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UMTS/HSPA/LTE  Module  Series 

                                                                                                                                Mini  PCIe  EVB  User  Guide

 

 
 

Mini_PCIe_EVB_User_Guide                      Confidential / Released                                                    10 / 30 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J404 

(bottom side) 

Used for handset 

Used to test module PCM function 

J402 

(bottom side) 

Used for handset 

Used to test analog audio function of UC15 Mini PCIe only 

J403 

Used for Ф3.5mm CTIA earphone by default 
Used to test analog audio function of UC15 Mini PCIe only 

USIM 

J303 

(bottom side) 

USIM/SIM card holder 

COM 

J301 

(bottom side) 

UART port 

LEDs 

D103, D101 

D103 is VBAT ON/OFF indicator 

D101 is used for indicating the status of Mini PCIe module   

Mini PCIe 

J101 

Mini PCI Express connector for Mini PCIe module 

J102 

Latch for Mini PCIe module 

VBAT 

J202 

VBAT voltage testing 

Jumpers 

J304 

Used for matching 

UART’s level   

J405 

Used for matching 

PCM’s level   

Reserved 

J103 

Reserved for module’s W_DISABLE# and USB_ON function 

Test Points 

Used for UART signals and PCM signals testing 

Quectel 

Confidential

Summary of Contents for Mini PCIe EVB

Page 1: ...Mini PCIe EVB User Guide UMTS HSPA LTE Module Series Rev Mini_PCIe_EVB_User_Guide_V1 0 Date 2015 03 03 www quectel com ...

Page 2: ...ORMATION PROVIDED 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 WIT...

Page 3: ... LTE Module Series Mini PCIe EVB User Guide Mini_PCIe_EVB_User_Guide Confidential Released 2 30 About the Document History Revision Date Author Description 1 0 2015 03 03 Radom XIANG Initial Quectel Confidential ...

Page 4: ...terface 13 3 2 USB Device Interface 14 3 3 Audio Interface 15 3 3 1 Earphone J401 J403 16 3 3 2 Handset J404 J402 18 3 4 USIM Card Interface 19 3 5 UART Interface 21 3 6 Switch and Button 22 3 7 Status LEDs 23 3 8 Jumpers 24 3 9 Test Points 24 4 Operation of Mini PCIe Module 26 4 1 Power On Mini PCIe Module 26 4 2 Power Off Mini PCIe Module 26 4 3 Reset Mini PCIe Module 27 4 4 Communication via US...

Page 5: ...SIGNMENT OF USB DEVICE INTERFACE J302 15 TABLE 5 PIN ASSIGNMENT OF J401 J403 17 TABLE 6 PIN ASSIGNMENT OF J404 J402 19 TABLE 7 PIN ASSIGNMENT OF J303 20 TABLE 8 PIN ASSIGNMENT OF J301 22 TABLE 9 DESCRIPTION OF SWITCH AND BUTTON 23 TABLE 10 DESCRIPTION OF STATUS LEDS 24 TABLE 11 JUMPER OPERATION OF J304 J405 24 TABLE 12 TEST POINTS 25 TABLE 13 INDICATION OF D101 26 TABLE 14 RELATED DOCUMENTS 30 Que...

Page 6: ...01 EARPHONE CIRCUIT 16 FIGURE 10 J403 EARPHONE CIRCUIT 17 FIGURE 11 PIN ASSIGNMENT OF J401 J403 17 FIGURE 12 THE SKETCH OF CTIA AUDIO PLUG 18 FIGURE 13 J404 HANDSET CIRCUIT 18 FIGURE 14 J402 HANDSET CIRCUIT 19 FIGURE 15 SIMPLIFIED USIM CARD INTERFACE SCHEMATIC 20 FIGURE 16 PINS ASSIGNMENT OF USIM CARD HOLDER 20 FIGURE 17 UART BLOCK DIAGRAM 21 FIGURE 18 MAIN UART PORT J301 22 FIGURE 19 SWITCH AND B...

Page 7: ...r_Guide Confidential Released 6 30 1 Introduction This document describes the evaluation board of Mini PCIe card The Mini PCIe evaluation board is an assistant system integrator for developing and evaluating products based on Quectel Wireless Modules Quectel Confidential ...

Page 8: ...vices on boarding 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 cann...

Page 9: ...nt 3 to obtain more details for these modules UC20 Mini PCIe UC15 Mini PCIe EC20 Mini PCIe 2 2 Key Features Table 1 Features Features Implementation Power Supply DC supply 4 5 5 5V typically 5V VBAT 3 3V at J202 USIM Card Interface USIM SIM card 6 pins connector with push loading USIM SIM card 3V and 1 8V Audio Interface Used for earphone and handset UART Interface COM serial interface for data co...

