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SIM18 EVB kit User Guide

6 SIMCom NMEA GPS DEMO TOOL

Please contact SIMCom support for SIMCom NMEA GPS DEMO tool.

6.1 Port setting

Choose “Setting/Port Setting” option, and then select COM Port the one in device manager and set

BaudRate to be 4800.

Figure 19: Port setting

6.2 Click to RUN

Choose “Action/Run” option. If the $GPGGA/$GPGSA NMEA sentences appear in Debug View,

the SIM18 is acquisiting the GPS signal. (Make sure that the ON_OFF button is pressed before

clicking on “RUN” button and the WAKEUP LED on SIM18-EVB is on).

Figure 20: Click to RUN

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Summary of Contents for SIM18

Page 1: ...SIM18 _EVB Kit_User Guide_V1 01 ...

Page 2: ...he customer s possession Furthermore system validation of this product designed by SIMCom within a larger electronic system remains the responsibility of the customer or the customer s system integrator All specifications supplied herein are subject to change Copyright This document contains proprietary technical information which is the property of SIMCom Limited copying of this document and givi...

Page 3: ...scription of SIM18 EVB 8 3 2 Detailed description of SIM18 EVB 9 3 2 1 USB Interface 10 3 2 2 RF Interface 10 3 2 3 Man and Machine Interface 11 3 2 4 DC_5V Interface 13 4 EVB and accessory equipment 15 5 Illustration 16 5 1 An example of USB driver installation 16 5 2 Connecting and run 20 6 SIMCom NMEA GPS DEMO TOOL 21 6 1 Port setting 21 6 2 Click to RUN 21 6 3 Position fixed 22 6 4 TTFF Test 2...

Page 4: ... INTERFACE 10 FIGURE 5 RF INTERFACE 11 FIGURE 6 LEDS AND BUTTONS 11 FIGURE 7 TEST INTERFACE 12 FIGURE 8 DC_5V INTERFACE 13 FIGURE 9 EVB AND ACCESSORY EQUIPMENTS 15 FIGURE 10 USB DRIVER INSTALLATION STEP1 16 FIGURE 11 USB DRIVER INSTALLITION STEP2 17 FIGURE 12 USB DRIVER INSTALLATION STEP3 17 FIGURE 13 USB DRIVER INSTALLATION STEP4 18 FIGURE 14 USB DRIVER INSTALLITION STEP5 18 FIGURE 15 USB DRIVER ...

Page 5: ...er Guide SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 5 Version History Data Version Description of change Author 2010 10 18 1 00 Origin Qiuju Huang 2010 11 12 2 00 Modify figure 1 2 3 9 17 Add SIM18 EVB Schematics Sally ...

Page 6: ...nformation about the SIM18 EVB quickly through this document This document is subject to change without notice at any time 1 1 Acronyms and abbreviation Table 1 Acronyms and abbreviations DC Direct Current I O Input Output LED Light Emitting Diode SPI Serial Peripheral Interface USB Universal Serial Bus UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter ...

Page 7: ...esigner during the developing project phase to develop applications based upon the GPS modules Figure 1 SIM18EVB KIT Contents Table 2 Contents of SIM18EVB kit Part NO Description Quantity 1 SIM18 EVB with a SIM18 mounted on 1 2 USB cable 1 3 Active GPS antenna 1 SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 7 ...

Page 8: ...rea In Demo Area the USB interface is provided for customer easily doing SIM18 field verification In Test Area both 1 8V and 3V working domains are provided for customer easily connected SIM18 with their systems The function areas division is showed in follows Figure 2 SIM18 EVB Function Areas Division SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 8 ...

Page 9: ...d to control SIM18 Z01 going into sleep mode C ON_OFF button pressed to wakeup SIM18 Z01 from sleep mode D S301 select either USB VBUS or DC_5V to be the power source of SIM18 EVB E DC_5V power adapter interface F S302 select power source for either VCC_3V or VCC_RF_1V8 active antenna When a passive antenna is connected to RF interface S302 must be unsoldered L RF interface can connect to active o...

Page 10: ...est CP2103 driver according to the PC s OS from the following link http www silabs com products mcu pages usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers aspx Or contact SIMCom support for it Figure 4 USB interface Table 3 USB pin definition Pin Signal I O Description 1 VBUS I 5V input 2 D IO Data minus 3 D IO Data plus 4 5 GND GND 3 2 2 RF Interface The RF connector is connected to the active GPS antenna for GPS demon...

