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FC80A

User

Manual

Wi-Fi&Bluetooth Module Series

Version: 1.0.3

Date: 2021-12-31

Status: Preliminary

Summary of Contents for FC80A

Page 1: ...FC80A User Manual Wi Fi Bluetooth Module Series Version 1 0 3 Date 2021 12 31 Status Preliminary...

Page 2: ...we employ commercially reasonable efforts to provide the best possible experience you hereby acknowledge and agree that this document and related services hereunder are provided to you on an as availa...

Page 3: ...To implement module functionality certain device data are uploaded to Quectel s or third party s servers including carriers chipset suppliers or customer designated servers Quectel strictly abiding b...

Page 4: ...interference on sensitive medical equipment so please be aware of the restrictions on the use of wireless devices when in hospitals clinics or other healthcare facilities Cellular terminals or mobile...

Page 5: ...0 2021 04 15 Elinor WANG Lucas HUANG Preliminary 1 0 1 2021 08 13 Elinor WANG Lucas HUANG Preliminary 1 Updated the data in Chapter 4 2 Updated the packaging information in Chapter 6 3 1 0 2 2021 11...

Page 6: ...pplication Interface 18 3 4 1 WLAN_EN 18 3 4 2 WLAN_WAKE 18 3 4 3 SDIO Interface 19 3 5 Bluetooth Application Interface 20 3 5 1 BT_EN 21 3 5 2 UART Interface 21 3 5 3 BT_WAKE_HOST and HOST_WAKE_BT 22...

Page 7: ...tion 32 5 Mechanical Information 33 5 1 Mechanical Dimensions 33 5 2 Recommended Footprint 34 5 3 Top and Bottom Views 35 6 Storage Manufacturing and Packaging 36 6 1 Storage Conditions 36 6 2 Manufac...

Page 8: ...le 18 General DC Electrical Characteristics for 1 8 V Domain 26 Table 19 General DC Electrical Characteristics for 3 3 V Domain 26 Table 20 Operating and Storage Temperatures 26 Table 21 Power Consump...

Page 9: ...ooth Application Interface Connection 20 Figure 7 Reference Design for UART Interface Connection 22 Figure 8 PCM Interface Connection 23 Figure 9 Top and Side Dimensions Top and Side View 33 Figure 10...

Page 10: ...lated information of the module Associated with application notes and user guides you can use FC80A to design and set up applications easily 1 1 Special Mark Table 1 Special Mark Mark Definition Unles...

Page 11: ...M interface for Bluetooth FC80A can provide WLAN and Bluetooth functions 2 2 Key Features The following table describes the key features of FC80A Table 2 Key Features Features Details Power Supply VBA...

Page 12: ...dBm 802 11ac VHT80 MCS9 10 2 5 dBm Operation Mode AP STA Modulation CCK BPSK QPSK 16QAM 64QAM 256QAM WLAN Application Interface SDIO 3 0 Bluetooth Application Interface UART and PCM RF Antenna Interfa...

Page 13: ...RT PCM WLAN_EN SDIO 3 0 WLAN_SLP_CLK HOST_WAKE_BT BT_WAKE_HOST TX RX Blocks Figure 1 Functional Diagram of FC80A 2 4 Evaluation Board To help customers to develop applications with FC80A Quectel suppl...

Page 14: ...N SDIO_DATA3 SDIO_DATA0 RESERVED WLAN_WAKE SDIO_CMD SDIO_CLK GND GND ANT_WIFI1 SDIO_DATA1 GND ANT_WIFI0 BT GND 4 6 7 5 8 9 10 11 2 3 1 48 47 49 50 46 45 43 42 44 41 40 39 38 37 14 15 13 12 16 17 19 20...

Page 15: ...og Input AO Analog Input AIO Analog Input Output DI Digital Input DO Digital Output DIO Digital Input Output PI Power Input PO Power Output Power Supply Pin Name Pin No I O Description Comment VBAT 36...

Page 16: ...bit 2 SDIO_DATA0 21 DIO SDIO data bit 0 SDIO_DATA1 22 DIO SDIO data bit 1 Bluetooth Application Interface Pin Name Pin No I O Description Comment PCM_SYNC 27 DI PCM data frame sync VDDIO power domain...

