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SIM5218E_HD_V1.03

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Page 1: ...Hardware Design SIM5218E_HD_V1 03...

Page 2: ...m 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...

Page 3: ...2 13 01 00 Origin 2009 03 24 01 01 Add depiction of analog sensor support in camera interface chapter aaron 2009 05 31 01 02 Add depiction of DCD and DTR function in serial interface chapter aaron 200...

Page 4: ...3 5 Power saving 23 3 5 1 Minimum functionality mode 23 3 5 2 Flight mode 23 3 5 3 Sleep Mode 24 3 5 4 Wake up SIM5218E from Sleep Mode 24 3 6 RTC backup 25 3 7 Serial interface 26 3 8 Audio interface...

Page 5: ...enna pad 54 4 2 Module RF output power 55 4 3 Module RF receive sensitivity 55 4 4 Module operating frequencies 55 5 Electrical reliability and radio characteristics 56 5 1 Absolute maximum ratings 56...

Page 6: ...telecommunications Phase 2 Use of Data Terminal Equipment Data Circuit terminating Equipment DTE DCE interface for Short Message Service SMS and Cell Broadcast Service CBS 6 GSM 11 14 Digital cellular...

Page 7: ...ications system Release 5 Mobile Station MS conformance specification 19 GCF CC V3 23 1 Global Certification Forum Certification Criteria 20 2002 95 EC Directive of the European Parliament and of the...

Page 8: ...Time Clock Rx Receive Direction SIM Subscriber Identification Module SMS Short Message Service TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TE Terminal Equipment also referred to as DTE TX Transmit Direction UA...

Page 9: ...ccess ZIF Zero intermediate frequency WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access VCTCXO Voltage control temperature compensated crystal oscillator USIM Universal subscriber identity module UMTS Univ...

Page 10: ...mobile devices The physical interface to the mobile application is made through a 70 pins board to board connector which provides all hardware interfaces between the module and customers boards except...

Page 11: ...orts A GPS and S GPS Note The SIM5218J has internal bias voltage so it support external active antenna however the active antenna s Vcc must be 2 5V 2 7V The SIM5218E also provides a PCM interface The...

Page 12: ...z Downlink coding schemes MCS 1 9 z Uplink coding schemes MCS 1 9 z BEP reporting and test mode B z 8 bit 11 bit RACH z PBCCH support z phase 2 phase access procedures DATA UMTS HSDPA HSUPA z Support...

Page 13: ...ebook management Support phonebook types SM FD LD RC ON MC SIM Application Toolkit Support SAT class 3 GSM 11 14 Release 98 Support USAT Real time clock Implemented Timer function Programmable vian at...

Page 14: ...gure 2 is SIM5218E block diagram Sub interfaces included in this board to board connector are described in detail in following chapters z Power supply z USB interface z Serial interface z Analog audio...

Page 15: ...SIM5218E Hardware Design SIM5218E_HD_V1 03 11 06 2009 14...

Page 16: ...t current in a transmit burst which typically rises to 2A mostly these six pins are voltage input Vmax 4 2V Vmin 3 4V Vnorm 3 8V VRTC Current input for RTC when the battery is not supplied for the sys...

Page 17: ...Analog Digital Converter Input VREG_AUX1 O LDO power output USB PIN NAME I O DESCRIPTION DC CHARACTERISTICS USB_VBUS I USB power supply input if not use left open USB_DP I O Plus line of the different...

Page 18: ...Hmax V_USIM 0 3 VOLmin GND VOLmax 0 2V VOHmin V_USIM 0 2 VOHmax V_USIM IIC interface PIN NAME I O DESCRIPTION DC CHARACTERISTICS IIC_SDA I O I2C data if not use left open It has been pulled up with a...

Page 19: ...egistered to the GSM network and the module is ready to send and receive GSM mode GSM TALK CSD connection is going on between two subscribers In this case the power consumption depends on network sett...

Page 20: ...y Use the AT CFUN command can set the module to a minimum functionality mode without remove the power supply In this case the RF part of the module will not work or the SIM card will not be accessible...

Page 21: ...eside the 70 pins connector 3 3 1 Power supply pins on the board to board connector Six VBAT pins of the board to board connector are dedicated to connect the supply voltage six GND pins are recommend...

Page 22: ...executed 3 4 Power up and power down scenarios 3 4 1 Turn on SIM5218E SIM5218E can be turned on by various ways which are described in following chapters z Via POWER_ON pin starts normal operating mo...

Page 23: ...a secure state and save data before completely disconnect the power supply 3 4 2 2 Turn off SIM5218E using AT command You can use an AT command AT CPOF to turn off the module This command will let th...

Page 24: ...urrent consumption to the lowest level This mode is set with the AT CFUN command which provides the choice of the functionality levels fun 0 1 4 z 0 minimum functionality z 1 full functionality Defaul...

