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Development Kit Manual SIM521x_EVB_User Guide_V1.01...
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SIM521x EVB User Guide Document Title: 1.01 Version: 2011-04-11 Date: Release Status: SIM521x_EVB_User Guide_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.
Smart Machine Smart Decision Version History Data Version Description of change Author 2011-04-11 1.01 Origin 3G Team SIM521x EVB User Guide 11.04.2011...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 1 Overview This document gives the usage of SIM521x EVB, user can get useful information about the SIM521x EVB quickly through this document. The Debug board is designed for customer to design their own applications by using the 3G module SIM521x easily.
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Smart Machine Smart Decision A: SIM521x module interface B: Headset interface C: USB interface D: GPIO led E: RF control switch (Before the SIM521x is powered on, please make sure that RF control switch is ON) F: Serial port shutdown switch (If one wants to use UART, please switch it to ON at first.) G: Camera interface H: I C expand IO interface...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 4 Accessory Interface 4.1 Power Interface Figure 3: Power selection jumper Table 2: Power supply Signal Input/Output Description Adapter_VBAT 3.8V/2A DC source input USB_VBAT 3.8V/0.5A DC source input VBAT DC source input If user wants to use DC adapter as power supply, Adapter_VBAT should be connected to VBAT on J304 through a jumper as following figure shows.
Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.3 SIM card interface Figure 5: SIM card socket Table 5: SIM card socket Signal Input/Output Description USIM Card Power output automatic V_USIM output on USIM mode,one is 3.0V±10%, another is 1.8V±10%. Current is about 10mA. USIM_RESET USIM Card Reset USIM_CLK...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.4 SD card interface Figure 6: SD card socket J105 is the SD card interface. Table 6: SD card socket Signal Input/Output Description SD-DATA2 Data line 2 SD-DATA3 Data line 3 SD-CMD Command line SD-VDD SD-CLK Clock line Ground SD-DATA0...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.5 RS232 Interface Figure 7: Serial Port J306 is 9 pins standard RS232 UART interface. It can be connected to a PC directly. Table 7: Serial Interface Signal Description Data carrier detection Transmit data Receive data Data Terminal Ready Ground Request to Send...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.6 Operating Status LED Figure 8: Status LED Table 8: Network status LED D301 Status Module Status Module is not running Module is running, or voice call is connected Module find the network and registered 800ms On/ Off Data communication 200ms On/ Off Table 9: Power indicator LEDs...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.7 Camera interface Figure 9: Camera Interface Camera interface A: J206 socket has 24 Pin, this 24PIN B to B socket is used to connect a RGB sensor, the socket is made by HRS(Part number on SIM521x_EVB:DF 30FC-24DS-0.4V). Table 10: Camera signals (J206 socket) Signal Description...
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Smart Machine Smart Decision Camera interface B: J203 socket has 24 Pins. This 24pin B to B connector is produced by NAIS. The PART NO is AXK724147G. Table 11: Camera signals (J203 socket) Signal Description Ground/DGND C _SDA IIC data line VDD3V VDD/ AVDD C _SCL...
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Smart Machine Smart Decision Camera interface C: J205 socket has 24 Pin, this 24PIN B to B socket is used to connect a YUV sensor, and the socket is made by HRS(Part number on SIM521x_EVB:DF 30FC-24DS-0.4V). This is designed to connect a sensor with 0.3M resolution for our platform using the high 8 data lines for 0.3M sensor only.
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Smart Machine Smart Decision Camera interface D: J208 socket has 24 Pins. This 24pin B to B connector is produced by NAIS. The PART NO is AXK824145WG. This is designed to connect a sensor with 0.3M resolution for our platform using the high 8 data lines for 0.3M sensor only.
Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.8 USB interface Figure 10: USB Interface It is a normal 4Pin USB connector. Table 14: USB interface Signal Description USB_VBUS USB_DM D+ line USB_ DP D- line Ground 4.9 Switch interface Figure 11: Switch Interface Table 15: Switch interface Signal Description...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.10 I C expand IO interface Figure 12: IO Interface J310 is I C expand IO interface. Table 16: I C expand IO Signal Description IO_0 C expand IO IO_1 C expand IO IO_2 C expand IO IO_3 C expand IO IO_4...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 4.11 Audio & GPIO interface Figure 13: Audio and GPIO Interface Table 17: Audio & GPIO interface--- J311& J313 Pin List Signal Description Input Port with interrupt/PCM DIN. GPIO0 Input, If it is used as interrupt port, you can use interrupt AT Command to set interrupt triggering mechanism &...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 5 EVB and accessories The EVB and its accessories are assembled as the figure below. Figure 14: EVB and accessories SIM521x EVB User Guide 11.04.2011...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 6 Quickly start 6.1 Running There are two ways to provide power supply to SIM521x module: one is to use the 6V power supply provided in the EVB kit; the other is to use USB port of personal computer. (1) When user use the power supply, if user insert 6V DC source adapter, user should connect ADAPTER_VBAT pin and VBAT pin on the EVB board;...
Smart Machine Smart Decision 6.3 Connecting Net and calling Once user installs the driver, user can follow steps below to connect to Network. (1) When user use a UART-UART cable, user need to connect the serial port line to the serial port, open the HyperTerminal (AT command windows) on user’s Personal computer.
Smart Machine Smart Decision START Module power on Double click QDL.exe, update begin Connect module USB slot and PC by USB cable Waiting until download finish, QDL quit out automatically Install module driver on windows OS. Copy new firmware into QDL data folder Update success Close all app software which use USB virtual ports...
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Smart Machine Smart Decision Current (A) Current Waveform 130.545m High 107.232m 83.919m 60.606m 37.293m 13.980m -9.333m 0.00s 4.00s 8.00s 12.00s 15.99s 19.99s 23.99s Time Calculated Measurements ( 170Hz sample rate) Dc 3.8012mA Rms 14.5386mA Low 778.7940uA Min -2.6718mA High 124.2010mA Max 124.2010mA current consumption in the sleep mode Figure 16: Contact us:...
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