Page 11: ...in Signal I O Description 1 GPS signal input I GPS signal input 3 2 3 Man and Machine Interface There are three LED indicators two buttons and test interface on SIM18 EVB 3 2 3 1 LED indicators and buttons Figure 6 LEDs and Buttons SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 11 ...

Page 12: ...sed for about 100ms SIM18 will wake up from sleep mode Working states of status LED are listed in following table Table 5 Working state of status LED Name Description STATUS Q1 POWER ON OFF indicator On power ON Off power OFF Q2 WAKEUP status indicator On Module runs normally Off System is powered down or module runs in sleep mode Q3 TIMEMARK indicator On Module runs normally if ROM firmware patch...

Page 13: ...ata line 9 NRESET I Reset input 10 TXD MISO SCL2 O For UART transmit data For SPI slave output For I2C clock line 11 ON_OFF I ON_OFF control input 12 WAKEUP O Status indicate 13 CTS SCLK I For UART CTS signal For SPI clock input 14 RTS SCS O For UART RTS signal For SPI chip select input Note all signals in above table are in 3V domain 3 2 4 DC_5V Interface If SIM18 EVB board is powered via VCC_5V ...

Page 14: ...SIM18 EVB kit User Guide SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 14 Table 7 DC_5V interface Pin Signal I O Description 1 Adapter input I 5V 2 5A DC source input ...

Page 15: ...User Guide 4 EVB and accessory equipment At normal circumstance the SIM18 EVB and its accessory are equipped as the following figure Figure 9 EVB and accessory equipments SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 15 ...

Page 16: ...03 driver according to the PC s OS from the following link http www silabs com products mcu pages usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers aspx Or contact SIMCom support for it 5 1 An example of USB driver installation Step1 Exectue Setup file CP210x_VCP_Win_XP_S2K3_Vista_7 Figure 10 USB driver installation step1 Step2 Select Next button ...

Page 17: ...User Guide Figure 11 USB driver installition step2 Step3 Accept the license agreement and Next Figure 12 USB driver installation step3 Step4 Choose Driver Destination path SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 17 ...

Page 18: ...ide Figure 13 USB driver installation step4 Step5 Confirm Installation select Install button Figure 14 USB driver installition step5 Step6 Launch the CP210x VCP Driver Installer SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 18 ...

Page 19: ...6 Step7 Select Install button Figure 16 USB driver installation step7 Step8 Installation completed Figure 17 USB driver installation step8 Step9 After completing CP2103 driver installation connect SIM18 EVB to PC by the SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 19 ...

Page 20: ...he USB cable and set the PWR_IN S301 switch to VBUS the POWER led will turn bright 3 Press ON_OFF button the WAKEUP and TIMEMASK leds will be on this means SIM18 has been running on full on mode 4 Use SIMCom NEMA GPS DEMO TOOL or other NMEA tools to evaluate SIM18 performance SIM18 default baud rates in NMEA mode is 4800 baud 5 Press nRESET button to control SIM18 going into sleep mode 6 Set the P...

Page 21: ...he one in device manager and set BaudRate to be 4800 Figure 19 Port setting 6 2 Click to RUN Choose Action Run option If the GPGGA GPGSA NMEA sentences appear in Debug View the SIM18 is acquisiting the GPS signal Make sure that the ON_OFF button is pressed before clicking on RUN button and the WAKEUP LED on SIM18 EVB is on Figure 20 Click to RUN SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 21 ...

Page 22: ...e 6 3 Position fixed After position has been fixed the GPS information can be viewed in four methods Radar View Signal View Information View and Debug View Figure 21 Position fixed SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 22 ...

Page 23: ...e 6 4 TTFF Test SIMCom NMEA DEMO TOOL supports SIM18 TTFF test user can choose Action TTFF option to test The TTFF information is shown in the following figure Figure 22 TTFF test SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 23 ...

Page 24: ...SIM18 EVB kit User Guide 7 SIM18 EVB Schematics SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 24 ...

Page 25: ...SIM18 EVB kit User Guide SIM18 EVB kit User Guide SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 25 SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 25 ...

Page 26: ...SIM18 EVB kit User Guide SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 26 ...

Page 27: ...SIM18_EVB kit_User Guide_V1 01 2010 11 16 27 Contact us Shanghai SIMCom Wireless Solutions Ltd Add SIM Technology Building A No 633 Jinzhong Road Shanghai P R China 200335 Tel 86 21 3252 3300 Fax 86 21 3252 3020 URL www sim com ...

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