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  • Page 1 SIM5218E_Hardware Design_V1.06...
  • Page 2 SIM5218E Hardware Design Document Title: 1.06 Version: 2012-109-21 Date: Release Status: SIM5218E_ Hardware_Design_V1.06 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: Version History

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Version history Data Version Description of change Author 2009-02-13 01.00 Origin 2009-03-24 01.01 Add depiction of analog sensor support in camera aaron interface chapter 2009-05-31 01.02 Add depiction of DCD and DTR function in serial aaron interface chapter 2009-6-5 Update the top and bottom pictures Chen...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Contents Version history ................................2 1 Introduction................................5 1.1 Related documents ......................5 1.2 Terms and abbreviations......................6 2 Product concept............................... 9 3 Application interface............................. 13 3.1 SIM5218E pin description ....................14 3.2 Operating modes .......................17 3.3 Power supply........................19 3.3.1 Power supply pins on the board-to-board connector ............... 20 3.3.2 Minimizing power losses ........................
  • Page 5 SIM5218E Hardware Design 3.16 Camera module interface ....................44 3.17 MMC/SD card interface....................46 3.18 Global Positioning System (GPS) ...................48 3.18.1 GPS modes............................ 48 3.18.2 Using GPS by NMEA port ......................49 3.18.3 Technical data..........................49 3.18.4 GPS operate........................... 50 3.19 PCM Interface .........................50 3.19.1 Auxiliary PCM ..........................

  • Page 6: Introduction

    SIM5218E Hardware Design 1 Introduction This document describes the hardware interface of the SIMCom SIM5218E module that connects to the specific application and the air interface. As SIM5218E can be integrated with a wide range of applications, all functional components of SIM5218E are described in great detail.

  • Page 7: Terms And Abbreviations

    SIM5218E Hardware Design [13] 3GPP TS 34.123-1 Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Terminal conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception (FDD) [14] 3GPP TS 34.123-3 User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 3: Abstract Test Suites. [15] EN 301 908-02 V2.2.1 Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM Stations (BS) and User Equipment (UE) for IMT-2000.
  • Page 8 SIM5218E Hardware Design Enhanced Full Rate EGSM Enhanced GSM Electromagnetic Compatibility Electrostatic Discharge European Telecommunication Standard Federal Communications Commission (U.S.) 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...
  • Page 9 SIM5218E Hardware Design VIHmin Minimum Input High Level Voltage Value VILmax Maximum Input Low Level Voltage Value VILmin Minimum Input Low Level Voltage Value VImax Absolute Maximum Input Voltage Value VImin Absolute Minimum Input Voltage Value VOHmax Maximum Output High Level Voltage Value VOHmin Minimum Output High Level Voltage Value VOLmax...

  • Page 10: Product Concept

    SIM5218E Hardware Design 2 Product concept Designed for global market, SIM5218E is a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS engine that works on frequencies of GSM 850MHz, EGSM 900 MHz, DCS 1800 MHz, PCS1900 MHz, and WCDMA 2100M/1900M/900M. SIM5218E provides GPRS multi-slot class 12/class 10/class 8 (optional) capability and EDGE, supports the GPRS coding schemes CS-1, CS-2, CS-3 and CS-4.
  • Page 11 SIM5218E Hardware Design The SIM5218E provides RF antenna interface with two alternatives: antenna connector and antenna pad. The antenna connector is MURATA MM9329-2700. And customer’s antenna can be soldered to the antenna pad. The SIM5218E is integrated with the TCP/IP protocol，Extended TCP/IP AT commands are developed for customers to use the TCP/IP protocol easily, which is very useful for those data transfer applications.
  • Page 12 SIM5218E Hardware Design ●Class 3 (+24dBm +1.7/-3.7dB) for WCDMA 1900, WCDMA FDD BDII ●Class 3 (+24dBm +1.7/-3.7dB) for WCDMA 900, WCDMA FDD BDVIII GPRS/EDGE GPRS/EDGE multi-slot is up to class 12 connectivity GPRS mobile station class B Temperature range Operating Temperature: -30°C to +80°C Storage temperature -40°C to +85°C DATA GPRS: GPRS data downlink transfer: max.
  • Page 13 SIM5218E Hardware Design Supports TFC selection limitation on the UL factoring in the transmissions on the HS-DPCCH as required in TS 25.133. MT, MO, CB, Text and PDU mode SMS storage: SIM card Support transmission of SMS alternatively over CSD or GPRS. User can choose preferred mode.