Page 17: ...e select pull down 3 3 V pull up 1 8 V Pull up to VDDIO internally through a 200 k resistor high level by default VDDIO power domain RF Antenna Interfaces Pin Name Pin No I O Description Comment ANT_W...

Page 18: ...e following figure shows the recommended turn up timing of FC80A VBAT VDDIO 90 VH 2 Sleep Cycles WLAN_EN BT_EN 32KHz WLAN_SLP_CLK Figure 3 Turn Up Timing 1 VBAT and VDDIO should not rise 10 90 faster...

Page 19: ...ion Interface Connection 3 4 1 WLAN_EN WLAN_EN is used to control the WLAN function of the module WLAN function will be enabled when WLAN_EN is at high level Table 6 Pin Definition of WLAN_EN 3 4 2 WL...

Page 20: ...SDIO_CLK SDIO_CMD SDIO_DATA0 SDIO_DATA1 SDIO_DATA2 SDIO_DATA3 HOST FC80A SDIO_DATA0 SDIO_DATA1 SDIO_DATA2 SDIO_DATA3 SDIO_CLK SDIO_CMD NM VDDIO NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM Figure 5 SDIO Interfac...

Page 21: ...pF SDIO signal traces need to be treated with equal length the distance between the traces is less than 1 mm According to the transmission rate the trace length has the following requirements 1 As for...

Page 22: ...rface Table 10 Pin Definition of UART Interface The voltage range of the Bluetooth UART interface of FC80A is determined by VDDIO It is necessary to pay attention to whether the voltage range of host...

Page 23: ...n No I O Description Comment HOST_WAKE_BT 49 DI Host wakes up Bluetooth VDDIO power domain BT_WAKE_HOST 50 DO Bluetooth wakes up host 3 5 4 PCM Interface PCM interface is used for audio over Bluetooth...

Page 24: ...o receive signals in various power saving schemes and to maintain basic logic operations when the module is in sleep mode Table 13 Pin Definition of WLAN_SLP_CLK Interface Pin Name Pin No I O Descript...

Page 25: ...ure version of this document Table 15 Pin Definition of RF Antenna Interfaces Pin Name Pin No I O Description Comment ANT_WIFI0 BT 2 AIO Wi Fi0 Bluetooth antenna interface 50 impedance ANT_WIFI1 9 AIO...

Page 26: ...wing table shows the recommended operating conditions of the module Table 17 Recommended Operating Conditions 4 2 I O Interface Characteristics The following table shows the general DC electrical char...

Page 27: ...he module is IEEE compliant Symbol Parameter Min Max Unit VIH High Level Input Voltage 0 65 VDDIO 3 63 V VIL Low Level Input Voltage 0 35 VDDIO V VOH High Level Output Voltage VDDIO 0 45 V VOL Low Lev...

Page 28: ...ble 22 Power Consumption in ANT_WIFI0 BT SISO Mode Unit mA Description Conditions IWLAN3V3 Typ IVIO Typ Unit OFF State AT QWIFI 0 4 225 A Idle AT QWIFI 1 130 0 30 mA Description Conditions VBAT 3 3 V...

Page 29: ...T80 MCS0 579 0 71 TX 5 GHz VHT80 MCS9 374 0 58 Description Conditions VBAT 3 3 V VDDIO 1 8 V 802 11b TX 2 4 GHz 1 Mbps 513 0 88 TX 2 4 GHz 11 Mbps 482 0 88 802 11g TX 2 4 GHz 6 Mbps 473 0 89 TX 2 4 GH...

Page 30: ...GHz VHT40 MCS9 284 0 43 TX 5 GHz VHT80 MCS0 422 0 51 TX 5 GHz VHT80 MCS9 333 0 47 Description Conditions VBAT 3 3 V VDDIO 1 8 V 802 11n TX 2 4 GHz HT20 MCS0 796 0 74 TX 2 4 GHz HT20 MCS7 417 0 75 TX 5...

Page 31: ...HT20 MCS0 18 2 5 dBm 802 11n HT20 MCS7 15 5 2 5 dBm Table 26 Conducted RF Output Power at 5 GHz Description Rate Typ Unit 802 11a 6 Mbps 14 2 5 dBm 802 11a 54 Mbps 12 2 5 dBm 802 11n HT20 MCS0 14 2 5...