Page 10: ... W_DISABLE J101 J102 1 51 2 52 J401 J403 J402 Audio interface Figure 1 System Overview 2 4 Interface Overview Table 2 Interfaces of Mini PCIe EVB Interface Reference Number Description Power Supply J201 bottom side The power jack on the EVB board Supply voltage typically 5V Power Switch S201 Control power supply VBAT ON OFF RESET S101 Reset button It is used to reset the Mini PCIe module Micro USB...

Page 11: ...f UC15 Mini PCIe only USIM J303 bottom side USIM SIM card holder COM J301 bottom side UART port LEDs D103 D101 D103 is VBAT ON OFF indicator D101 is used for indicating the status of Mini PCIe module Mini PCIe J101 Mini PCI Express connector for Mini PCIe module J102 Latch for Mini PCIe module VBAT J202 VBAT voltage testing Jumpers J304 Used for matching UART s level J405 Used for matching PCM s l...

Page 12: ...VB Top View 2 6 EVB Accessories All the items of EVB kit are listed 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 USB cable 1 RF cable 3 Antennas Main Antenna 2 Quectel Confidential ...

Page 13: ...VB User Guide Mini_PCIe_EVB_User_Guide Confidential Released 12 30 Figure 3 EVB Accessories GNSS Antenna passive 1 Audio Earphone 1 Disk USB2 0 to RS232 driver and USB driver disk 1 Other Bolts and nuts for fixing EVB 1 Quectel Confidential ...

Page 14: ...wer Interface The power supply of Mini PCIe EVB could come from the external input which is connected with power jack or USB receptacle on the EVB board The power supply connects to a step down converter which can provide the supply voltage VBAT required for operating EVB and Mini PCIe module Figure 4 shows the simplified power supply schematic and Figure 5 shows the power interface of Mini PCIe E...

Page 15: ...r Plug 3 2 USB Device Interface Quectel Mini PCIe module provides a USB 2 0 interface which complies with USB 2 0 standard for high speed 480Mbps functions It is used for AT command data transmission firmware upgrade and GNSS NMEA output Mini PCIe EVB provides a Micro USB receptacle J302 to connect a host device The USB data lines USB_DP and USB_DM are connected directly to the Mini PCIe module Th...

Page 16: ...is equipped with an external audio codec called ALC5616 and Figure 8 shows the audio codec circuit The Mini PCIe EVB provides several analog audio interfaces J401 and J404 are used for module PCM function which is connected through codec ALC5616 J402 and J403 are used for UC15 Mini PCIe analog audio function only This chapter gives a detailed introduction on these analog audio interfaces J302 Pin ...

Page 17: ... 4 20 17 10 9 45 51 47 49 30 32 J405 Figure 8 Audio Codec Circuit 3 3 1 Earphone J401 J403 A CTIA earphone can be used in audio interface J401 or J403 The name of the corresponding pins had been marked on the EVB Figure 9 and Figure 10 show the circuit of audio interface J401 and J403 for earphone separately 33pF GND GND Differential layout 10pF 10pF 33pF GND GND AGND 4 7uF AGND ESD ESD ALC5616 CO...

Page 18: ...3 Audio Jack 2 4 5 3 1 AGND AGND J101 UC15 Mini PCIe MIC_N 3 1 7 5 UC15 Mini PCIe MIC_P UC15 Mini PCIe SPK_N UC15 Mini PCIe SPK_P Figure 10 J403 Earphone Circuit 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 11 Pin Assignment of J401 J403 Table 5 Pin Assignment of J401 J403 J401 J403 Pin Pin Name Function 1 MIC Microphone input 2 AGND Dedicated GND for Audio 3 SPK_R Right channel of stereo audio output Quectel Confidential ...

Page 19: ...io Plug 3 3 2 Handset J404 J402 A handset can be used in audio interface J404 or J402 The name of the corresponding pins had been marked on the EVB Figure 13 and Figure 14 show the circuit of audio interface J404 and J402 for handset separately ESD 33pF ESD ESD ESD 33pF 33pF 33pF 33pF 33pF 10pF 10pF 10pF 10pF 10pF 10pF IN2P IN2N LOUTP LOUTN FB 4 1 3 2 ALC5616 J404 CODEC 3 4 9 10 Figure 13 J404 Han...

