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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT ISSUES SAFETY RECOMMANDATIONS DOCUMENT CHANGE LOG EVK 2 SCHEMATICS EVB CAMERA SCHEMATICS page 4 of 71 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communication written authorization – All Right reserved – Right of modification reserved...
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Telit GE863-QUAD/PY module. For further for properly developing your product with the hardware details that may not be explained in this document refer to the Telit GE863-QUAD/PY Product Description document where all the hardware information is reported. NOTICE The information presented in this document is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by Telit Communication S.p.A.
2 Hardware Commands 2.1 Turning ON the GE863-QUAD/PY To turn on the GE863-QUAD/PY the pad ON# must be tied low for at least 1 second and then released. The maximum current that can be drained from the ON# pad is 0,1 mA.
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 For example: 1- Let's assume you need to drive the ON# pad with a totem pole output of a +3/5 V microcontroller (uP_OUT1): 2- Let's assume you need to drive the ON# pad directly with an ON/OFF button: page 7 of 71 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communication written authorization –...
2.2.1 Hardware shutdown To turn OFF the GE863-QUAD/PY the pad ON# must be tied low for at least 1 second and then released. The same circuitry and timing for the power on shall be used. The device shuts down after the release of the ON# pad.
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NOTE: don't use any pull up resistor on the RESET# line nor any totem pole digital output. Using pull up resistor may bring to latch up problems on the GE863-QUAD/PY power regulator and improper functioning of the module. The line RESET# must be connected only in open collector configuration.
• A Bypass low ESR capacitor of adequate capacity must be provided in order to cut the current absorption peaks close to the GE863-QUAD/PY, a 100μF tantalum capacitor is usually suited. • Make sure the low ESR capacitor on the power supply output (usually a tantalum one) is rated at least 10V.
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 An example of linear regulator with 5V input is: page 12 of 71 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communication written authorization – All Right reserved – Right of modification reserved...
A switching power supply will be preferable because of its better efficiency especially with the 2A peak current load represented by the GE863-QUAD/PY. • When using a switching regulator, a 500kHz or more switching frequency regulator is preferable because of its smaller inductor size and its faster transient response.
GE863-QUAD/PY and damage it. NOTE: DON'T USE any Ni-Cd, Ni-MH, and Pb battery types directly connected with GE863-QUAD/PY. Their use can lead to overvoltage on the GE863-QUAD/PY and damage it. USE ONLY Li-Ion battery types. • A Bypass low ESR capacitor of adequate capacity must be provided in order to cut the current absorption peaks, a 100μF tantalum capacitor is usually suited.
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(final charge) must not start before the battery voltage has reached its maximum value, otherwise the battery capacity will be highly reduced. The final charge can be of two different types: constant voltage or pulsed. GE863-QUAD/PY uses constant voltage.
Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 NOTE: For all the threshold voltages, inside the GE863-QUAD/PY all threshold are fixed in order to maximize Li-Ion battery performances and do not need to be changed. NOTE: In this application the battery charger input current must be limited to less than 400mA. This can be done by using a current limited wall adapter as the power source.
• The PCB traces to the GE863-QUAD/PY and the Bypass capacitor must be wide enough to ensure no significant voltage drops occur when the 2A current peaks are absorbed. This is for the same reason as previous point.
In the case that the antenna is not directly developed on the same PCB, hence directly connected at the antenna pad of the GE863-QUAD/PY, then a PCB line is needed in order to connect with it or with its connector.
• Keep the antenna line far away from the GE863-QUAD/PY power supply lines; • If you have EM noisy devices around the PCB hosting the GE863-QUAD/PY, such as fast switching ICs, take care of the shielding of the antenna line by burying it inside the layers of PCB and surround it with Ground planes, or shield it with a metal frame cover.
Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 • If you don't have EM noisy devices around the PCB of GE863-QUAD/PY, by using a strip- line on the superficial copper layer for the antenna line, the line attenuation will be lower than a buried one;...
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Input high level V 2.1V 3.3V Input low level 0.5V Output high level V 2.2V 3.0V Output low level V 0.35V The signals of the GE863-QUAD/PY serial port are: RS232 Signal GE863- Name Usage QUAD/PY Number Pad Number DCD -...
NOTE: According to V.24, RX/TX signal names are referred to the application side, therefore on the GE863-QUAD/PY side these signal are on the opposite direction: TXD on the application side will be connected to the receive line (here named TXD/ rx_uart ) of the GE863-QUAD/PY serial port and viceversa for RX.
Instead it shall be powered from a +2.8V / +3.0V (dedicated) power supply. This is because in this way the level translator IC outputs on the module side (i.e. GE863-QUAD/PY inputs) will work at +3.8V interface levels, stressing the module inputs at its maximum input voltage.
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 An example of level translation circuitry of this kind is: The RS232 serial port lines are usually connected to a DB9 connector with the following layout: page 24 of 71...
Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 5.4 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 different levels of the two set of signals.