Page 25: ...e SIM5218E can still receive paging or SMS from network If USB interface of SIM5218E is connecting with host CPU SIM5218E don t enter sleep mode after USB disconnecting SIM5218E could enter sleep mode...

Page 26: ...local time based on universal time and time zone from network This feature must be supported by network If using this feature please refer AT command AT CTZU and AT CTZR Note The VRTC default state ca...

Page 27: ...llowing figures Note that the rechargeable Lithium type coin cells generally come pre charged from the vendor Figure 11 Seiko MS518 Charge and discharge Characteristic Note Gold capacitance backup Som...

Page 28: ...e of module All pins of all serial ports have 8mA driver the logic levels are described in following table Table 8 Logic levels of serial ports pins Parameter Min Max Unit Logic low input 0 0 3 VDD_EX...

Page 29: ...nterface so we endue the alternate functions to these two pin 1 DCD You can use DCD as an normal output GPIO just use AT command to select such function and when in such mode you also can set the valu...

Page 30: ...he standard when using four line mode but in two line mode its action is not standard which is depicted above Default setting in HyperTerminal software is as the following figure Figure 14 settings of...

Page 31: ...iltering is shown at Figure 9 these components two ferrite beads and two capacitors can be added to reduce electromagnetic interference If used they should be located near the SPK_P and SPK_N Consider...

Page 32: ...rface configuration 3 8 2 Microphone interfaces configuration Figure 17 Microphone interface configuration NOTE MIC1_P and MIC_M are no needed to pull up to the extern power because they have been pul...

Page 33: ...Voltage 1 2 1 60 2 2 V Working Current 70 400 uA External Microphone Load Resistance 1 2 2 2 k Ohms Table 11 Audio Output Characteristics Parameter Min Typ Max Unit load Resistance 27 32 Ohm Normal O...

Page 34: ...3 Audio parameters adjustable by AT command Parameter Influence to Range Gain range Calculation AT command micAmp1 MICP MICN analogue amplifier gain of before ADC 0 1 0 24dB 2 steps AT CMICAMP1 micAmp...

Page 35: ...t The 13 tap filter parameter could be debugged and calculated by MATLAB 3 8 5 2 Audio Programming Model The audio programming model shows how the signal path can be influenced by varying AT command p...

Page 36: ...table Adjustable micAmp1 0 0 dB 0 0 dB 0 0 dB micAmp 7 10 5 dB 7 10 5 dB 4 6 dB txGain 23143 51811 32690 txVol 16384 16384 16384 Default MIC path Parameters txFilter tap0 6 0xff33 0x05d8 0xf488 0x0af3...

Page 37: ...and it can not be changed by CVLVL Levels 1 to 4 are supported to change the value of sound level CVLVL command could let you change these four levels The bigger the number presents the louder the vo...

Page 38: ...ary configuration mode uses 2 048MHz clock and 8kHz short sync clock and auxiliary configuration mode uses 2 048MHz clock and 8kHz long sync clock One important consideration is that Slave mode is onl...

Page 39: ...al regulator in the module having nominal voltage 2 8V All pins reset as outputs driving low Logic levels are as described in below table Table 17 USIM interface Pin SIM5218E_HD_V1 03 11 06 2009 38 Ta...

Page 40: ...M card 3 9 2 Design considerations for USIM card holder For 6 pins USIM card we recommend to use Amphenol C707 10M006 512 2 You can visit http www amphenol com for more information about the holder Fi...

Page 41: ...rface SIM5218E contains an I2C interface It is used for connecting peripheral equipment Use AT Command to read write value of I2C peripheral equipment Because I2C has been pulled up in SIM5218E there...

Page 42: ...ts happened such as incoming call or SMS received during the suspend mode then SIM5218E will resume automatically Notes when use the Mini B it has no ID line Notes Two limitations on ESD protection le...

Page 43: ...llow Table 23 meanings of status LED Status Data Voice Always On Searching Network Searching Network Call Connect 200ms ON 200ms OFF Data Transmit 800ms ON 800ms OFF Registered network Registered Netw...

Page 44: ...rial interface 3 14 ADC interface SIM5218E has an analog to digital converter ADC that is available for digitizing analog signals such as battery voltage temperature and so on it s on PIN 30 name HKAD...

Page 45: ...ce used for temperature sampling reference circuit 3 15 LDO power output SIM5218E has a LDO power output it is PIN 40 name VREG_AUX1 This LDO default output voltage is 2 85V and driver current is rate...

Page 46: ...sts of the following 10 bit data bus for the pixel data information Horizontal and vertical synchronization signals 2 wire I2C bus as a control path between the SIM5218E module device and the camera m...

Page 47: ...amera module interface function is just supported by SIM5218E software We have tested several kinds of digital sensors such as OV2640 OV7670 OV7725 and a NTSC PAL digital video decoder named AK8856 de...

Page 48: ...the SD physical layer specification 2 0 up to 4 bit data mode It is also capable of supporting 1 bit MMC according to MCC specification 3 31 While the same hardware controller is used the initializat...

