SARA-N2 / N3 series - System integration manual
UBX-17005143 - R13
System description
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System description
1.1
Overview
SARA-N2 / N3 series modules are Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) solutions in the miniature
SARA LGA form factor (26.0 x 16.0 mm, 96-pin), offering LTE Cat NB1 / NB2 data communication over
an extended operating temperature range of
–
40 to +85 °C, with extremely low power consumption.
SARA-N2 series include four variants supporting single-band LTE Cat NB1 data communication for
Europe, China, APAC and South America, plus a dual-band variant mainly designed for Europe.
SARA-N3 series offer multi-band LTE Cat NB2 data communication enabling multi-regional coverage,
supporting several new functionalities for NB-IoT products, including features like TCP, MQTT,
MQTT-SN, DTLS, SSL/TLS, LwM2M, HTTP(S) and many others.
SARA-N2 / N3 series modules are ideally suited to battery-powered IoT applications characterized by
occasional communications of small amounts of data.
The modules are the optimal choice for IoT devices designed to operate in locations with very limited
coverage and requiring low energy consumption to permit a very long operating life with the primary
batteries. Examples of applications include and are not limited to: smart grids, smart metering,
telematics, street lighting, environmental monitoring and control, security and asset tracking.
describes a summary of interfaces and features provided by SARA-N2 / N3 series modules.
Module
Region
Cellular RAT
Interfaces
Features
Grade
3G
P
P
rel
ea
se
ba
seli
ne
3G
P
P
L
TE
C
ate
gory
LTE
FD
D
b
and
s
UART
s
US
B
D
D
C
(I2
C
)
US
IM
ADCs
G
P
IO
s
Ante
nna
s
up
ervi
sor
P
ower
S
ave
M
od
e
eDRX
B
lu
etoo
th
4.
2
(B
R/EDR
and
B
LE
)
E
mb
ed
ded
T
C
P
/UD
P
s
ta
ck
E
mb
ed
ded
C
oA
P
, M
Q
TT
, M
Q
T
T
-SN
E
mb
ed
ded
H
TT
P
, FT
P
, P
P
P
, D
NS
E
mb
ed
ded
TL
S
, D
TL
S
IP
v4
IP
v4
/
IP
v6
LwM
2M
D
ev
ic
e
M
ana
gem
ent
La
st
ga
sp
FW
u
pd
ate
ove
r AT
(F
O
AT
)
FW
u
pd
ate
ove
r th
e
ai
r (
FO
TA)
S
ta
nd
ard
P
rof
es
si
ona
l
Automoti
ve
SARA-N200
Europe
APAC
13 NB1
8
●
●
●
● ●
●
1
●
2
●
● ●
●
SARA-N201
APAC
13 NB1
5
●
●
●
● ●
●
● ●
●
SARA-N210
Europe
13 NB1
20
●
●
●
● ●
●
● ●
●
SARA-N211
Europe
13 NB1 8,20
●
●
●
● ●
●
● ●
●
SARA-N280
S.America
APAC
13 NB1
28
●
●
●
● ●
●
● ●
●
SARA-N300
China
14 NB2 3,5,8
●
○
●
●
●
●
●
●
○
●
●
3
●
●
● ●
●
●
●
●
SARA-N310
Global
14 NB2
3,5,8
20,28,
★
●
○
●
●
●
●
●
●
○
●
●
●
●
● ●
●
●
●
●
●
●
= Supported
○
= Available in future FW
★
= Additional bands (1, 2, 4, 12, 13, 18, 19, 26, 66, 71, 85) available in future FW
Table 1: SARA-N2 / N3 series characteristics summary
1
Only embedded UDP stack is supported
2
Only embedded CoAP is supported
3
Only embedded CoAP and MQTT-SN are supported
