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GE/GC864-QUAD V2 and GE864-GPS
Hardware User Guide

1vv0300915 Rev.5 – 2011-10-03

Summary of Contents for GC864-QUAD V2

Page 1: ...GE GC864 QUAD V2 and GE864 GPS Hardware User Guide 1vv0300915 Rev 5 2011 10 03...

Page 2: ...Guide 1vv0300915 Rev 5 2011 10 03 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communications S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 2 of 94 APPLICABILITY TABLE PRODUCT GE864 QUAD V2 GE864 GPS...

Page 3: ...s preserve for Telit and its licensors certain exclusive rights for copyrighted material including the exclusive right to copy reproduce in any form distribute and make derivative works of the copyrig...

Page 4: ...em or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means without prior written permission of Telit High Risk Materials Components units or third party products used in the p...

Page 5: ...A Balls Layout 20 4 2 GC864 QUAD V2 22 4 2 1 PIN OUT 22 4 2 2 GC864 QUAD V2 Antenna Connector 25 5 HARDWARE COMMANDS 26 5 1 TURNING ON THE GE GC864 QUAD V2 AND GE864 GPS 26 5 2 TURNING OFF THE GE GC86...

Page 6: ...10 AUDIO SECTION OVERVIEW 61 10 1 SELECTION MODE 61 10 2 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS 63 10 2 1 Input Lines Characteristics 63 10 2 2 Output Lines Characteristics 64 11 GENERAL PURPOSE I O 66 11 1 GPIO...

Page 7: ...864 GPS ON THE BOARD 79 14 1 ASSEMBLY THE GE864 QUAD V2 79 14 1 1 Recommended foot print for the application 79 14 1 2 Stencil 80 14 1 3 PCB pad design 81 14 1 4 Solder paste 82 14 1 5 GE864 QUAD V2 G...

Page 8: ...Support For general contact technical support to report documentation errors and to order manuals contact Telit Technical Support Center TTSC at TS EMEA telit com TS NORTHAMERICA telit com TS LATINAM...

Page 9: ...arts in the full product design Chapter 8 Logic Level specifications Specific values adopted in the implementation of logic levels for the modules Chapter 9 Serial ports The serial port on the modules...

Page 10: ...rating the module if these points are not followed the module and end user equipment may fail or malfunction Tip or Information Provides advice and suggestions that may be useful when integrating the...

Page 11: ...int for properly developing your product with the Telit GE864 QUAD V2 GPS and or GC864 QUAD V2 modules For further hardware details that may not be explained in this document refer to the Telit GE864...

Page 12: ...uction forbidden without Telit Communications S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 12 of 94 3 GE864 QUAD V2 GPS Mechanical Dimensions 3 1 GE864 QUAD V2 GPS The Telit GE864 QUAD V2 GPS...

Page 13: ...5 Rev 5 2011 10 03 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communications S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 13 of 94 3 2 GC864 QUAD V2 The Telit GC864 QUAD V2 module overall dimensions...

Page 14: ...Guide 1vv0300915 Rev 5 2011 10 03 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communications S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 14 of 94 3 3 Mechanical View of Telit GC864 QUAD V2 with SIM...

Page 15: ...M signal Presence active low Pull up 47K 1 8 3V D4 SIMVCC External SIM signal Power supply for the SIM 1 8 3V D10 SIMIO I O External SIM signal Data I O Pull up 4 7K 1 8 3V E9 SIMRST O External SIM si...

Page 16: ...BLE I O GPIO_04 TX_DISABLE CMOS 2 8V K8 GPIO_05 RFTXMON I O Telit GPIO05 Configurable GPIO Transmitter ON monitor CMOS 2 8V B5 GPIO_06 ALARM I O Telit GPIO06 Configurable GPIO ALARM CMOS 2 8V L9 GPIO_...

Page 17: ...ower J3 GND Ground Power K3 GND Ground Power K4 GND Ground Power K5 GND Ground Power K6 GND Ground Power L1 GND Ground Power L2 GND Ground Power L3 GND Ground Power L6 GND Ground Power L11 GND Ground...