Page 49: ...modes mobile assisted mode mobile based mode and standalone mode A GPS is include mobile assisted and mobile based mode In mobile assisted mode when a request for position location is issued available...

Page 50: ...S receiver in every module This means that each handset is capable of position location without requiring expensive cell site equipment This solution not only can be used to help operators address the...

Page 51: ...e can be set either into Master Mode or Slave Mode In Master Mode the Module drives the clock and sync signals that are sent out to the external codec via the PCM Interface When in Slave Mode the exte...

Page 52: ...time 62 5 s 1 t auxclk AUX_PCM_CLK cycle time 7 8 s 2 t auxclkh AUX_PCM_CLK high time 3 9 s 3 t auxclkl AUX_PCM_CLK low time 3 9 s 3 t sync_offset AUX_PCM _SYNC offset time to AUX_PCM_CLK rising 1 95...

Page 53: ...primary PCM interface or just PCM interface You can use AT CPCM command to change the mode you want Figure 31 PRIM_PCM_SYNC timing Figure 32 PRIM_PCM_CODEC to SIM5218E timing Figure 33 SIM5218E to PRI...

Page 54: ...ace The RF interface has an impedance of 50 To suit the physical design of individual applications SIM5218E offers two alternatives z Recommended approach antenna connector on the component side of th...

Page 55: ...ldered to the pad or attached via contact springs To help you to ground the antenna SIM5218E comes with a grounding plane located close to the antenna pad Figure 35 Antenna pad SIM5218E material prope...

Page 56: ...DMA 1900 24dBm 1 3db 50dBm WCDMA 900 24dBm 1 3db 50dBm 4 3 Module RF receive sensitivity Table 33 SIM5218E conducted RF receive sensitivity Frequency Receive sensitivity GSM850 106dBm E GSM900 106dBm...

Page 57: ...analog pins 0 3 3 0 V Voltage at digit analog pins in POWER DOWN mode 0 25 0 25 V Voltage at VBAT 0 3 4 4 V 5 2 Operating temperatures The operating temperature is listed in following table Table 36 S...

Page 58: ...rrent POWER DOWN mode 35 uA IVBAT Peak supply current during transmission slot every 4 7ms Power control level for Pout max 2 3 A 5 4 Current consumption The values for current consumption in no suspe...

Page 59: ...l 350mA DATA mode GPRS 3Rx 2 Tx CLASS 12 GSM 850 power level 5 460mA Typical 430mA GSM 900 power level 5 440mA Typical 410mA DCS1800 power level 0 260mA Typical 230mA PCS1900 power level 0 270mA Typic...

Page 60: ...m CQI 22 Typical 580mA Power 21dBm CQI 5 Typical 500mA Power 5dBm CQI 22 Typical 250mA WCDMA 900 Power 23dBm CQI 22 Typical 570mA Power 21dBm CQI 5 Typical 500mA Power 5dBm CQI 22 Typical 250mA 5 5 El...

Page 61: ...d adopt some measure to protect module against ESD 1 Add ESD components to protect SIM5218E in the final product 2 Connect directly the module to ground through four mounting fix pads 3 Bare the coppe...

Page 62: ...5218E top view side view and bottom view These show you Mechanical dimensions of SIM5218E Figure 36 Mechanical dimensions of SIM5218E Unit mm 6 2 Mounting SIM5218E onto the application platform Use th...

Page 63: ...e height of AXK770347G AXK770247G AXK770147G is 2 5mm 2 0mm 1 5mm please select suit one base on your PCB height design we use AXK770247G in our EVB Board Following is parameter of AXK770347WG AXK7702...

Page 64: ...able MXTK88TK2000 It has high performance with wide frequency range surface mountable and reflow solderable Following is parameter Certainly you can visit http www murata com for more information Figu...

Page 65: ...3 VBAT VBAT 68 VBAT VBAT 4 GND GND 67 GND GND 5 GND GND 66 GND GND 6 UART_TXD NC 65 GPIO0 NC 7 UART_CTS NC 64 UART_RXD NC See Note 8 UART_DCD NC 63 UART_RTS NC 9 USB_VBUS NC 62 UART_DTR NC 10 GPIO1 NC...

Page 66: ...1u cap to ground 29 RESET NC 42 HP_MICP NC 30 GPIO2 NC 41 HKADC NC 31 GPIO3 NC 40 VREG_AUX NC 32 GPIO4 NC 39 SD_DATA3 NC 33 GPIO5 NC 38 SD_DATA2 NC 34 SD_CLK NC 37 SD_DATA1 NC 35 SD_CMD NC 36 SD_DATA0...

Page 67: ...18E_HD_V1 03 11 06 2009 66 Contact us Shanghai SIMCom Wireless Solutions Ltd Add SIM Technology Building No 633 Jinzhong Road Changning Disdrict Shanghai P R China 200335 Tel 86 21 3235 3300 Fax 86 21...

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