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AVT9152 Evaluation Board User Manual Date: December 07, 2020 Revision 1.0 Rev 1.0 Dec 2020 The information in this document is subject to change without notice P a g e...
1. Introduction This evaluation kit (EVK) serves as a carrier board for users to evaluate Avnet’s AVT9152 module. The module consists of a Nordic nRF9160 dual mode LTE-M/NB-IoT modem and Nordic nRF52840 Bluetooth 5.0 SoC. The EVK comes with temperature, humidity, pressure, accelerometer, gyroscope and motion sensors.
• Pressure • Temperature • Humidity • Ambient Light • Motion (PIR) Power Input • DC Jack (5V) • Lithium Battery Input (3.6V) 3. Definitions Table 1 below provides the definition of some conventions used in this document. Abbreviation Definition Jxx:n-m ON Jumper fitted Jxx:n-m OFF...
4. Ordering Information To order the AVT9152 EVB cellular IoT kit please refer to Table 2. Desription AES-CELLIOT-AVT9152KIT AVT9152 cellular IoT evaluation kit Table 2: Ordering Information 5. Hardware layout and configuration The AVT9152 evaluation kit has been designed around the AVT9152 LTE-M/NB with BLE module comprises of the Nordic nRF52840 and nRF9160 RF SoC.
Connector nRF52840 serial port Gyroscope Micro SIM AmbiMate eSIM Card Holder Sensor Module Figure 3: AVT9152 EVB top view Rev 1.0 Dec 2020 The information in this document is subject to change without notice P a g e | 10...
5.1. AVT9152 EVB mechanical drawing 110.00 Figure 4: AVT9152 EVB mechanical drawing Rev 1.0 Dec 2020 The information in this document is subject to change without notice P a g e | 11...
5.2. Power Supply The AVT9152 evaluation kit is designed to be powered in various ways. It is possible to use one of the following different sources: • The wall mount AC-DC universal power adaptor provided together in the kit will supply +5V DC to the evaluation board through the P6 DC power jack.
+3.6V battery or the external +5V DC power adaptor, respectively. The system power is then delivered to the AVT9152 module and various sensor devices on board such as 3-axis linear accelerometer (LIS2DH12), 3-axis gyroscope (I3G4250D), absolute pressure sensor or barometer (LPS22HB), AmbiMate sensor module (2314277-1), antenna RF switch (F2977) and also the 3.3V and 5V power rails on the Arduino Uno interface.
P3. The P4 µ.FL connector RF path has been specifically matched to the Taoglas LTE-M flex antenna (FXUB64.18.0150A). The GPS antenna in the AVT9152 evaluation kit is provided through the µ.FL connector J1 located in the AVT9152 module. This J1 connector supports both passive and active type of GPS antenna where +3V is supplied.
5.8. Buttons and LEDs There are only 2 buttons in the AVT9152 evaluation kit, S1 and S2. These are reset buttons for nRF52840 and nRF9160 respectively. The AVT9152 evaluation has 4 LEDs for status indication. The table below here describes them.
5.9. Connectors 5.9.1. Arduino UNO Connectors nRF52840 Jumper Arduino Arduino Pin Jumper nRF9160 Pin Setting Connectors Name Setting P0.24 J12:7-8 ON J8:1 J12:8-9 ON P0.24 P1.00 J12:10-11 ON J8:2 J12:11-12 ON P0.25 P0.19 J12:13-14 ON J8:3 D10/SS J12:14-15 ON P0.20 P0.21 J12:16-17 ON J8:4...
OTA reprogrammable eUICC SIM card as part of the kit accessories. Please refer to the AVT9152 Quick Start Guide for the steps to setup the connection to the backend cloud server. Please note that the eUICC SIM card may not support network connection in certain countries. In this case, user can choose their preferred local network provider and obtain a micro SIM card instead.
The AVT9152 evaluation kit offers option to select between the embedded SIM, U7 or the micro SIM through jumper J21. Only the embedded SIM MFF2 footprint is provided in the board for user to solder their choice of embedded SIM IC.
There are three MEMS sensors available onboard and another four sensors located in the U5 AmbiMate sensor module (2314277-1) in the evaluation kit. These sensors are controlled through the I2C peripheral bus from either the nRF52840 or nRF9160 device in the AVT9152 module. Jumper J3 allows this selection to be made.
J1 connector pin 3 and 4 respectively. User has the flexibility to connect these interrupt pins to either the nRF52840 or nRF9160 devices’ GPIOs in the AVT9152 module using the 6-pin rainbow jumper cable provided with the kit, Arduino UNO connectors and jumper J7, J12, J13. Please refer to the AVT9152 Quick Start Guide for help.
5.10.4. AmbiMate sensor module U5 in the AVT9152 evaluation kit is the AmbiMate sensor module MS4 series from TE Connectivity (2314277-1) that comes with four core sensor solution for motion (PIR), light, temperature and humidity sensing. The AmbiMate module 3.3V power is sourced from U6 LDO powered by VDD_SUPPLY when jumper J2:7-8 is ON.
GPIO in the AVT9152 module using the 6-pin rainbow jumper cable provided with the kit, Arduino UNO connectors and jumper J7, J12, J13. Please refer to the AVT9152 Quick Start Guide for help.
1 to 12 Arduino_D0 to Please refer to Arduino UNO Connectors Arduino_D3 section for details 1 to 12 Arduino_D0 to Please refer to Arduino UNO Connectors Arduino_D3 section for details 1 to 12 Arduino_A2 to Please refer to Arduino UNO Connectors Arduino_A5 section for details nRF91_P0.24_UART_Rx...
"YY" are the two last digits of the manufacturing year and "WW" identifies the manufacturing week of the year. 7. Known limitations or errors The AVT9152 evaluation board has an error made in the legend printed on the board for jumper J1. The correct reference for the legend is in the below here. J1 legend...
8. Revision history Date Version Description December 2020 First release Table 16: Revision History Rev 1.0 Dec 2020 The information in this document is subject to change without notice P a g e | 25...
9. Appendix – Schematic diagrams This section provides design schematics for the AVT9152 EVB. • AVT9152 LTE-BLE module, see Figure 5 • Onboard sensors, see Figure 6 • Debug connectors and reset buttons, see Figure 7 • Arduino UNO interface, see Figure 8 •...