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  • Page 1 SIM6216C_Hardware Design_V1.01...
  • Page 2 Smart Machine Smart Decision SIM6216C Hardware Design Document Title 1.01 Version 2013-04-18 Date Release Status SIM6216C_Hardware Design_V1.01 Document Control ID General Notes SIMCom offers this information as a service to its customers, to support application and engineering efforts that use the products designed by SIMCom. The information provided is based upon requirements specifically provided to SIMCom by the customers.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Contents Version History ............................10 Introduction ............................11 SIM6216C Overview ...........................11 SIM6216C Key Features ........................11 Operating Mode ..........................12 Hardware Interface Overview......................13 SIM6216C Functional Diagram..................... 13 Package Information .......................... 14 Pin Configuration........................... 14 Pin description ..........................18 Package Dimensions........................
  • Page 4 Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.7.1 Pin description ........................37 4.7.2 Application Guide........................37 4.7.3 Design Considerations for UIM Card Holder ................. 37 IIC Interface........................... 38 4.8.1 Pin Description........................38 4.8.2 Design Guide .......................... 39 Camera Interface..........................39 4.9.1 Pin Description........................39 4.9.2 Design Guide ..........................
  • Page 5 Smart Machine Smart Decision Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) ....................59 Appendix ..............................59 A. SIM6216C GPIOs List........................59 B. Related Document ..........................60 C. Terms and Abbreviations ........................60 D. Safety Caution............................. 62 SIM6216C_Hardware Design_V1.00 2013-4-18...
  • Page 6 Smart Machine Smart Decision Table Index Table 1: SIM6216C key features............................. 11 Table 2: Overview of operating modes ........................... 12 Table 3: Pin definition..............................17 Table 4: Pin description..............................18 Table 5: Power on timing ..............................23 Table 6: Power down timing ............................26 Table 7:The Current consumption of Minimum Functionality Mode ................
  • Page 7 Smart Machine Smart Decision Table 43: Safety caution..............................62 SIM6216C_Hardware Design_V1.00 2013-4-18...
  • Page 8 Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure Index Figure 1: SIM6216C functional diagram ........................14 Figure 2: Pin view(Top view) ............................15 Figure 3: Board to Board connector jack（NAIS AXK770247G） ................15 Figure 4: Board to Board connector pin（NAIS AXK870145W）................16 Figure 5: Dimensions of SIM6216C（Unit: mm） ......................21 Figure 6: Reference circuit of the LDO power supply ....................
  • Page 9 Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 43: U.FL-R-SMT ..............................53 Figure 44: U.FL series RF adapter cable......................... 53 Figure 45: Top and bottom view of SIM6216C ......................59 SIM6216C_Hardware Design_V1.00 2013-4-18...

  • Page 10: Version History

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Version History Data Version Description of change Author 2011-07-15 01.00 Origin Piao Zhenhui 2013-04-18 01.01 Modify Ye Haibing SIM6216C_Hardware Design_V1.00 2013-4-18...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    Smart Machine Smart Decision 1 Introduction This document describes SIM6216C hardware interface in great detail. This document can help user to quickly understand SIM6216C interface specifications, electrical and mechanical details. With the help of this document and other SIM6216C application notes, user guide, users can use SIM6216C to design various applications quickly.

  • Page 12: Operating Mode

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Support USB2.0 and can be configured as a host or peripheral Phonebook management Support phonebook types: SM, DC,FD,LD,MC,ME,RC,EN. Shared interface for UIM applications, thereby further supporting UIM application toolkit CDMA networks Selectable clock source Real Time Clock Support RTC Timer function Programmable by AT command...

  • Page 13: Hardware Interface Overview

    Smart Machine Smart Decision normal mode. Hardware Interface Overview Sub-interfaces are described in the next chapter in detail, including: ● Power Supply ● USB Interface ● Serial Interface ● Analog Audio Interfaces ● UIM Interface ● GPIOs ● ● LDO Power Output ●...