Page 18: ...K9 Reserved K10 Reserved L5 Reserved L7 Reserved L10 Reserved 1 Ref to Digital Voice Interface Application Note 80000NT10004a 2 Available only on GE864 GPS in case of GE864 QUAD it has to be considere...

Page 19: ...ll Signal Function J1 J2 K1 K2 VBATT Main power supply A1 A8 2 A11 B8 2 B9 2 B10 2 B11 2 D6 F1 F11 H1 H2 J3 K3 K4 K5 K6 L1 L2 L3 L6 L11 GND Ground E7 C103 TXD Serial data input TXD from DTE H8 C104 RX...

Page 20: ...E _ GPIO_10 DVI_TX GND GND GND 4 SIMVCC SERVICE GPS_ON_ OFF 1 GND GSM Antenna 5 GPIO_06 ALARM VAUX 1 DVI_WA0 ON_OFF GND 6 C125 RING Diagnostic GND GPIO_02 JDR C106 CTS Diagnostic GND GND 7 GPS_EXT_ LN...

Page 21: ...s Reserved Page 21 of 94 1 Available only on GE864 GPS in case of GE864 QUAD V2 it has to be considered RESERVED AUDIO Signals balls SIM CARD interface balls AUX UART SERVICE Signals balls Prog data H...

Page 22: ...und Power Audio 8 AXE I Handsfree switching 100K CMOS 2 8V 9 EAR_HF AO Handsfree ear output phase Audio 10 EAR_HF AO Handsfree ear output phase Audio 11 EAR_MT AO Handset earphone signal output phase...

Page 23: ...DCD O Output for Data carrier detect signal DCD to DTE CMOS 2 8V DAC and ADC 37 ADC_IN1 AI Analog Digital converter input A D 38 ADC_IN2 AI Analog Digital converter input A D 39 ADC_IN3 AI Analog Digi...

Page 24: ...TXMON I O Telit GPIO05 Configurable GPIO Transmitter ON monitor CMOS 2 8V RESERVED 17 Reserved 33 Reserved 34 Reserved 35 Reserved 41 Reserved 42 Reserved 43 Reserved 44 Reserved 48 Reserved 50 Reserv...

Page 25: ...data output to DTE 31 C105 RTS Input for Request to send signal RTS from DTE 53 ON OFF Input command for switching power ON or OFF toggle command 54 RESET Reset input 23 RX_TRACE RX Data for debug mon...

Page 26: ...wer on procedure but this is not guaranteed When the power supply voltage is lower than 3 4V the pad ON must be tied low for at least 5 seconds The maximum current that can be drained from the ON pad...

Page 27: ...e hardware line PWRMON should be monitored After 1000ms the line raised up the device could be considered powered on NOTE When the power supply voltage is lower than 3 4V to turn ON the module the pad...

Page 28: ...S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 28 of 94 A flow chart showing the proper turn on procedure is displayed below NOTE In order to avoid a back powering effect it is recommended to av...

Page 29: ...dware User Guide 1vv0300915 Rev 5 2011 10 03 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communications S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 29 of 94 A flow chart showing the AT commands mana...

Page 30: ...be done in two ways via AT command see Software User Guide AT SHDN by tying low pin ON Either ways when the device issues a detach request to the network informing that the device will not be reachabl...

Page 31: ...hts Reserved Page 31 of 94 TIP To check if the device has been powered off the hardware line PWRMON must be monitored The device is powered off when PWRMON goes low NOTE In order to avoid a back power...

Page 32: ...exit procedure to be done in the rare case that the device gets stacked waiting for some network or SIM responses To unconditionally restart the module the pad RESET must be tied low for at least 200...

Page 33: ...he unconditional hardware Restart must always be implemented on the boards and must be used by the software as an emergency exit procedure The following flow chart shows the proper RESET procedure NOT...

Page 34: ...bidden without Telit Communications S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 34 of 94 For example Let us assume you need to drive the RESET pad with a totem pole output from 1 8V up to 5V...

Page 35: ...t least three cycles of RTC clock Before asserting another pulse to GPS_ON_OFF input the host controller must put it at low state and hold it low for at least three cycles of the RTC clock The GPS_WAK...