  • Page 14: Application Interface

    SIM5218E Hardware Design 3 Application interface All hardware interfaces except RF interface that connects SIM5218E to the customers’ cellular application platform is through a 70-pin 0.4mm pitch board-to-board connector. Figure 1 is SIM5218E system overview. Figure 2 is SIM5218E block diagram. Sub-interfaces included in this board-to-board connector are described in detail in following chapters: Power supply USB interface...

  • Page 15: Sim5218E Pin Description

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 2：SIM5218E block diagram 3.1 SIM5218E pin description Table 5：Board-to-Board Connector pin description Power Supply PIN NAME DESCRIPTION DC CHARACTERISTICS VBAT Six BAT pins of the board-to-board Vmax= 4.2V connector are dedicated to connect Vmin=3.4V the supply voltage. The power supply Vnorm=3.8V of SIM5218E has to be a single voltage source of VBAT= 3.4V...4.2V.
  • Page 16 SIM5218E Hardware Design low level for at least 64mS when power on or power off the system because the system needs margin time to assert the software. Audio interfaces PIN NAME DESCRIPTION DC CHARACTERISTICS MIC_P Positive and negative voice-band Audio DC Characteristics input refer to chapter 3.9.4 MIC_N...
  • Page 17 SIM5218E Hardware Design CAM_STANDBY Power-down mode selection “0”=Normal mode, “1”=Power-down mode PIN NAME DESCRIPTION DC CHARACTERISTICS USB_VBUS USB power supply input, if not in Vmax=5.25V use, left open. Vmin=4.4V Vnorm=5.0V USB_DP Plus (+) line of the differential, They are compliant with bi-directional USB signal to/from the the USB 2.0 specification.

  • Page 18: Operating Modes

    SIM5218E Hardware Design USIM_CLK SIM Clock USIM_RESET SIM Reset IIC interface PIN NAME DESCRIPTION DC CHARACTERISTICS IIC_SDA I2C data, if not in use, left open. It has been pulled up with a 2.2kR resistor to 2.6V in module. So there is no need to pull up it in user’s application circuit.
  • Page 19 SIM5218E Hardware Design Module Power Module will go to Power off mode when the Power_on pin has Normal operation Off mode been pushed low for 2 Seconds. Module sleep Module will automatically go into sleep mode when there is no interrupt input or other operation. In this case, the current consumption of module will be reduced to the minimal level.

  • Page 20: Power Supply

    SIM5218E Hardware Design mode (without will not work or the SIM card will not be accessible, or RF part and SIM card remove power will be closed all, the serial interface is still accessible. The power consumption supply) in this case is very low. 3.3 Power supply The power supply of SIM5218E is from a single voltage source of VBAT= 3.4V...4.2V.

  • Page 21: Power Supply Pins On The Board-To-Board Connector

    SIM5218E Hardware Design used for power supply of the module, user should make sure that the peak current of power supply can rise up to 2A. The reference design is putting one big capacitor at the output of the DC/DC or LDO, and another big capacitor beside the 70 pins connector.

  • Page 22: Turn Off Sim5218E

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 5: Timing of turn on system Note1: Ton >= 64ms. Note2: Commonly, the AT command can be set after 2-3S after the SIM5218E is powered on. Note3: Module could be automatically power on by connecting Power ON pin to Low level directly.

