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2.3.2
Power Plan
The board is powered with USB bus 5.0V voltage. There are two DC-DC converters to generate
two secondary voltages: 3.3V (switch regulator) and 1.8V (LDO). Li-Ion battery CR1220
(38mAh) is the source of backup voltage.
2.3.3
Serial Ports
GeoS-3 serial ports are converted to USB in USB
—RS232 FT2232 chip (FTDI). The chip’s
supply voltage 3.3V comes directly from DC-DC converter output so it is powered right after
USB port is attached to the active USB Host.
2.3.4
Connectors
Antenna
: antenna port.
Type: MMCX female, straight.
Port #0
&
#1
: USB port.
Type: USB type B.
1PPS
: 1PPS output.
Signal levels are referred to VDD_IO.
Type: SMA female, right angle.
2.3.5
Switches, pushbuttons
Switches:
POWER
: GeoS-3 power control.
Moving switch to
ON
turns the module on; moving switch to OFF removes the power.
Battery
: backup voltage control.
If the switch is set to
ON
then the battery is connected to the module; when O
FF
, the
battery is disconnected.
VDD_IO
: VDD_IO voltage select.
If the switch is set to
3.3V
, then VDD_IO=3.3V. If the switch is set to
1.8V
, then
VDD_IO=1.8V.
Pushbuttons:
ON/OFF
: on/off control.
Pushing the button forces the module to “OFF” state.