode D301 The function is under development WLAN ANT J301 FC10 WIFI antenna connector MAIN ANT J203 EC20 main antenna connector GNSS ANT J205 EC20 GNSS antenna connector DIV ANT J204 EC20 diversity antenna connector VBAT J201 Jumper used for VBAT voltage test WLAN_3V3 J302 Jumper used for WLA...

Page 12: ...B Top View 2 5 EVB Accessories All the items of EVB kit are listed in Table 3 and Figure 3 as below Please contact the supplier if there is something missing Table 3 Accessories List Items Description Quantity Power Supply 5V DC switching adaptor 1 Cables USB to UART converter cable 1 Quectel Confidential ...

Page 13: ... 12 28 Figure 3 EVB Accessories The RF antenna can be used as main or diversity reception USB cable 1 Antennas WIFI Antenna 1 RF Antenna 2 GNSS Antenna passive 1 Disk USB2 0 to RS232 driver and USB driver disk 1 Other Bolts and nuts for fixing EVB 1 NOTE Quectel Confidential ...

Page 14: ...e FC10 EVB 3 1 Power Interface The power supply of FC10 EVB could come from the external input which is connected with power jack The power jack connects LDOs which can provide the supply voltage VBAT required for operating EVB and FC10 module Figure 4 shows the simplified power supply schematic and Figure 5 shows the power interface of FC10 EVB J101 S101 Power supply Power switch U101 MIC29302WU ...

Page 15: ... USB Device Interface EC20 module provides an USB 2 0 interface which complies with USB 2 0 standard and supports high speed 480Mbps and full speed 12Mbps It is used for AT command data transmission GNSS NMEA sentences output software debug and firmware upgrade FC10 EVB provides a Micro USB receptacle J701 to connect a host device The USB data lines USB_DP and USB_DM are connected directly to the ...

Page 16: ...f USB Interface Table 4 Pin Assignment of USB Device Interface J701 J701 Pin Pin Name Description 1 USB_VBUS This pin is used for USB detection 2 USB_DM USB serial differential bus minus 3 USB_DP USB serial differential bus positive 4 USB_ID Reserved 5 GND GND for USB interface Quectel Confidential ...

Page 17: ...gure 8 shows the simplified interface schematic for J502 SD card holder DAT2 CMD CD DAT3 VDD U201 J502 1 2 4 3 SD1_DATA2 SD1_DATA3 SD1_CMD 29 28 33 GND CLK DAT0 DAT1 5 6 8 7 SD1_CLK SD1_DATA1 SD1_DATA0 32 31 30 VSS VDD_3V3 Figure 8 Simplified Schematic of SD Card Interface Figure 9 Pins Assignment of SD Card Holder Quectel Confidential ...

Page 18: ...lified interface schematic for J503 USIM card holder USIM_VDD USIM_CLK USIM_DATA USIM_RST USIM_GND U201 J503 C1 C7 C2 C3 Push Push USIM_VDD USIM_DATA USIM_RST USIM_CLK 14 15 16 17 USIM_PRE GND USIM_PRESENCE 13 CD2 CD1 GND C5 VPP C6 Figure 10 Simplified USIM Card Interface Schematic J502 Pin Signal Name I O Description 1 DATA2 I O Data line 2 2 CD DATA3 I O Card detect data line 3 3 CMD I O Command...

Page 19: ...RESENCE pin And it supports low level and high level detection which is disabled by default J503 Pin Signal Name I O Description C1 USIM_VDD O USIM SIM card power C2 USIM_RST O USIM SIM card reset C3 USIM_CLK O USIM SIM card clock C5 GND Ground C6 VPP Not connected C7 USIM_DATA I O Data line bi directional CD1 GND GND USIM card detection CD2 USIM_PRESENCE I USIM card detection NOTE Quectel Confide...

Page 20: ...tended for the communication between the module and the host application This interface can be used for data transmission and AT communication The following figure shows the UART block diagram on FC10 EVB U201 Module RS232 Level Match 3 3V 1 8V Level Translator COM DB9 J504 RS232 3 3V 1 8V U503 U502 EC20 Figure 12 UART Block Diagram Figure 13 UART Port J504 Quectel Confidential ...

Page 21: ...two buttons S201 S202 and one switch S101 Figure 14 shows the switch and buttons Figure 14 Switch and Buttons J504 Pin Signal Name I O Description 1 NC NC 2 RS232_RXD I Receive data 3 RS232_TXD O Transmit data 4 RS232_DTR I Data terminal ready 5 RS232_GND GND 6 NC NC 7 RS232_RTS I Request to send 8 RS232_CTS O Clear to send 9 NC NC Quectel Confidential ...

Page 22: ...e 15 shows the position of LEDs Figure 15 Status LEDs Table 9 Description of Status LEDs Reference Description S201 It is used to reset the EC20 module S202 It is used to turn on off the EC20 module S101 Control power supply VBAT ON OFF Reference Description D105 Indicate the power supply for module is ready Bright VBAT ON Extinct VBAT OFF D106 Indicate the EC20 module operation status Quectel Con...

Page 23: ...oints Bright module turns on Extinct module turns off D107 Indicate EC20 network registration mode Bright Registered in LTE network Extinct Others D108 Indicate EC20 network activity status Flicker slowly 200ms High 1800ms Low Network searching Flicker slowly 1800ms High 200ms Low Idle Flicker quickly 125ms High 125ms Low Data transfer is ongoing Bright Voice calling D301 The function is under dev...

Page 24: ...escription 1 TXD_1V8 Connected directly to module s TXD 2 CTS_1V8 Connected directly to module s CTS 3 RXD_1V8 Connected directly to module s RXD 4 RTS_1V8 Connected directly to module s RTS J705 Pin Pin Name Description 1 TXD_3V 3 3V TXD signal 2 CTS_3V 3 3V CTS signal 3 RXD_3V 3 3V RXD signal 4 RTS_3V 3 3V RTS signal Quectel Confidential ...

Page 25: ... D107 and D108 please refer to Table 9 for more detail 4 2 Power Off There are several ways to power off EC20 module One way is to execute AT command AT QPOWD It is the best and safest approach It logs off the network and saves data before it is shut down Please refer to document 3 for details about the AT command of AT QPOWD The other way is to press down S202 for at least 0 6s the module will be...

Page 26: ... 1 Power on the FC10 EVB 2 Connect EVB and PC with USB cable through USB interface and install USB driver from the Driver Disk USB port number can be viewed through the PC device manager such as below Figure 17 USB Port 3 Configure AT Command Window correct port and operate the module via AT commands Figure 18 QCOM configuration under USB Port 4 4 2 Communication via UART Interface 1 Power on the ...

Page 27: ...M configuration under Serial Port 4 5 Firmware Upgrade FC10 and EC20 modules are upgraded via USB port by default follow the procedures below to upgrade firmware 1 Open the firmware upgrade tool Qflash in the PC and power on the FC10 EVB 2 Click the COM Port dropdown list and select the USB DM port 3 Click the Load FW Files button to choose the firmware document package 4 Click the Start button to...

Page 28: ...WIFI Module FC10 EVB User Guide FC10_EVB_User_Guide Confidential Released 27 28 5 Accessories Assembly Figure 21 FC10 EVB and Accessories Equipment Quectel Confidential ...

Page 29: ...eleased 28 28 6 Appendix Reference Table 11 Related Documents SN Document Name Remark 1 Quectel_EC20_Hardware_Design EC20 Hardware Design 2 Quectel_FC10_Hardware_Design FC10 Hardware Design 3 Quectel_EC20_AT_Commands_Manual EC20 AT Commands Manual Quectel Confidential ...

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