  • Page 14: Package Information

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 1: SIM6216C functional diagram 3 Package Information Pin Configuration All hardware interfaces which connect SIM6216C to customers’ application platform are through 70 pins B2B connector. Figure 2 is SIM6216C outline diagram. SIM6216C_Hardware Design_V1.00 2013-4-18...
  • Page 15 Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 2: Pin view(Top view) Figure 3: Board to Board connector jack（NAIS AXK770247G） SIM6216C_Hardware Design_V1.00 2013-4-18...
  • Page 16 Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 4: Board to Board connector pin（NAIS AXK870145W） （ ） Note: SIMCom recommends users to adopt the board to board connector jack NAIS AXK770247G to connect to （ ） SIM6216C NAIS AXK870145W SIM6216C_Hardware Design_V1.00 2013-4-18...
  • Page 17 Smart Machine Smart Decision Table 3: Pin definition Pin No. Define Pin No. Define VBAT VBAT VBAT VBAT VBAT VBAT UART_TXD GPIO0 UART_CTS UART_RXD UART_DCD UART_RTS USB_VBUS UART_DTR GPIO1 UART_RI VRTC USB_D_P UIM_CLK USB_D_M UIM_RESET Reserved V_UIM CAM_D2 UIM_DATA CAM_D4 Reserved CAM_D6 CAM_D3...

  • Page 18: Pin Description

    Smart Machine Smart Decision SD_CLK SD_DATA1 SD_CMD SD_DATA0 Pin description Table 4: Pin description Pin name Description Comment Power Supply VBAT Power supply voltage VRTC Power supply for RTC If it is unused, keep open. VREG_AUX LDO power output Ground Power on/off POWER_ON should be pulled low for more than 21.6ms and less than...
  • Page 19 Smart Machine Smart Decision SD_DATA3 SDIO data USB_VBUS USB power supply input Plus (+) line of the differential, They are compliant with USB_DP bi-directional USB signal to/from the the USB 2.0 specification. peripheral device. If it is unused, keep open. Minus (-) line of the differential, bi-directional USB signal to/from the USB_DM...
  • Page 20 Smart Machine Smart Decision be multiplexed as the CAM_D5 pin. General Input/Output PIN. It can also CAM_D6/ GPIO10 be multiplexed as the CAM_D6 pin. General Input/Output PIN. It can also CAM_D7/ GPIO11 be multiplexed as the CAM_D7 pin. General Input/Output PIN. It can also CAM_D8/ GPIO12 be multiplexed as the CAM_D8 pin.

  • Page 21: Package Dimensions

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Package Dimensions The following figures show mechanical dimensions of SIM6216C. Figure 5: Dimensions of SIM6216C（Unit: mm） Application Interface Power Supply The power supply range of SIM6216C is from 3.1V to 4.5V. The power supply must be able to provide continuous current up to 1A.

  • Page 22: Monitoring Power Supply

    Smart Machine Smart Decision If there is a high drop-out between the input and the desired output (VBAT), a DC-DC power supply will be preferable because of its better efficiency. The following figure is the reference circuit. Figure 7: Reference circuit of the DC-DC power supply. 4.1.1 Monitoring Power Supply To monitor the power supply voltage, user can use the AT command “AT+CBC”, this command has two...
  • Page 23 Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 8: Power on Timing Sequence Table 5: Power on timing Parameter Description Time value Unit The time to pull POWER_ON down to power on 22< Ton<1200 TpD+ The time to indicate connecting with the network >5.5 The time to indicate the module is powered Tpw+...

  • Page 24: Reset Function

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 9: Automatic power on SIM6216C Application circuit 4.2.2 Reset Function SIM6216C also have a RESET pin (PIN29) to reset the module. This function is used as an emergency reset only when AT command “AT+CPOF” and the POWER_ON pin has no effect. User can pull the RESET pin to ground, then the module will reset.

  • Page 25: Power Down Sim6216C

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 11: Reset reference design circuit ： Note 50ms<t<500ms. ESD components are suggested to be used on Reset pin. 4.2.3 Power down SIM6216C SIM6216C will be powered down in the following situations： Normal power down procedure: power down SIM6216C by the POWER_ON pin. Normal power down procedure: power down SIM6216C by AT command “AT+CPOF”.

  • Page 26: Power Down Sim6216C By At Command

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Table 6: Power down timing Parameter Description Time value Unit Toff The time pulling POWER_ON down to power off 1< Toff<5 TpD- The time to indicate disconnecting from the network >7 Tpw- The time to indicate the module power off completely >7.5 Tuart_off The time to disable UART...

  • Page 27: Over-Temperature Or Under-Temperature Power Down

    Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.2.3.4 Over-temperature or Under-temperature Power down The module will constantly monitor the temperature of the module, If the temperature > +75℃, the following URC will be reported: +CMTE: 1 If the temperature < -25℃, the following URC will be reported: +CMTE:-1 If the temperature >...