Page 20: ...i PCIe SPK_N UC15 Mini PCIe SPK_P 1 3 5 7 Figure 14 J402 Handset Circuit Table 6 Pin Assignment of J404 J402 3 4 USIM Card Interface The Mini PCIe EVB has a 6 pin push push type USIM SIM card 3V or 1 8V holder J303 Figure 15 shows the simplified interface schematic for J303 J404 J402 Pin Pin Name Function 1 MICN Negative microphone input 2 SPKN Negative speaker output 3 SPKP Positive speaker outpu...

Page 21: ...h SIM_VDD SIM_DATA SIM_RST SIM_CLK GND GND 8 10 12 14 Figure 15 Simplified USIM Card Interface Schematic C1 C2 C3 C5 C6 C7 CD1 CD2 Figure 16 Pins Assignment of USIM Card Holder Table 7 Pin Assignment of J303 J303 Pin Signal Name I O Function C1 SIM_VDD O USIM SIM card power generated by the Mini PCIe module C2 SIM_RST O USIM SIM card reset C3 SIM_CLK O USIM SIM card clock Quectel Confidential ...

Page 22: ...tween 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 Mini PCIe EVB RS232 Level Match Level Translator COM DB9 J301 RS232 3 0V 3 0V or 1 8V J101 3 0V or 1 8V from J304 UART interface Figure 17 UART Block Diagram C5 GND Ground C6 VPP Not connected C7 SIM_DATA I O Data line bi directional C...

Page 23: ...and Button Mini PCIe EVB comprises a button S101 and a switch S201 Figure 19 shows the switch and button J301 Pin Signal Name I O Description 1 RS232_DCD O Data carrier detection 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 RS232_RI O Ring indicator Quectel Confidential ...

Page 24: ...omprises two status LEDs D103 D101 Figure 20 shows the position of LEDs D103 D101 Figure 20 Status LEDs Reference Description S201 Control power supply VBAT ON OFF S101 It is used to reset the Mini PCIe module Press the button for more than 150ms and then release to reset the module Please note that press time cannot be more than 200ms for UC15 Mini PCIe otherwise the module will be powered off Qu...

Page 25: ...you want to enable W_DISABLE function please connect W_DISABLE and GND by the reserved Jumper J103 3 9 Test Points Mini PCIe EVB provides some test points for some signals It can help to obtain the corresponding waveform Reference Description D103 Indicate the power supply is ready Bright VBAT ON Extinct VBAT OFF D101 Indicate the module network registration mode Bright registered to network Extin...

Page 26: ...ni PCIe UART s RXD RTS Connected directly to Mini PCIe UART s CTS DCD Connected directly to Mini PCIe UART s DCD RI Connected directly to Mini PCIe UART s RI PCM_CLK Connected directly to Mini PCIe PCM s PCM_CLK PCM_SYNC Connected directly to Mini PCIe PCM s PCM_SYNC PCM_OUT Connected directly to Mini PCIe PCM s PCM_OUT PCM_IN Connected directly to Mini PCIe PCM s PCM_IN D Connected directly to Mi...

Page 27: ...fter the module registered to the network successfully Table 13 Indication of D101 4 2 Power Off Mini PCIe Module There are two ways to power off Mini PCIe module One way is to execute AT command AT QPOWD Refer to document 2 It is the best and safest approach It logs off the network and saves data before shutdown But Mini PCIe module will be powered on again after shutdown The other way is to swit...

Page 28: ... Configure AT Command Window select correct communication port and operate the Mini PCIe module via AT commands 4 4 2 Communication via UART Interface 1 Install the USB to RS232 driver from the Driver Disk 2 Connect the UART interface to PC with USB to RS232 converter cable 3 Configure AT Command configuration tool set correct baud rate such as 115200bps and COM number which can be checked by the ...

Page 29: ...UMTS HSPA LTE Module Series Mini PCIe EVB User Guide Mini_PCIe_EVB_User_Guide Confidential Released 28 30 Figure 22 Select the USB DM Port to Update Firmware Quectel Confidential ...

Page 30: ...UMTS HSPA LTE Module Series Mini PCIe EVB User Guide Mini_PCIe_EVB_User_Guide Confidential Released 29 30 5 EVB Accessories Assembly Figure 23 EVB and Accessories Equipment Quectel Confidential ...

Page 31: ...ed Documents SN Document Name Remark 1 Quectel_XX_Drivers_for_Windows_Installation _Guide XX represents UC20 UC15 and EC20 etc Install USB driver of module in Windows XP Vista 7 8 2 Quectel_XX_AT_Commands_Manual XX represents UC20 UC15 and EC20 etc 3 Quectel_XX_Mini_PCIe_Hardware_Design XX represents UC20 UC15 and EC20 etc Quectel Confidential ...

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