5G HUB BG96 Technical User's Manual

Nb-iot & gnss phone

Advertisement

Quick Links

NB-IOT & GNSS PHONE
BG96 NB-IoT & GNSS Phone Technical Specifications & User Manual
1
NB-IoT Phone 1.0
Copyright © 5GHUB.US

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Summary of Contents for 5G HUB BG96

  • Page 1 NB-IOT & GNSS PHONE BG96 NB-IoT & GNSS Phone Technical Specifications & User Manual NB-IoT Phone 1.0 Copyright © 5GHUB.US...
  • Page 2: Purpose Of The Document

    Purpose of the Document The purpose of this document is to explain the technical specifications and manual for using the NB-IoT & GNSS Phone. Document History Version Author Date Description 5G HUB 01.02.2021 Initial Document NB-IoT Phone 1.0 Copyright © 5GHUB.US...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Physical Characteristics ........................8 Peripherals – Key Components ...................... 9 Peripherals – IO Connections ....................... 12 Hardware Specification ........................ 13 PIN Description..........................14 BG96 chipset ..........................15 2.10 Interface between SAM21D and BG96 ..................15 References............................ 16 NB-IoT Phone 1.0 Copyright © 5GHUB.US...
  • Page 4: Package Contents

    Install Arduino IDE for Windows from the following website https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software Download and Install LTE&GNSS modem driver for Windows OS: https://github.com/5ghub/5G-NB-IoT/tree/master/Driver Download and Install QNavigator &QCOM tools for Quectel BG96 here: https://github.com/5ghub/5G-NB-IoT/tree/master/Tools Download and install Arduino library (5G-NB-IoT_Arduino.zip) here: https://github.com/5ghub/5G-NB-IoT All the following software can be installed from the GitHub location here: https://github.com/5ghub/5G-NB-IoT...
  • Page 5: General Description

    Atmel’s SAMD21G18A MCU which features a 32-bit ARM Cortex® M0+ core. The wireless modem is BG96 which is an embedded IoT (LTE Cat-M1, LTE Cat-NB1 and EGPRS) wireless communication module. BG96 wireless modem provides a maximum data rate of 375Kbps downlink and 375Kbps uplink.
  • Page 6 Compact board size of 65 mm x 30mm • • Nano USIM card slot Arduino IDE Compatible • • Works with Windows, Linux, or Android Ready for smart applications and development (smart home, smart city, smart transportation, • smart metering, smart farming, smart waste management, asset tracking, location, navigation, mapping, and timing applications).
  • Page 7: Overview Diagrams

    2.3 Overview Diagrams Figure 1. NB-IoT Phone Overview Diagram – Top & Bottom Views NB-IoT Phone 1.0 Copyright © 5GHUB.US...
  • Page 8: Physical Characteristics

    Figure 2. NB-IoT Phone Top View – LCD is ON 2.4 Physical Characteristics The width and length of the IoT phone is 64 mm (width) by 123 mm (length). The board have four screw holes in each corner that allows the board to be attached to a surface or case. NB-IoT Phone 1.0 Copyright ©...
  • Page 9: Peripherals - Key Components

    64 mm Figure 3. Physical Characteristics. 2.5 Peripherals – Key Components NB-IoT Phone 1.0 Copyright © 5GHUB.US...
  • Page 10 2.4'’ LCD 25 Buttons KEYPAD Keypad Backlight Figure 4. NB-IoT Phone Top Side – Key Components NB-IoT Phone 1.0 Copyright © 5GHUB.US...
  • Page 11 On-board and UFL LTE antenna SD Card On-board and UFL GNSS antenna Nano SIM card slot NB-IoT & GNSS modem (BG96) USB Boot LCD 40-pin FPC socket Re-chargeable battery 2-pin JST connector (SAMD21G18A) LTE/MCU MCU RESET switch button Re-chargeable battery LEDs...
  • Page 12: Peripherals - Io Connections

    2.6 Peripherals – IO Connections BG96_ADC0 BG96_GPIO0 BG96_ADC1 BG96_GPIO0 MOSI MISO 3.3V A1/D1 A0/D0 AREFA RESET Figure 6. NB-IoT Phone Connectors C interface lines might be configured as USART interface SDA line can work then as USART TXD and SCL line can work as USART RXD) ** MOSI and SCK lines might be configured as USART interface (MOSI line can work then as USART TXD and SCK line can work as USART RXD)
  • Page 13: Hardware Specification

    3.3V Voltage) Voltage output 5V, 3.3V RESET buttons one for MCU 1 switch to connect to MCU directly or BG96 USB Switch directly General-purpose digital I/O Pins 8 (A0/A1, D0/D1, CS, MOSI, MISO, SCK, SDA, SCL) Modem GPIO 2 connected to BG96...
  • Page 14: Pin Description

    Reset the MCU button USB Switch 1 switch to connect to the USB port directly to MCU or BG96 3.3V generated by the on-board regulator. Maximum current 3.3V drawn is 3A. The regulator also provides power to the MCU and BG96 5V generated from the board.
  • Page 15: Bg96 Chipset

    3.3V. Applying voltages higher than 3.3V to any I/O pin could damage the board 2.9 BG96 chipset All functionality of the BG96 shipset shall be implemented excluding the following features. That is, the following features are not supported [1][2]. Audio, Earphone, and Codes are not supported.
  • Page 16: References

    3 References [1] Quectel_BG96_Hardware_Design_V1.2.pdf [2] Quectel_BG96_Reference_Design_Rev.A_20170814.pdf [3] Quectel_Antenna_Design_Note_V2.0.pdf [4] Quectel_RF_Layout_Application_Note_V2.2.pdf [5] Quectel_QFlash_User_Guide_V2.3 [6] Arduino IDE, https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software [7] Arduino IDE, https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoZero [8] Microchip, “Low-Power, 32-bit Cortex-M0+ MCU with Advanced Analog and PWM” NB-IoT Phone 1.0 Copyright © 5GHUB.US...

Table of Contents