Page 36: ...er Supply Requirements Condition Value Nominal Supply Voltage 3 80 V Normal operating Voltage Range 3 40 V 4 20 V Extended operating Voltage Range 3 22 V 4 50 V TIP The supply voltage is directly meas...

Page 37: ...verage mA Mode description HIBERNATE 0 045 only RTC and RAM supplied Acquisition mode 45 Tracking mode 37 GE GC864 QUAD V2 and GE864 GPS GPS OFF Mode Average mA Mode description SWITCHED OFF Module su...

Page 38: ...e electrical design for the Power supply should be made ensuring it will be capable of a peak current output of at least 2A 6 3 General Design Rules The principal guidelines for the Power Supply Desig...

Page 39: ...for the power supply is 3 8V hence due to the big difference between the input source and the desired output a linear regulator is not suited and shall not be used A switching power supply will be pr...

Page 40: ...city must be provided in order to cut the current absorption peaks A 100 F tantalum capacitor is typically used Make sure the low ESR capacitor on the power supply output usually a tantalum one is rat...

Page 41: ...e for the module and damage it WARNING DON T USE any Ni Cd Ni MH and Pb battery types directly connected with GE GC864 QUAD V2 and GE864 GPS Their use can lead to overvoltage on the module and damage...

Page 42: ...s current significantly only during calls If we assume that the device stays into transmission for short periods of time let us say few minutes and then remains for a quite long time in idle let us sa...

Page 43: ...line at the current peaks frequency of 216 Hz that will reflect on all the components connected to that supply introducing the noise floor at the burst base frequency For this reason while a voltage d...

Page 44: ...parameters and useful information to integrate the module in your application GE864 QUAD V2 Total capacity 27 45 uF Total inductance 55 20 nH No voltage upper than supply voltage is present in the mo...

Page 45: ...th 70 MHz in GSM850 80 MHz in GSM900 170 MHz in DCS 140 MHz PCS band Gain Gain 1 4dBi in GSM 850 900 and 3 0dBi DCS PCS Impedance 50 ohm Input power 2 W peak power VSWR absolute max 10 1 limit to avoi...

Page 46: ...that the antenna line impedance is 50 ohm Keep the antenna line on the PCB as short as possible since the antenna line loss shall be less than 0 3 dB Antenna line must have uniform characteristics co...

Page 47: ...ible thus leading to lowest power losses possible A Grounded Coplanar Waveguide G CPW line has been chosen since this kind of transmission line ensures good impedance control and can be implemented in...

Page 48: ...rt calibration has been used in this measurement session A calibrated coaxial cable has been soldered at the pad corresponding to GE864 QUAD V2 or GE864 GPS RF output a SMA connector has been soldered...

Page 49: ...ion forbidden without Telit Communications S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 49 of 94 Line input impedance in Smith Chart format once the line has been terminated to 50 load is show...

Page 50: ...A close to the antenna feed point is recommended In this case the module must be configured in low gain mode 8dB with 10dB of noise figure through a specific AT command refer to AT GPSAT on AT Command...

Page 51: ...GPS antenna line Keep the antenna line far away from the GE864 GPS power supply lines Keep the antenna line far away from the GE864 GPS GSM RF lines If you have EM noisy devices around the PCB hosting...

Page 52: ...Ratings Not Functional Parameter Min Max Input level on any digital pin when on 0 3V 3 1V Input voltage on analog pins when on 0 3V 3 0 V Operating Range Interface Levels 2 8V CMOS GPS signals Level M...

Page 53: ...turn off For this reason the Reset signal must not be used to normally shutting down the device but only as an emergency exit in the rare case the device remains stuck waiting for some network respon...

Page 54: ...esigned for the serial port on the OEM hardware but the most common are RS232 PC com port microcontroller UART 2 8V 3V Universal Asynchronous Receive Transmit microcontroller UART 5V or other voltages...

Page 55: ...D GE864 GPSserial port and viceversa for RX RS232 Pin Number Signal GE864 QUAD V2 Pad Number GC864 QUAD V2 Pad Number Name Usage 1 DCD dcd_uart D9 32 Data Carrier Detect Output from the GE864 QUAD V2...

Page 56: ...pins of the module when is powered OFF or during an ON OFF transition 9 2 GE864 GPS Secondary Ports 9 2 1 Modem Serial Port 2 GPS Control This port is the only communication interface with the GPS par...