  • Page 28: Sleep Mode

    Smart Machine Smart Decision For detailed information about the AT Command “AT+CFUN=<fun>”, refer to document [1]. Table 7: The Current consumption of Minimum Functionality Mode <fun> Current consumption(uA) (sleep mode) 1330 4.3.2 Sleep mode If peripheral equipments stops working, and there is no on air or hardware interrupts (such as GPIO interrupts or data on UART), SIM6216C will enter sleep mode automatically.
  • Page 29 Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 13: RTC supply from capacitor Non-chargeable battery backup Figure 14: RTC supply from non-chargeable battery Rechargeable battery backup Figure 15: RTC supply from rechargeable battery Coin-type rechargeable battery is recommended, such as XH414H-IV01E form Seiko can be used. Typical charge-discharge curves for this battery are shown in the following figure.

  • Page 30: Uart Interface

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 16: Seiko XH414H-IV01E Charge-Discharge Characteristic UART Interface SIM6216C provides a UART (universal asynchronous serial transmission) port. It consists of a flexible 7-wire serial interface. The module is as the DCE (Data Communication Equipment) and the client PC is as the DTE (Data Terminal Equipment).

  • Page 31: Pin Description

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 1819: Null modem 4.5.1 Pin Description Table 8: Pin description Pin type Pin name Pin No. Active voltage Default Status UART_RXD UART_TXD UART_RTS Pull-Up UART UART_CTS Pull-Down UART_DTR Pull-Up UART_DCD Pull-Up UART_RI Pull-Down NOTE: H: High level active. Table 9: Logic level Parameter Unit...

  • Page 32: Application Guide

    Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.5.2 Application Guide If Full Modem is used to establish communication between devices, the pin “RI” is another operation status. Initially it keeps high, when a voice call or CSD call comes, the pin “RI” will change to low for about 5900ms, then it will return to high level for 100ms.

  • Page 33: Function Of Serial Port

    Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.5.3 Function of Serial Port Serial port: Full modem device. Contains data lines UART_TXD and UART_RXD, hardware flow control lines UART_RTS and UART_CTS, status lines UART_DTR, UART_DCD and UART_RI. Serial port can be used for CSD FAX and AT communication. It can also be used for multiplexing function.

  • Page 34: Design Guide

    Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.6.2 Design Guide There are three audio channels in SIM6216C，including speaker output, receiver output and microphone input.In order to improve audio performance, the following reference circuits are recommended. 4.6.2.1 Speaker Interface Configuration SPEAKER circuit in SIM6216C is a Class-D amplifier, optional EMI filter is shown in the following figure;...

  • Page 35: Microphone Interfaces Configuration

    Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.6.2.3 Microphone Interfaces Configuration Figure 24: Microphone reference circuit 4.6.2.4 Headphone Interfaces Configuration Figure 25: Headphone reference circuit Note: SIM6216C has integrated MIC bias circuit. There is no need to pull the MIC_P and MIC_N up to the external power, just connect it to microphone.

  • Page 36: Uim Card Interface

    Smart Machine Smart Decision related description are listed. User can adjust them through AT command. Table 11: Audio parameter Parameter Influence to Range Gain range Calculation AT command MICP/MICN analogue amplifier 0…1 0…24dB 2 steps AT+CMICAMP1 micAmp1 gain before ADC Digital gain of input Mute, (txVol/...

  • Page 37: Pin Description

    Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.7.1 Pin description Table 12: Pin description Pin name Description UIM_CLK UIM Card Clock UIM_RESET UIM Card Reset UIM Card data I/O, which has been pulled up with a 15kR resistor to UIM_DATA V_UIM in module. Do not pull up or pull down in users’ application circuit.

  • Page 38: Iic Interface

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 27: Amphenol C707 10M006 5122 UIM card holder Table 13: Amphenol UIM socket pin description Signal Description UIM Card Power supply, it can identify automatically the UIM UIM_VDD Card power mode，one is 3.0V±10%, another is 1.8V±10%. UIM_RST UIM Card Reset.

  • Page 39: Design Guide

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Pin name Pin No. Function Serial interface data input and Both are bidirectional lines, IIC_SDA output connected to a positive supply pull-up resistor respectively. When the bus is IIC_SCL Serial interface clock input free, both lines are high. 4.8.2 Design Guide For SIM6216C, data on the IIC bus can be transferred at rates up to 400kbps.