  • Page 23: Power Saving

    SIM5218E Hardware Design 3.4.2.3 Under-voltage automatic warning Software will constantly monitor the voltage applied on the VBAT, if the measured battery voltage is no more than 3.4V, the following URC will be presented: warning! voltage is low : 3.3v Note: Under-voltage automatic warning function default is disabled. One can enable it by AT+CVALARM.

  • Page 24: Flight Mode

    SIM5218E Hardware Design “AT+CFUN”, it can return to full functionality by “AT+CFUN”. NOTE: In fact, Flight mode is identical with minimum functionality mode .Different titles lie on different viewpoint. Flight mode is titled from visual application; however, minimum functionality is derived from normal 3GPP at-command spec. 3.5.2 Flight mode Through GPIO4 signal control SIM5218E module to enter or exit the Flight mode in customer applications.

  • Page 25: Wake Up Sim5218E From Sleep Mode

    SIM5218E Hardware Design of SIM5218E is connected with a host CPU , SIM5218E can not enter sleep mode until SIM5218E RXD is pulled down by the host CPU . When module is in idle mode, one can pull the module RXD to low level by the host CPU TXD. We suggest using UART_RI to inform or wake up the host CPU (please refer to serial interface section ).
  • Page 26 SIM5218E Hardware Design the VRTC, User may connect the VRTC pin to a battery or a capacitor. The following figures show various sample circuits for RTC backup. Figure 8: RTC supply from non-chargeable battery Figure 9: RTC supply from rechargeable battery Figure 10: RTC supply from capacitor Li-battery backup Rechargeable Lithium coin cells are also small in size, but have higher capacity than the double...

  • Page 27: Serial Interface

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Typical charge curves for each cell type are shown in following figures. Note that the rechargeable Lithium type coin cells are generally come pre-charged from the vendor. Figure 11: Seiko MS518 Charge and discharge Characteristic Note: Gold-capacitance backup Some suitable coin cells are the electric double layer capacitors.
  • Page 28 SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 12: Interface of serial ports Serial port Port/TXD @ Client sends data to the RXD signal line of module Port/RXD @ Client receives data from the TXD signal line of module All pins of all serial ports have 8mA driver, the logic levels are described in the following table Table 8: Logic levels of serial ports pins Parameter Unit...
  • Page 29 SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 13: Null modem mode of serial ports If serial port is used in Null Modem, the pin “RI” can be used as an interrupt pin. Normally it will stay high but in certain condition such as SMS receiving, incoming voice (CSD, video) call or URC reported.

  • Page 30: Audio Interfaces

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 14 : settings of serial ports 3.8 Audio interfaces The module provides three analogy audio output channels and two analogy audio input channels. MIC_P/N and HP_MICP, are used for microphone (two analogy audio input channels), EAR_P/N, HPR/HPR and SPK_P/N are used for audio output (three analogy audio output channels).

  • Page 31: Speaker Interface Configuration

    SIM5218E Hardware Design effect. The differential audio signals have to be layouted according to different signal layout rules. as in following figures: 3.8.1 Speaker interface configuration Figure 15: Speaker interface configuration Because SPK_P and SPK_N are outputs of Class-D audio amplifier, optional EMI filtering is shown at Figure 15;...

  • Page 32: Microphone Interfaces Configuration

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 16: Receiver interface configuration 3.8.2 Microphone interfaces configuration Figure 17: Microphone interface configuration NOTE : NOTE : SIM5218E has integrated internal MIC bais circuit. There is no need to pull the MIC1_P and MIC_M up to the external power, because they have been pulled up in the Module.

  • Page 33: Earphone Interface Configuration

    SIM5218E Hardware Design 3.8.3 Earphone interface configuration Figure 18: Earphone interface configuration 3.8.4 Referenced electronic characteristic Table 10 : MIC Input Characteristics Parameter Unit Working Voltage 1.60 Working Current External Microphone k Ohms Load Resistance Table 11 : Audio Output Characteristics Parameter Unit load...

