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SIM7020 _ Hardware Design_V1.02 General Notes SIMCom offers this information as a service to its customers to support the application and engineering efforts that use the products designed by SIMCom. The information provided is based on the requirements specifically from the customers. SIMCom has not undertaken any independent search for additional relevant information, including any information that may be in the customer’s...
PDA and other mobile devices. And the physical dimension is compatible with the packaging of SIM800C. Table 1: SIM7020 frequency bands and air interface Variants Freque Standard SIM7020C SIM7020E ...
Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 1: SIM7020 block diagram Functional Overview Table 2: General features Feature Implementation Power supply Power supply voltage 2.1~3.6V,Typ=3.3V Current in sleep mode: 236uA (at+cfun=0) Power saving Current in PSM mode: 3.4uA Radio frequency bands Please refer to the table 1 Transmitting power LTE 23dBm LTE CAT NB1: 26.15Kbps (DL)
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Smart Machine Smart Decision Support RTS/CTS hardware handshake Baud rate: default:115200bps UART2 interface Can be used for debugging and upgrading firmware USB 1.1 interface for debugging (Log port can be selected by AT command.) Firmware upgrade Firmware upgrade over UART2 interface Size: 17.6*15.7*2.3mm Physical characteristics Weight: 1.3g±0.2g...
Smart Machine Smart Decision Pull down Table 5: Pin description Default Pin name Pin No. Description Comment status Power supply Power supply, voltage range: VBAT 、3 PI 2.1-3.6V. Power output 1.8V for other external circuits with Max VDD_EXT 50mA current output, such as If unused, keep it open.
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Smart Machine Smart Decision Valid USB detection input with USB_VBUS DI,PD 2.5~5.25V detection voltage USB interface for Positive line of the differential, USB_DP bi-directional USB signal. debugging Negative line of the differential, USB_DN bi-directional USB signal. UART interface UART1_TXD Transmit Data UART1_RXD DI,...
Smart Machine Smart Decision Interface Application Power Supply The power supply for SIM7020 must be able to provide sufficient current up to more than 500mA in order to satisfy the power supply current for maximum consumption. Table 6: VBAT pins electronic characteristic Symbol Description Min.
Smart Machine Smart Decision VBAT VBAT 5.1V VBAT 500mW 100nF 100uC 100uF 100uF Module Figure 5: Power supply application circuit In addition, for ESD protection, it is suggested to add a TVS diodenear the VBAT PINs. Table 7: Recommended TVS diode list Manufacturer Part Number Package...
Smart Machine Smart Decision VBAT Turn on/off PWRKEY Power impulse on/off logic 4.7K 100nF Module Figure 6: Reference power on/off circuit The power-on scenarios are illustrated in the following figure. VBAT PWRKEY (Input) on(status) STATUS (Output) on(uart) 可用 UART Port 不可用...
Smart Machine Smart Decision port ready Input high level voltage on PWRKEY pin 0.7*VBAT Input low level voltage on PWRKEY pin 0.3*VBAT V 3.4.2 Power off The following methods can be used to power off SIM7020. Method 1: Power off SIM7020 by pulling the PWRKEY pin to ground. ...
Smart Machine Smart Decision *Note: The STATUS pin can be used to detect whether module is powered on or not. When module has been powered on and firmware goes ready, STATUS will be high level, or else STATUS will still low level. 3.4.3 Reset Function SIM7020 can be reset by pulling the RESET pin to ground.
Smart Machine Smart Decision UART Interface SIM7020 provides a 7-wire UART1 (universal asynchronous serial transmission) interface as DCE (Data Communication Equipment). AT commands and data transmission can be performed through UART1 interface.UART2 can be used for debugging and download software. 3.5.1 UART Design Guide The following figures show the reference design.
Smart Machine Smart Decision 3.5.2 RI and DTR Behavior The RI pin description: The RI pin can be used to interrupt output signal to inform the host controller such as application CPU. Before that, users must use AT command “AT+CFGRI=1” to enable this function. Normally RI will keep high level until certain conditions such as receiving SMS, or a URC report coming, then it will output a low level pulse 120ms, in the end, it will become high level.
Smart Machine Smart Decision Table 14: Amphenol SIM socket pin description Signal Description SIM_VDD SIM Card Power supply. SIM_RST SIM Card Reset. SIM_CLK SIM Card Clock. Connect to GND. SIM_DATA SIM Card data I/O. Network status The NETLIGHT pin is used to control Network Status LED, its reference circuit is shown in the following figure.
Smart Machine Smart Decision Table 16: ADC electronic characteristics Characteristics Min. Typ. Max. Unit Resolution – – Bits Input Range – Note: “AT+CADC” can be used to read the voltage of the ADC pin, for more details, please refer to document [1].
Users should connect antennas to SIM7000’s antenna pads through micro-strip line or other types of RF trace and the trace impedance must be controlled in 50Ω.SIMCom recommends that the total insertion loss between the antenna pads and antennas should meet the following requirements:...
Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 22: Antenna matching circuit (MAIN_ANT) In above figure, the components R1,C1,C2 and R2 are used for antenna matching, the values of components can only be achieved after the antenna tuning and usually provided by antenna vendor. By default, the R1, R2 are 0Ω...
Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 23: RF trace should be far away from other high speed signal lines Avoiding the paroling rout of other system antennas nearly. There should be some distance from The GND to the inner conductor of the SMA connector. It ...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.3.2 LTE ANT and other system ANT decoupling Make sure the efficiency of LTE main ANT more than 40% Keep the decoupling of LTE main ANT to WLAN ANT more than 15dB Keep the decoupling of LTE main ANT to GNSS ANT more than 30dB ...
Smart Machine Smart Decision Electrical Specifications Absolute maximum ratings Absolute maximum rating for digital and analog pins of SIM7020 are listed in the following table: Table 24: Absolute maximum ratings Parameter Min. Typ. Max. Unit Voltage at VBAT -0.5 Voltage at USB_VBUS -0.5 5.85 Voltage at digital pins (GPIO, UART etc)
Smart Machine Smart Decision *Note: These parameters are for digital interface pins, such as GPIOs (including NETLIGHT, STATUS, SIM_DET), UART. The operating temperature of SIM7020 is listed in the following table. Table 27: Operating temperature Parameter Min. Typ. Max. Unit Normal operation temperature ℃...
Smart Machine Smart Decision the module will not work, but the serial port and USB port are still accessible. The power consumption in this mode is lower than normal mode. In this mode, the module will be the least current consumption. Meanwhile, all the output of the LDO and DCDC in the module will be closed except the RTC power.
Smart Machine Smart Decision 5.3.4 Power Saving Mode (PSM) SIM7030 module can enter into PSM for reducing its power consumption. The mode is similar to power-off, but the module remains registered on the network and there is no need to re-attach or re-establish the network connections.
Figure 25: Top and bottom view of SIM7020 Typical SMT Reflow Profile SIMCom provides a typical soldering profile. Therefore the soldering profile shown below is only a generic recommendation and should be adjusted to the specific application and manufacturing constraints.
Smart Machine Smart Decision Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) SIM7020 is qualified to Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) 4 in accordance with JEDEC J-STD-033. If the prescribed time limit is exceeded, users should bake modules for 192 hours in drying equipment (<5% RH) at 40+5/-0°C, or 72 hours at 85+5/-5°C. Note that plastic tray is not heat-resistant, and only can be baked at 45°...
Smart Machine Smart Decision Note: Care should be taken if that plastic tray is not heat-resistant, the modules should be taken out for preheating, and otherwise the tray may be damaged by high-temperature heating. Stencil Foil Design Recommendation The recommended thickness of stencil foil is 0.15mm. Figure 27: Recommended SMT stencil footprint outline SIM7020_Hardware_Design_V1.02 2018-07-25...
Smart Machine Smart Decision Appendix Related Documents Table 37: Related Documents Title Description SIM7X00 Series_AT AT Command Manual Command Manual_V1.xx ITU-T Draft new Serial asynchronous automatic dialing and control recommendationV.25ter Digital cellular telecommunications (Phase 2+); AT command GSM 07.07 set for GSM Mobile Equipment (ME) GSM 07.10 Support GSM 07.10 multiplexing protocol Digital cellular telecommunications (Phase 2+);...
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(RoHS) [21] Module Module secondary SMT Guidelines secondary-SMT-UGD-V1.xx [22] SIM7X00 This document describes how to use UART interface of Series_UART_Application SIMCom modules. Note_V1.xx SIM7X00 Series_USB [23] AUDIO_Application USB AUDIO Application Note Note_V1.xx [24] ETSI EN 301 908-13 IMT cellular networks;...
Smart Machine Smart Decision Terms and Abbreviations Table 38: Terms and Abbreviations Abbreviation Description Analog-to-Digital Converter Antenna Reference Point Bit Error Rate BeiDou Base Transceiver Station Coding Scheme Circuit Switched Data Clear to Send Digital-to-Analog Converter Discontinuous Reception Digital Signal Processor Data Terminal Equipment (typically computer, terminal, printer) Data Terminal Ready Discontinuous Transmission...
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Smart Machine Smart Decision Personal Communication System, also referred to as GSM 1900 Radio Frequency Root Mean Square (value) Real Time Clock Subscriber Identification Module Short Message Service SMPS Switched-mode power supply TDMA Time Division Multiple Access Terminal Equipment, also referred to as DTE Transmit Direction UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver &...
Smart Machine Smart Decision Safety Caution Table 39: Safety Caution Marks Requirements When in a hospital or other health care facility, observe the restrictions about the use of mobiles. Switch the cellular terminal or mobile off, medical equipment may be sensitive and not operate normally due to RF energy interference.
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