Page 57: ...r is required This level translator must invert the electrical signal in both directions change the level from 0 3V to 15 15V Actually the RS232 UART 16450 16550 16650 16750 chipsets accept signals wi...

Page 58: ...outputs on the module side i e GE GC 864 inputs will work at 3 8V interface levels damaging the module inputs NOTE In order to be able to do in circuit reprogramming of the GE GC 864 firmware the ser...

Page 59: ...t 9 4 5V UART Level Translation If the OEM application uses a microcontroller with a serial port UART that works at a voltage different from 2 8 3V then a circuitry has to be provided to adapt the dif...

Page 60: ...internally so an external pull up resistor of 47K may be required Care must be taken to avoid latch up on the GE GC864 QUAD V2 and GE864 GPS and the use of this output line to power electronic device...

Page 61: ...ve not the original importance In other words this distinction is not necessary being the performances between the two blocks like the same Only if the customer needs higher output power to drive the...

Page 62: ...GE GC864 QUAD V2 and GE864 GPS Hardware User Guide 1vv0300915 Rev 5 2011 10 03 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communications S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 62 of 94...

Page 63: ...ion 10 2 1 Input Lines Characteristics MIC_MT and MIC_HF differential microphone paths Line Coupling AC Line Type Balanced Differential input voltage 1 03Vpp Mic G 0dB Gain steps 7 Gain increment 6dB...

Page 64: ...ground plane and to get the maximum power output from the device low resistance tracks WARNING The loads are directly connected to the amplifier outputs when in Differential configuration through a c...

Page 65: ...ut load resistance 16 12dBFS internal output resistance 4 typical signal bandwidth 150 4000 Hz 3 dB maximal full scale differential output voltage 3 7 Vpp typical Rload open circuit differential outpu...

Page 66: ...2 Configurable GPIO CMOS 2 8V 1uA 1mA INPUT 0 0 Alternate function JDR C2 66 TGPIO_03 I O GPIO03 Configurable GPIO CMOS 2 8V 1uA 1mA INPUT 0 0 B3 59 TGPIO_04 TXCNTRL I O GPIO04 Configurable GPIO CMOS...

Page 67: ...Ratings Not Functional Parameter Min Max Input level on any digital pin when on 0 3V 3 1V Input voltage on analog pins when on 0 3V 3 0 V Operating Range Interface Levels 2 8V CMOS Level Min Max Input...

Page 68: ...t be switched off when the module is in off condition 11 5 Using the RFTXMON Output GPIO5 The GPIO5 pin when configured as RFTXMON Output is controlled by the GE GC 864 QUAD V2 module and will rise wh...

Page 69: ...e module during sleep periods dramatically reducing the sleep consumption to few A In battery powered devices this feature will greatly improve the autonomy of the device NOTE During RESET the line is...

Page 70: ...be provided its characteristics depend on the Buzzer and for them refer to your buzzer vendor 11 8 Using the Temperature Monitor Function 11 8 1 Short Description The Temperature Monitor is a functio...

Page 71: ...Configurable GPIO CMOS 2 8V 1uA 1mA INPUT 0 0 B3 59 TGPIO_04 TXCNTRL I O GPIO04 Configurable GPIO CMOS 2 8V 1uA 1mA INPUT 0 0 Alternate function RF Transmission Control K8 78 TGPIO_05 RFTXMON I O GPIO...

Page 72: ...k service availability and Call status In the GE GC864 QUAD V2 and GE864 GPSmodules the STAT_LED usually needs an external transistor to drive an external LED Therefore the status indicated in the fol...

Page 73: ...e added in order to increase the RTC autonomy during power off of the battery NO Devices must be powered from this pin 11 11 External SIM Holder Implementation Please refer to the related User Guide S...

Page 74: ...ns are showed in the subparagraphs below 12 1 1 GSM Controlled Mode The GPS part can be controlled by GSM part through specific AT commands refer to AT GPSAT on AT Commands Reference Guide 80000ST1002...

Page 75: ...ignal to the user specific application The GPS_PPS pulse is available at any time as soon as a fix is done This signal is a positive logic CMOS level output pulse that transitions from logic low condi...