  • Page 34: Programming Characteristic

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Table 12 : Speaker Output Characteristics Parameter Unit Quiescent Current Output power(1KHz) 3.8.5 Programming characteristic 3.8.5.1 Setting Audio Parameters by AT Commands The audio modes 1 to 3 can be temporarily adjusted according to the AT command parameters listed in the table below.
  • Page 35 SIM5218E Hardware Design stGain Digital attenuation of 0, 1...65535 Mute, 20 * log AT+CSIDET sidetone -96...0dB (stGain/ 16384) -12 rxFilter Output PCM 13-tap filter 0...65535 MATLAB AT+CRXFTR parameters, 7 values calculate NOTE: if user want to better experience on audio, user should modify these parameters for user’s own electronic and mechanical design of audio part.
  • Page 36 SIM5218E Hardware Design Table 14 : Audio Characteristics Audio Device no. AT+CSDVC= Name Handset Headset Speaker phone Purpose Default for DSB with Mono Headset handheld speaker-phone Votronic handset TX-Filters Adjustable Adjustable Adjustable RX-Filters Adjustable Adjustable Adjustable adjusted to fit artificial 500 Hz HP ear type 3.2 low leakage Gain setting:...

  • Page 37: Usim Card Interface

    SIM5218E Hardware Design EP output signal in mV 508mV 2.1Vpp 407mV 1.68Vpp 1220mV 4.5Vpp rms. @ 0dBm0, 1024 Hz, no load (default gain) / @ 3.14 dBm0 Sidetone gain at default 25.0dB 25.3 dB -∞ dB settings 3.8.5.4 Adjust the sound level by AT+CVLVL There are two adjustable amplifiers on audio signal output path: <rxVol>, <rxGain>.
  • Page 38 SIM5218E Hardware Design Table 15 : USIM interface Signal Description V_USIM USIM Card Power output depends automatically on USIM mode， one is 3.0V±10%, another is 1.8V±10%. Current is about 10mA. USIM_DATA USIM Card data I/O, which has been pulled up with a 22kR resistor to V_USIM in module.

  • Page 39: Design Considerations For Usim Card Holder

    SIM5218E Hardware Design 3.9.2 Design considerations for USIM card holder For 6 pins USIM card, we recommend to use Amphenol C707 10M006 512 2 .User can visit http://www.amphenol.com for more information about the holder. Figure 21: Amphenol C707 10M006 512 2 SIM card holder Table 17: Pin description (Amphenol SIM card holder) Signal Description...

  • Page 40: I2C Interface

    SIM5218E Hardware Design 3.10 I2C interface SIM5218E contains an I2C interface. It is used for connecting peripheral equipment. Use AT Command to read/write values of I2C peripheral equipment. AT+CRIIC is used for read values from register of I2C peripheral equipment. AT+CWIIC is used for write values to register of I2C peripheral equipment.

  • Page 41: Module Reset

    SIM5218E Hardware Design VBUS VBUS Series A , B SIM5218 Mini-B Receptacle Figure 22: USB interface Currently SIM5218E supports the USB suspend & resume mechanism which can help to save much current. If no transaction on USB bus then SIM5218E will enter to suspend mode and when some events happens (such as incoming call or SMS received) during the suspend mode then SIM5218E will resume automatically.
  • Page 42 SIM5218E Hardware Design the following table: Name Direction Function GPIO0 Input, Input Port with interrupt/PCM_DIN interrupt Use AT Command to set interrupt triggering mechanism & polarity . GPIO1 Output used as status LED driver GPIO2 Input General Purpose Input Port without interrupt/PCM_SYNC GPIO3 Output General Purpose Output Port (default value: Low Level)/PCM_CLK...