  • Page 40: Design Guide

    Smart Machine Smart Decision CAM_RESET Reset control CAM_STANDBY Power down control 4.9.2 Design Guide When using a YUV sensor, users must connect the sensor data pin (OV7670: data0~data7; OV2640 and OV7725: data2~data9) to the module CAM_D2~CAM_D9 orderly. A typical circuit about the camera is shown in the following figure.
  • Page 41 Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 29: Analog sensor reference circuit All camera pins can be configured for GPIOs by the AT command “AT+CCGSWT”. These GPIOs also support interruption operation if used as input pins. If these pins are configured for GPIOs, the sequence is listed in the following table.

  • Page 42: Usb Interface

    Smart Machine Smart Decision ， Note: 1.SIMCom have tested several kinds of digital sensors, such as OV2640, OV7670 OV7725 and a NTSC/PAL digital video decoder named AK8856. Software must be adjusted before users adopt other kinds of sensors. 2. Because of high bit rate on camera bus, pay attention to influence of junction capacitance of ESD component on clock and data lines.

  • Page 43: Firmware Update

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 30: USB interface reference circuit Because of high bit rate on USB bus, user needs to pay attention to influence of junction capacitance of ESD component on USB data lines. Typically, the capacitance should be less than 4pF @1MHz. ：...

  • Page 44: Sdio Interface

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 32: Reference circuit for USB update (USB communication) 4.11 SDIO Interface SIM6216C provides one 4-bit SDIO interface. Its operation voltage is 2.85V, with clock rates up to 25MHz. It supports 1-bit SD/MMC or 4-bit SD data transmission mode. Though the same hardware controller is used, the initialization procession for SD or MMC cards is different.

  • Page 45: General Purpose Input/Output (Gpio) Interface

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 33: SDIO interface reference circuit 4.12 General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) Interface SIM6216C provides many GPIO pins. All GPIOs can be configured as inputs or outputs. User can use AT Commands to read or write GPIOs status. Refer to ATC document for details. 4.12.1 Pin Description Table 19: Pin description Default state...

  • Page 46: Design Guide

    Smart Machine Smart Decision GPIO18 GPIO Input/Output, pull down GPIO19 GPIO Input/Output, pull down Note: The output driver current of GPIOs is 1mA at the lower supply voltage and 2mA at the higher supply voltage. 4.12.2 Design Guide Network status GPIO1 is used to control Network Status LED;...

  • Page 47: Pcm Interface

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 35: Flight mode switch reference circuit Table 21: Control status GPIO4 Status Module operation Low Level Flight Mode: RF is closed. High Level Normal Mode: RF is working. ： Note 1. Since SIM6216C, GPIO0, GPIO2, GPIO3 and GPIO5 have multiplex function, user can use them as PCM interface to connect extended codec.

  • Page 48: Signal Description

    Smart Machine Smart Decision PCM_DIN/GPIO0 AUX_PCM_DIN PCM_DIN PCM data input PCM_SYNC/GPIO2 AUX_PCM_SYNC PCM_SYNC PCM data synchrony PCM_DOUT/GPIO5 AUX_PCM_DOUT PCM_DOUT PCM data output PCM_CLK/GPIO3 AUX_PCM_CLK PCM_CLK PCM data clock 4.13.2 Signal Description The default PCM interface in SIM6216C is the auxiliary PCM interface. The data changes on the high level of PCM_CLK and is sampled at the falling edge of PCM_CLK in one period.
  • Page 49 Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 38: MODULE to EXT CODEC timing Table 23: Timing parameters Parameter Description Unit T(auxsync) AUX_PCM_SYNC cycle time – μs T(auxsynch) AUX_PCM_SYNC high time 62.4 62.5 μs T(auxsyncl) AUX_PCM_SYNC low time 62.4 62.5 μs T(auxclk)* AUX_PCM_CLK cycle time –...
  • Page 50 Smart Machine Smart Decision Figure 39 : Synchrony timing Figure 40: EXT CODEC to MODULE timing Figure 41: MODULE to EXT CODEC timing Table 24: Timing parameters Parameter Description Max Unit T(sync) PCM_SYNC cycle time – – μs T(synch) PCM_SYNC high time –...

  • Page 51: Adc

    Smart Machine Smart Decision PCM_CLK PCM_SYNC hold time after falling edge of T(hsync) – – PCM_CLK PCM_DIN setup time before falling edge of T(sudin) – – PCM_CLK PCM_DIN hold time after falling edge of T(hdin) – – PCM_CLK T(pdout) Delay from PCM_CLK rising to PCM_DOUT valid –...