Page 76: ...4 GPSmodules provide one Digital to Analog Converter The on board DAC is a 10 bit converter able to generate an analogue value based a specific input in the range from 0 up to 1023 However an external...

Page 77: ...unction AT DAC enable value value scale factor of the integrated output voltage 0 1023 with 10 bit precision and it must be present if enable 1 Refer to SW User Guide or AT Commands Reference Guide fo...

Page 78: ...Digital converter input The GE GC864 QUAD V2 AND GE864 GPSmodules provide three only two in GE864 QUAD V2 Analog to Digital Converter The on board A D are 11 bit converter They are able to read a volt...

Page 79: ...on All Rights Reserved Page 79 of 94 14 Assembly the GE GC864 QUAD V2 AND GE864 GPS on the Board 14 1 Assembly the GE864 QUAD V2 The Telit GE864 QUAD V2 have been designed in order to be compliant wit...

Page 80: ...er to easily rework the GE864 QUAD V2 module is suggested to consider on the application a 1 5mm inhibit area around the module It is also suggested as common rule for a SMT component to avoid having...

Page 81: ...gn Non solder mask defined NSMD type is recommended for the solder pads on the PCB Recommendations for PCB pad dimensions Ball pitch mm 2 5 Solder resist opening diameter A mm 1 150 Metal pad diameter...

Page 82: ...orce values The PCB must be able to resist the higher temperatures which are occurring at the lead free process This issue should be discussed with the PCB supplier Generally the wettability of tin le...

Page 83: ...Tsmin Temperature Max Tsmax Time min to max ts 150 C 200 C 60 180 seconds Tsmax to TL Ramp up Rate 3 C second max Time maintained above Temperature TL Time tL 217 C 60 150 seconds Peak Temperature Tp...

Page 84: ...ications S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 84 of 94 14 2 Assembly the GC864 QUAD V2 The position of the Molex board to board connector and the pin 1 are shown in the following pictu...

Page 85: ...it has to be considered RESERVED Ball GE864 Pin GC864 Signal Function J1 J2 K1 K2 1 2 3 4 VBATT Main power supply A1 A11 D6 F1 F11 H1 H2 J3 K3 K4 K5 K6 L1 L2 L3 L6 L11 5 6 7 46 GND Ground E7 25 C103...

Page 86: ...A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 86 of 94 15 Packing system 15 1 GE864 QUAD V2 GPS Packaging The GE864 QUAD V2 GPS is packaged on trays of 20 pieces each This is especially suitable fo...

Page 87: ...relative requirements for using this kind of components Moreover the customer has to take care of the following conditions a The shelf life of the Product inside of the dry bag must be 12 months from...

Page 88: ...2 and GE864 GPS Hardware User Guide 1vv0300915 Rev 5 2011 10 03 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communications S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 88 of 94 15 1 2 GE864 orientati...

Page 89: ...thout Telit Communications S p A written authorization All Rights Reserved Page 89 of 94 15 2 GE GC864 QUAD V2 AND GE864 GPS Packaging The Telit GC864 QUAD V2 are packaged on trays of 20 pieces each T...

Page 90: ...ule is installed in conformance to the Telit installation manuals no further evaluation under Article 3 2 of the R TTE Directive and do not require further involvement of a R TTE Directive Notified Bo...

Page 91: ...ith care avoiding any contact with the pins because electrostatic discharges may damage the product itself Same cautions have to be taken for the SIM checking carefully the instruction for its use Do...

Page 92: ...ansmitter The system antenna s used for this module must not exceed 1 4dBi 850MHz and 3 0dBi 1900MHz for mobile and fixed or mobile operating configurations Users and installers must be provided with...

Page 93: ...son gain de sorte que la puissance isotrope rayonn e quivalente p i r e ne d passe pas l intensit n cessaire l tablissement d une communication satisfaisante The GE GC864 QUAD V2 and GE864 GPS has be...

Page 94: ...dated Logic Level Specifications Added 11 12 VAUX Power Output only for GE864 GPS paragraph Added 12 GPS Features GE864 GPS only Chapter Rev 4 2011 08 24 Added chapter 7 2 PCB guidelines in case of FC...

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