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GE863-QUAD/PY input lines connected to open collector outputs in order to avoid latch-up problems on the GE863-QUAD/PY. Care must be taken to avoid latch-up on the GE863-QUAD/PY and the use of this output line to power electronic devices shall be considered with care, especially for devices that generate spikes and noise such as level translators, digital ICs or microcontroller, failure in any of these condition can severely compromise the GE863-QUAD/PY functionality.
6.1 Microphone line Characteristic and requirements The Telit GE863-QUAD/PY provides two audio paths for the microphone and the earpiece: the internal and the external audio paths. Only one of the two paths can be active at a time and it is selectable by hardware line AXE or by AT command.
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If the echo canceller is left active with the headset, then some echo might be introduced by the echo cancel algorithm. The nominal sensitivity of the line indicates the voltage level on the GE863-QUAD/PY pads that should be present during "normal spoken" conditions: for a handset a voice signal coming from...
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= 3.3* 10 by having the microphone gain set to +10 dB (corresponding to 3 times) the signal in the nominal conditions on the input external mic. pads of the GE863-QUAD/PY will be: Voltage @ GE863-QUAD/PY__extmic = 3.3 * 10 * 3 = 1 mV Hence in these conditions the signal level on the input pads of the external mic.
Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 6.2 General Design Rules There are several configurations for the audio path, but the most effective difference is between balanced and unbalanced microphone. It is highly recommended to keep the whole microphone path balanced even if this means having 2 wires connecting the microphone instead of one needed (plus ground) in the unbalanced case.
Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 6.3.1 Balanced Microphone biasing The balanced microphone bias voltage should be obtained from a dedicated voltage regulator, in order to eliminate the noise present on the power lines. This regulator can be the same for all the audio paths.
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 NOTE: The microphone sensitivity changes with the value of R2 and R3. Usually the microphones are characterized with 2kΩ biasing resistance, so try to keep the sum of R2 and R3 around 2kΩ.
Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 6.3.2 Unbalanced Microphone biasing The unbalanced microphone biasing voltage should be obtained from a dedicated voltage regulator, in order to eliminate the noise present on the power lines. This regulator can be the same for all the audio paths.
1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 6.4 Microphone buffering As seen previously, a microphone shall be connected to the input pads of the GE863-QUAD/PY through a buffer amplifier that boosts the signal level to the required value. Again the buffered microphone circuitry can be balanced or unbalanced. Where possible it is always preferable a balanced mic.
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Mic_Voltage_Output = 10 = 3.3* 10 in order to have a signal of 50 mV on the GE863-QUAD/PY internal mic. inputs then the buffer must have a gain of: Voltage @ GE863-QUAD/PY_intmic/ Mic_Voltage_Output = (50 * 10 )/( 3.3 * 10 ) = 15 Hence in these conditions the signal level on the input pads of the internal mic.
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 As a consequence the values of the capacitors C636 and C637 shall be: C636=C637= 1/ (2π*8000*R606)= 132 *10 A commercial value of 100pF is then chosen. page 36 of 71...
Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 6.4.2 Buffered Unbalanced (Single Ended) Mic. A sample schematic for a buffered unbalanced (single ended) microphone can be: The schematic does not include the required mic. biasing circuitry. For the biasing the same circuit as seen before can be used;...
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1 mV (10 dB lower than the nominal input for the GE863- QUAD/PY external mic. path) on the GE863-QUAD/PY internal mic. inputs then the buffer must have a gain of: Voltage @ GE863-QUAD/PY_intmic/ Mic_Voltage_Output = (1 * 10 )/( 3.3 * 10...
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 R711 = gain* R708= 1.5* 10 = 15 kΩ R719 = (gain -1) * R720 = (1.5 -1) * 10 = 5 kΩ The commercial values of 15kΩ & 5.6kΩ are then chosen.
7.1 Speaker lines characteristics and requirements The Telit GE863-QUAD/PY provides two audio paths for both the microphone and the earpiece: the internal and the external audio paths. Only one of the two paths can be active at a time and it is selectable by hardware line AXE or by AT command.
The three groups have different power requirements, usually the first two applications need only few mW of power, which can be directly drained from the GE863-QUAD/PY pads, provided a suited speaker is used. This direct connect design is the cheaper and simpler solution and will be suited for the most of the earphone design requirements.
There are several limitations to the use of this solution: speaker direct connect imposes the speaker characteristics to be almost exactly the suggested ones, otherwise the power output may be reduced (if speaker impedance is bigger than 16Ω) or the GE863-QUAD/PY ear port may be damaged (if speaker impedance is less than 15Ω).
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 The resulting gain and high pass cut can be obtained with the formula: Gain = freq [Hz] π And an example of internal Ear amplifier is: page 44 of 71...
The same design considerations made for the handset are valid for the hands free earphone, the only difference is that the external ear audio output level from the GE863-QUAD/PY is 6dB lower than the internal one, so the gain of the amplifier must be 6dB higher to provide the same audio level.
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Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 NOTE: The GE863-QUAD/PY audio path connected to the car kit hands free amplifier MUST be the external one (EAR_HF), otherwise the echo cancellation will not be done due to the difference in the echo canceller characteristics of the GE863-QUAD/PY internal audio path from the external audio path.