Page 32: ...m 802 11b 11 Mbps 90 dBm 802 11g 6 Mbps 94 dBm 802 11g 54 Mbps 77 dBm 802 11n HT20 MCS0 93 dBm 802 11n HT20 MCS7 76 dBm Description Receiving Sensitivity Typ Unit 802 11a 6 Mbps 92 dBm 802 11a 54 Mbps...

Page 33: ...d handling methods For example wearing anti static gloves during the development production assembly and testing of the module adding ESD protective components to the ESD sensitive interfaces and poin...

Page 34: ...mechanical dimensions of FC80A All dimensions are measured in millimeter mm and the dimensional tolerances are 0 2 mm unless otherwise specified 5 1 Mechanical Dimensions Figure 9 Top and Side Dimens...

Page 35: ...rdware_Design 34 43 5 2 Recommended Footprint Figure 10 Recommended Footprint Top View 1 For easy maintenance of this module keep at least 3 mm between the module and other components on the motherboa...

Page 36: ...35 43 5 3 Top and Bottom Views Figure 11 Top and Bottom Views of the Module Images above are for illustration purpose only and may differ from the actual module For authentic appearance and label ple...

Page 37: ...han 10 e g a drying cabinet 4 The module should be pre baked to avoid blistering cracks and inner layer separation in PCB under the following circumstances The module is not stored in Recommended Stor...

Page 38: ...paste fill the stencil openings and then penetrate to the PCB Apply proper force on the squeegee to produce a clean stencil surface on a single pass To guarantee module soldering quality the thickness...

Page 39: ...hat after 12 hours Neutral Salt Spray test the laser engraved label information on the shielding can is still clearly identifiable and the QR code is still readable although white rust may be found 3...

Page 40: ...module adopts carrier tape packaging and details are as follow 6 3 1 Carrier Tape Dimension details are as follow Figure 13 Carrier Tape Dimension Drawing Table 32 Carrier Tape Dimension Table Unit m...

Page 41: ...Please note that pin 1 is located directly below the Logo Quectel The triangular in the figure above does not correspond to pin 1 6 3 2 Plastic Reel Figure 15 Plastic Reel Dimension Drawing Table 33...

Page 42: ...em then wind the heat sealed carrier tape to the plastic reel and use the protective tape for protection One plastic reel can load 500 modules Place the packaged plastic reel humidity indicator card a...

Page 43: ...condary_SMT_Application_Note Abbreviation Description AP Access Point BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying BT Bluetooth CCK Complementary Code Keying CTS Clear to Send GND Ground HCI Host Controller Interfa...

Page 44: ...n QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying RF Radio Frequency RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances RTS Request to Send RX Receive TBD To Be Determined TX Transmit UAR...

Page 45: ...nintentional emissions other than what is permitted in Part 15 Subpart B or emissions are complaint with the transmitter s rule s The Grantee will provide guidance to the host manufacturer for Part 15...

Page 46: ...elevision reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures Reorient or relocate the rece...

Page 47: ...and your body Cet quipement doit tre install et utilis avec une distance minimale de 20 centim tres entre le radiateur et votre corps Requirement per KDB996369 D03 2 2 List of applicable FCC rules Lis...

Page 48: ...itions that limit the initial approval such as shielding minimum signaling amplitude buffered modulation data inputs or power supply regulation The alternative method could include that the limited mo...

Page 49: ...manuals If RF exposure statements and use conditions are not provided then the host product manufacturer is required to take responsibility of the module through a change in FCC ID new application Ex...

Page 50: ...al conditions for a stand alone modular transmitter in a host versus with multiple simultaneously transmitting modules or other transmitters in a host Grantees can increase the utility of their modula...

Page 51: ...limits as appropriate and Explain we claim The list Antenna fullfill the e i r p limit The list Antenna fullfill the 6 2 2 3 Antenna Type Frequency MHz Gain dBi Dipole Antenna 2 4 2 5 MHz 5 15 5 85 M...

Page 52: ...que la liste des antennes remplit la p i r e limite The list Antenna fullfill the 6 2 2 3 Antenna Type Frequency MHz Gain dBi Dipole Antenna 2 4 2 5 MHz 5 15 5 85 MHz 1 8 lorsqu il y a lieu les types...

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