  • Page 52: Antenna Interface

    Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.16 Antenna Interface 4.16.1 Antenna Design Guide The RF interface has an impedance of 50Ω. To suit the physical design of individual applications, SIM6216C offers alternatives Recommended approach: antenna connector on the component side of the PCB Antenna pad and grounding plane placed on the bottom side.
  • Page 53 Smart Machine Smart Decision Unit: mm Figure 44: U.FL-R-SMT To get good RF performance in customer’s design, SIMCom suggests customers to use the matching RF adapter cable which is also supplied by HRS (Part Number: U.FL-LP （ V） -040). The dimensions are shown in the following figure.

  • Page 54: Electrical, Reliability And Radio Characteristics

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Electrical, Reliability and Radio Characteristics Absolute Maximum Ratings absolute maximum ratings for digital and analog pins of SIM6216C are listed in the following table. Stresses beyond any of these limits will cause permanent damage to SIM6216C Table 25: Absolute maximum ratings Symbol Parameter...

  • Page 55: Uim Card Electronic Characteristic

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Table 28: Audio output characteristics Parameter Unit Normal Load resistance 25.6 Differential (EAR_P,EAR_N) Output power Single Ended load Resistance Output power 49.6 62.5 78.7 Headset (HPR,HPL) Differential load Resistance Single Ended Output power 49.7 62.5 Table : Speaker output characteristics Parameter Unit...

  • Page 56: Usb Electronic Characteristic

    Smart Machine Smart Decision High-level 2.15 output voltage Low-level 0.45 output voltage Note: These parameters are for digital interface pins, such as Camera, SDCC, PCM, GPIOs,I C, UART. The Digital I/O specifications under both conditions are presented in the above tables. USB Electronic characteristic Table 32: USB Electronic characteristic Input voltage scope( V )

  • Page 57: Current Consumption

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Current Consumption The current consumption in suspended mode and without USB connection is listed in the table below. Here, “suspended mode” means that SIM6216C is connected to USB bus, but it does not transfer data. Table 35: Current consumption(VBAT=3.8V) Symbol Parameter Conditions...

  • Page 58: Radio Characteristics

    Smart Machine Smart Decision ESD components should be placed beside the connectors which human body might touch, such as SIM card holder, audio jacks, switches, keys, etc. The following table is the SIM6216C ESD measurement performance; the results are from SIMCom EVB test. ℃...

  • Page 59: Manufacturing

    Smart Machine Smart Decision Manufacturing Top and Bottom View of SIM6216C Figure 46: Top and bottom view of SIM6216C These test points are only used for module manufacturing and testing. They are not for customer’s using. Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) SIM6216C is qualified to Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) 3 in accordance with IPC/JEDEC J-STD-033.

  • Page 60: Related Document

    Smart Machine Smart Decision CAM_D6 Data bit 4 (YUV or RGB) GPIO CAM_D7 Data bit 5 (YUV or RGB) GPIO CAM_D8 Data bit 6 (YUV or RGB) GPIO CAM_D9 Data bit 7 (YUV or RGB) GPIO CAM_HSYNC Horizontal synchronization GPIO CAM_VSYNC Vertical synchronization GPIO...
  • Page 61 Smart Machine Smart Decision SIM fix dialing phonebook FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access Full Rate GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying GPRS General Packet Radio Service Global Standard for Mobile Communications Half Rate Inter-Integrated Circuit IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity Inorm Normal Current Imax Maximum Load Current...

  • Page 62: Safety Caution

    Smart Machine Smart Decision HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access HSUPA High Speed Uplink Packet Access Zero intermediate frequency WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access VCTCXO Voltage control temperature-compensated crystal oscillator User Identity Model UMTS Universal mobile telecommunications system UART Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter D.
  • Page 63 Smart Machine Smart Decision SIM6216C_Hardware Design_V1.00 2013-4-18...
  • Page 64 Smart Machine Smart Decision Contact us: Shanghai SIMCom Wireless Solutions Ltd. Add: SIM Technology Building, No.633, Jinzhong Road, Changning District, Shanghai P.R. China 200335 Tel: +86 21 3235 3300 Fax: +86 21 3235 3301 URL: www.sim.com/wm SIM6216C_Hardware Design_V1.00 2013-4-18...

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