  • Page 43: Adc Interface

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Table 21：meanings of status LED Status Data Voice Always On Searching Network Searching Network/Call Connect 200ms ON, 200ms OFF Data Transmit 800ms ON, 800ms OFF Registered network Registered Network Power Off GPIO4 can be used to control RF close or on, the Flight Mode Switch logic table is shown below.

  • Page 44: Ldo Power Output

    SIM5218E Hardware Design wakeup Throughput rate 40.95 67.58 We implement two channels on this pin, one is read in raw type ADC value, and the other is read in temperature type ADC value． User can put a voltage range from 0 to 2.6V on the pin directly using it as a raw type ADC channel. The range of the return value is from 0 to 255.

  • Page 45: Camera Module Interface

    SIM5218E Hardware Design 3.16 Camera module interface SIM5218E provides a camera module interface for supporting camera and video phone functions. SIM5218E can support both digital and analog sensor(NTSC or PAL composite signals output), YUV and RGB data format. When using analog sensor user needs to use AK8856(currently we supported) to decode NTSC or PAL composite signals into digital data first and then transmit the digital data into camera interface.
  • Page 46 SIM5218E Hardware Design 1.8V 2.6V AVDD/DVDD PVDD DATA(2:9) D(0:7) VSYNC VD/VAF/FIELD HSYNC DVALID SIM5218 Analog input AK8856 NTSC/PAL video source PCLK DTCLK SCL/SDA CLKMOD TEST0 CAM_CLK NC 27Mhz TEST1 crystal STANDBY 2.6V Figure 26： Camera module interface with analog sensor ：...

  • Page 47: Mmc/Sd Card Interface

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Table 24: PIN define of sensor interface Name Function Lever CAM_D0 Bit 0 of RGB video component output CAM_D1 Bit 1 of RGB video component output CAM_D2 Bit 2 of RGB or YUV D0 video component output CAM_D3 Bit 3 of RGB or YUV D1 video component output CAM_D4...
  • Page 48 SIM5218E Hardware Design good ESD performance, some ESD components should be added beside the SD/MMC card holder. The following features are implemented: ■ Supports 4-bit SD, 1-bit SD, and 1-bit MMC interface ■ SW-configurable edge latching (falling or rising) ■ SW-configurable data and command values change (rising or falling edge) ■...

  • Page 49: Global Positioning System (Gps)

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Output VREG_AUX1 2.85 Table 26 : MMC/SD pin connector Name SD card MMC card SD_DATA0 SD_DATA0 MMC_data SD_DATA1 SD_DATA1 SD_DATA2 SD_DATA2 SD_DATA3 SD_DATA3 SD_CLK SD_CLK MMC_CLK SD_CMD SD_CMD MMC_CMD VREG_AUX SD_VDD MMC_VDD ： Note SD card interface function is supported by SIM5218E software. User can use VREG_AUX for power supply of SD card and as the pull up power for data lines.

  • Page 50: Using Gps By Nmea Port

    SIM5218E Hardware Design measurements and available network data back to the location server, the mobile calculates the location on the handset and passes the result to the requesting entity. In standalone (autonomous) mode, the handset demodulates the data directly from the GPS satellites.

  • Page 51: Gps Operate

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Cold start <40s Receiver Type 12-channel, GPS L1 Frequency (1575.42MHz), C/A Code Update rate Default 1 Hz GPS data format NMEA-0183 Power consumption 80mA (Total supply current at VBAT pin) GPS antenna Passive and active antenna Active antenna voltage 2.7V Note: Performance will vary depending on the environment, antenna type and signal conditions and so on.
  • Page 52 SIM5218E Hardware Design Module and an external codec or DSP. Both the PCM interface modes, auxiliary and primary, use the same SIM5218E pins. The PCM pin assignment is shown in the table below. Note: Please reference document [22] for detailed information of PCM Application Note. Table 27 : PCM pin assignment Pins AUX_PCM...