Input pads can only be read and report the digital value (high or low) present on the pad at the read time; output pads can only be written or queried and set the value of the pad output; an alternate function pad is internally controlled by the GE863-QUAD/PY firmware and acts depending on the function implemented.
1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 8.3 Using the Alarm Output GPIO6 The GPIO6 pad, when configured as Alarm Output, is controlled by the GE863-QUAD/PY module and will rise when the alarm starts and fall after the issue of a dedicated AT command.
Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 9 Camera 9.1 Transchip Camera The GE863-QUAD/PY provides a direct support for Transchip digital cameras with the following characteristics: Type: TRANSCHIP TC5747 Technology: CMOS COLOR camera Max picture size:...
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 n.c. VCLKOUT n.c. VALIDH n.c. VALIDV VAUX Power Supply DVDD28 GPIO4 I/O I2C bus serial data SDIN 8-17.. Ground GPIO8 Camera power type selector 8-17… Ground SHIELD Flash Enable LED_CTRL Filter the AVDD28.
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 Fig 2. Camera Socket Connector page 51 of 71 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communication written authorization – All Right reserved – Right of modification reserved...
1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 9.1.2 EVB for Transchip camera support In order to interface the Telit GE863-QUAD/PY with a CMOS camera, Telit has developed an evaluation board. The EVK allows the connector of all Telit modules through 2 connectors of 40 pins each.
1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 9.1.3 Block Diagram for supported cameras The numbers on the left side of the Camera’s connectors refers to Module Connector’s pin number. DVDD is VAUX1 power supply from GE863-QUAD/PY CAMERA TRANSCHIP PD[6] AVDD PD[1] CAM_CLK...
Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 9.1.4 Schematic Diagrams for supported cameras page 54 of 71 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communication written authorization – All Right reserved – Right of modification reserved...
Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 9.1.5 Example usage script for camera Camera setting: (shown here are the defaults ones) >AT#CAMSEL=0 (camera selection: 0-auto, 1-agilent, 2-transchip) >AT#CMODE=0 (camera mode: 0-day, 1-night) >AT#CAMQUA=0 (camera quality: 0-low, 1-medieum, 2-high) >AT#CAMRES=0...
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 >AT#CAMEN=O (camera OFF) *only Transchip camera page 56 of 71 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communication written authorization – All Right reserved – Right of modification reserved...
1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 10 Conformity Assessment Issues The GE863-QUAD/PY module is assessed to be conform to the R&TTE Directive as stand- alone products, so If the module is installed in conformance with Dai Telecom installation instructions require no further evaluation under Article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive and do not require further involvement of a R&TTE Directive Notified Body for the final product.
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 Manufacturers of mobile, fixed or portable devices incorporating this module are advised to clarify any regulatory questions and to have their complete product tested and approved for FCC compliance.
Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 11 SAFETY RECOMMANDATIONS READ CAREFULLY Be sure the use of this product is allowed in the country and in the environment required. The use of this product may be dangerous and has to be avoided in the following areas:...
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Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 The European Community provides some Directives for the electronic equipments introduced on the market. All the relevant information’s are available on the European Community website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/rtte/dir99-5.htm The text of the Directive 99/05 regarding telecommunication equipments is available, while the applicable Directives (Low Voltage and EMC) are available at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/electr_equipment/index_en.htm...
Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 Document Change Log Revision Date Changes ISSUE #0 21/02/06 First release page 61 of 71 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communication written authorization – All Right reserved – Right of modification reserved...
Telit GE863-QUAD / GE863-PY Hardware User guide 1vv0300715, Rev. ISSUE#0, - 21/02/06 12 EVK 2 SCHEMATICS page 62 of 71 Reproduction forbidden without Telit Communication written authorization – All Right reserved – Right of modification reserved...
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PL106 9019915102410 R110 PL103 1984617PT1.5_2-3.5-H R111 +3.7V CHARGE CURRENT UNLIMITED 2:9B C105 CHARGER ON BATTERY CHARGER INPUT 4.7nF R112 R105 6 Vcc 0603 R113 SOT-323 ON_OFF* 0603 BCR185W 2:5E;2:9B R108 Q105 0603 M676 YELLOW SOT-23 +3.7V BC857B WARNING!!!! Q102 LY-M676-Q2S1-26 Care must be taken to ensure +3.7V DL101...
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MODIFY DATE DESCRIPTION PATH /Archivio_PCB/cs1170 cs1170 FILE NAME cs1170 FILE GERBER I2CBUS DUAL CAMERA ANNOTATION FORM Mod. 048 Rev.0 6/99 Silkscreen side A Project by Project SHEET N. OF SHEETS DRAWING CODE Drawn by: Pasqualini Natascia 06/09/2005 CS1170.SM 0276 Verif. by...
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MODIFY DATE DESCRIPTION PATH /Archivio_PCB/cs1170 cs1170 FILE NAME cs1170 FILE GERBER I2CBUS DUAL CAMERA ANNOTATION FORM Mod. 048 Rev.0 6/99 Silkscreen side B Project by Project SHEET N. OF SHEETS DRAWING CODE Drawn by: Pasqualini Natascia 06/09/2005 CS1170.SM 0276 Verif. by...
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