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4117529 

Rev 1.0 

June 12, 2015 

1.  Introduction 

The Sierra Wireless AirPrime MC7354B PCI Express Mini Card is a compact, lightweight, wireless 
LTE-, UMTS-, CDMA- and GSM-based modem. 

It provides LTE, EVDO Rel 0, EVDO Rel A, DC-HSPA+, HSPA+, HSDPA, HSUPA, WCDMA, GSM, 
GPRS, EDGE and GNSS connectivity for networking, and M2M applications over several radio 
frequency bands. The device also supports 2G/3G roaming, subject to carrier provisioning. 

1.1. 

Hardware Development Components 

Sierra Wireless manufactures the MC Series Development Kit, a hardware development component 
that is used to facilitate the hardware integration process. This development kit is the hardware 
development board on which an MC mini card is plugged. The development kit provides access to all 
of the interfaces supported by the MC mini card. 

For instructions on using the MC Development Kit, see document [2] AirPrime MC Series 
Development Kit Quick Start Guide.
 

 

 

Summary of Contents for AirPrime MC7354B

Page 1: ...4117529 1 0 June 12 2015 AirPrime MC7354B Hardware Integration Guide...

Page 2: ...e aircraft is on the ground and the door is open Sierra Wireless modems may be used at this time The driver or operator of any vehicle should not operate the Sierra Wireless modem while in control of...

Page 3: ...ered trademarks of Sierra Wireless Inc or one of its subsidiaries Watcher is a registered trademark of NETGEAR Inc used under license Windows and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft C...

Page 4: ...4117529 Rev 1 0 June 12 2015 4 Hardware Integration Guide Document History Version Date Updates 1 0 June 12 2015 Creation...

Page 5: ...2 Ground Connection 11 3 3 Shielding Guidelines 11 3 4 Antenna Guidelines 11 3 4 1 Choosing the Correct Antenna and Cabling 11 3 4 2 Determining the Antenna s Location 11 3 5 RF Desense Sources 12 4...

Page 6: ...Rev 1 0 June 12 2015 6 List of Tables Table 1 Power Supply Requirements 8 Table 2 ESD Specifications 8 Table 3 Supported MC7354B Power States 9 Table 4 Supported RF Bands 10 Table 5 Audio Pin Descrip...

Page 7: ...device also supports 2G 3G roaming subject to carrier provisioning 1 1 Hardware Development Components Sierra Wireless manufactures the MC Series Development Kit a hardware development component that...

Page 8: ...not have an independent power supply or protection circuits to guard against electrical issues 2 2 Electrostatic Discharge ESD The OEM is responsible for ensuring that the Mini Card host interface pin...

Page 9: ...k Current consumption is affected by several factors including Radio band being used Transmit power Receive gain settings Data rate Number of active Tx time slots Low power Airplane mode Module is act...

Page 10: ...2100 MHz Band 2 1900 MHz Band 4 AWS 1700 2100 MHz Band 5 850 MHz Band 8 900 MHz HSPA rates Downlink Up to 42 Mbps category 24 Uplink Up to 5 76 Mbps category 6 Diversity support CDMA EVDO Rel 0 EVDO R...

Page 11: ...er the following points for appropriate antenna selection The antenna and associated circuitry should have a nominal impedance of 50 with a return loss of better than 10 dB across each frequency band...

Page 12: ...us response resulting in decreased Rx performance Tx power and corresponding broadband noise may overload or increase the noise floor of the module s receiver resulting in RF desense Severity of inter...

Page 13: ...nals such as subcoding and control are transmitted separately The audio interface can be switched from PCM to I2S and vice versa via AT commands Table 5 Audio Pin Description Signal Name Pin Descripti...

Page 14: ...re used in a normal manner with a well constructed network the Sierra Wireless modem should not be used in situations where failure to transmit or receive data could result in damage of any kind to th...

Page 15: ...dBi in LTE Band 4 4 0 dBi in LTE Band 5 4 0 dBi in LTE Band 13 4 0 dBi in LTE Band 17 3 0 dBi in LTE Band 25 3 The MC7354B may transmit simultaneously with other collocated radio transmitters within a...

Page 16: ...d with a statement similar to the following This device contains FCC ID N7NMC7354B Contains transmitter module IC 2417C MC7354B where 2417C MC7354B is the module s certification number 5 A user manual...

Page 17: ...refix for modem commands AUX Auxiliary CAN Controller Area Network CB Cell Broadcast CEP Circular Error Probable CLK Clock CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CS Coding Scheme CTS Clear To Se...

Page 18: ...itting Diode LGA Land Grid Array LNA Low Noise Amplifier MAX Maximum MIC Microphone MIN Minimum MMS MultiMedia Message Service MO Mobile Originated MT Mobile Terminated na Not Applicable NC Not Connec...

Page 19: ...SDA Serial Data SIM Subscriber Identification Module SMS Short Message Service SPI Serial Peripheral Interface SPL Sound Pressure Level SPK Speaker SRAM Static RAM TBC To Be Confirmed TDMA Time Divis...

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