  • Page 53: Auxiliary Pcm

    SIM5218E Hardware Design [tap0~6] 0x24bb, 0xca42,0x7c95 Default rxGain No available Output rxVol -100 path stGain No available Parameters rxFilter 0xff00, 0xfac9,0x0571, 0xf365, [tap0~6] 0x0bc2, 0xf2bb,0x533a Default values of sound level (level 1 to 4) NOTE: Please check the reference document [1] for detailed information of each AT command. Both PCM modes are discussed in this section, followed by additional PCM topics.

  • Page 54: Primary Pcm

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 30：SIM5218E to AUX_PCM_CODEC timing Table 28 : AUX_CODEC timing parameters Parameter Description Min Typical Max Unit Note t(auxsync) AUX_PCM_SYNC cycle time – – μs t(auxsynca) AUX_PCM_SYNC asserted time – 62.5 – μs t(auxsyncd) AUX_PCM_SYNC de-asserted time –...
  • Page 55 SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 31：PRIM_PCM_SYNC timing Figure 32：PRIM_PCM_CODEC to SIM5218E timing Figure 33：SIM5218E to PRIM_PCM_CODEC timing Table 29 : PIM_PCM_CODEC timing parameters Parameter Description Min Typical Max Unit Note t(sync) PCM_SYNC cycle time – – μs t(synca) PCM_SYNC asserted time –...

  • Page 56: Transmitting Pcm Data By Usb

    SIM5218E Hardware Design valid Delay from PCM_CLK falling to PCM_DOUT t(zdout) – High-Z Notes: 1. PCM_SYNC offset time = t(clk)/4. 3.19.3 Transmitting PCM data by USB SIM5218E can transmit PCM data to host by USB interface. To transmit PCM data by USB, one should make sure that driver of SIM5218E has be loaded on host part.

  • Page 57: Antenna Pad

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 34： Antenna Connector 4.1.2 Antenna pad The antenna can be soldered to the pad, or attached via contact springs. To help user to ground the antenna, SIM5218E comes with a grounding plane located close to the antenna pad. Figure 35：...

  • Page 58: Module Rf Receive Sensitivity

    SIM5218E Hardware Design WCDMA 900 24dBm+1/-3db <-50dBm 4.3 Module RF receive sensitivity Table 31: SIM5218E conducted RF receive sensitivity Frequency Receive sensitivity GSM850 < -106dBm E-GSM900 < -106dBm DCS1800 < -106dBm PCS1900 < -106dBm WCDMA 2100 < -108dBm WCDMA 1900 <...

  • Page 59: Operating Temperatures

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Voltage at VBAT -0.3 5.2 Operating temperatures The operating temperature is listed in following table: Table 34 : SIM5218E operating temperature Parameter Unit Note Operating temperature ℃ The module is functional in all the temperature range, and it fully meets the ETSI specifications.

  • Page 60: Current Consumption

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Average supply POWER DOWN mode VBAT current Peak supply Power control level for Pout current (during max. transmission slot every 4.7ms) 5.4 C urrent consumption The values for current consumption in no suspended status are listed in Table 38. Here, “suspended”...
  • Page 61 SIM5218E Hardware Design DATA mode, GPRS ( 1 Rx,4 Tx ) CLASS 12 GSM 850 @power level #5 <590mA,Typical 560mA GSM 900 @power level #5 <570mA,Typical 550mA DCS1800 @power level #0 <360mA,Typical 330mA PCS1900 @power level #0 <370mA,Typical 350mA DATA mode, GPRS ( 3Rx, 2 Tx ) CLASS 12 GSM 850 @power level #5 <460mA,Typical 430mA GSM 900...

  • Page 62: Electro-Static Discharge

    SIM5218E Hardware Design @Power 21dBm Typical 450mA @Power 10dBm Typical 300mA HSDPA Data WCDMA 2100 @Power 23dBm CQI=22 Typical 560mA @Power 21dBm CQI=5 Typical 480mA @Power -5dBm CQI=22 Typical 250mA WCDMA 1900 @Power 23dBm CQI=22 Typical 580mA @Power 21dBm CQI=5 Typical 500mA @Power -5dBm CQI=22 Typical 250mA...
  • Page 63 SIM5218E Hardware Design 3. Fill some conductors between the bottom of SIM5218E and host board. Figure 37 shows the conductor material we use. Other conductor material can be used as well. 4. Solder SIM5218E to ground through 4 out-feet of bottom shield. There are 4 out-feet of SIM5218E bottom shield.

  • Page 64: Mechanics

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 37: conduct material Figure 38: Soldering 4 out-feet of bottom shield to host board 6 Mechanics This chapter describes the mechanical dimensions of SIM5218E. 6.1 Mechanical dimensions of SIM5218E Following are SIM5218E top view, side view and bottom view. These show user Mechanical dimensions of SIM5218E.

  • Page 65: Mounting Sim5218E Onto The Application Platform

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 39: Mechanical dimensions of SIM5218E（Unit: mm） 6.2 Mounting SIM5218E onto the application platform Use the connector AXK870145WG and four mounting pads to fix the SIM5218E onto the customer platform. Figure 40: PIN sequence of SIM5218E When one mounts SIM5218E on host board, please pay attention to that the pin sequence of SIM5218E is mirror image of pin sequence of 70-pin socket connector on host.

  • Page 66: Board-To-Board Connector

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 41: Mirror image of pin sequence 6.3 Board-to-board connector We recommend users to adopt NAIS AXK770247G as the board to board connector in their own PCB to connect with SIM5218E. These high density SMT connectors are designed for parallel PCB-to-PCB applications.

  • Page 67: Rf Connector And Adapter Cable

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 42: NAIS AXK770247G board-to-board connector pin side Figure 43: NAIS AXK870145WG board-to-board connector pin side ： NOTE The connector NAIS AXK870145WG is used in SIM5218E side and NAIS AXK770247G is used in pin side (host board side). 6.4 RF connector and adapter cable The RF connector in module side is Murata Company RF Connectors MM9329-2700, it makes a pair with Murata Company RF cable MXTK88TK2000.

  • Page 68: View Of The Sim5218E

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Figure 44: RF connector MM9329-2700 Figure 45: RF adapter cable MXTK88TK2000 For more information about the connector, please visit http://www.murata.com/ 6.5 View of the SIM5218E SIM5218E_ Hardware Design_V1.06 2012.09.21...

  • Page 69: Pin Assignment Of Board-To-Board Connector Of Sim5218E

    SIM5218E Hardware Design Top View Bottom View Figure 42: Top and Bottom View of SIM5218E 6.6 PIN assignment of board-to-board connector of SIM5218E Table 38 : Connection diagrams Measure Measure Pin No Define Pin No Define without without usage usage VBAT VBAT VBAT...
  • Page 70 SIM5218E Hardware Design SPK_N IIC_SDA NC(See Note) EAR_P IIC_SCL NC(See Note) EAR_N POWER_ON 0.1u cap to MIC_N ground 0.1u cap to MIC_P ground RESET HP_MICP GPIO2/PCM_SYNC HKADC GPIO3/PCM_CLK VREG_AUX GPIO4 SD_DATA3 GPIO5/PCM_DOUT SD_DATA2 SD_CLK SD_DATA1 SD_CMD SD_DATA0 SIM5218E_ Hardware Design_V1.06 2012.09.21...
  • Page 71 SIM5218E Hardware Design Contact us: Shanghai SIMCom Wireless Solutions Ltd. Add: SIM Technology Building，No.633，Jinzhong Road，Changning Disdrict， Shanghai P.R. China 200335 Tel: +86 21 3235 3300 Fax: +86 21 3235 3301 URL: www.sim.com/wm SIM5218E_ Hardware Design_V1.06 2012.09.21...

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