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CQ10 Hardware Manual VERSION HISTORY Version Edit Release Date Pre-Release Version • Initial Version 01/02/2024 • Updated the Revised Technical Information 25/07/2024 • Update the Reference circuits External Release Version • Initial Version 17/01/2025 www.cavliwireless.com...
CQ10 Hardware Manual Introduction This document is the Hardware Manual of the Cavli Wireless solution product CQ10 Module, which describes: ✓ The hardware composition and functional features of the module ✓ The definition and usage of the application interface The electrical performance and mechanical properties of the module ✓...
CQ10 module integrates an application processing subsystem, a communication subsystem, multimedia, and connectivity peripherals to enable a single chip 4G LTE feature phone solution. The CQ10 communication subsystem integrates LTE CAT 1 technology, GSM Modem Baseband, and an RF transceiver to cover bands 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/18/19/20/25/26/28/40/66 and GSM 900/GSM1800 (W.W), 2/4/5/12/13/25/66 (N.A) , 1/3/5/7/8/18/19/20/26/28/40 and GSM 900/GSM1800 (EAJ),...
CQ10 Hardware Manual 2.2 Module Characteristics Table 2.1 Key Features Characteristics Description Physical Characteristics 32 mm x 29 mm Fixed Way LGA+LCC package Operating Voltage 3.6V – 4.5V Typical Voltage 3.8 V Application Processor ARM Cortex A7 with 1.3GHz clock with 256KB L2 Cache Operating System Linux 4.14...
NOTE • When the temperature is in the range of –30°C to –20°C or +75°C to +85°C, some RF specifications of the CQ10 module may not meet the 3GPP standards. 2.3 Module Function CQ10 Module mainly consists of the following circuit units: ✓...
CQ10 Hardware Manual The functional block diagram of CQ10 module is shown below: Figure 1 CQ10 Functional Block Diagram 2.4 Module Working Mode Table 2.2 Working Mode Working Mode Description Turn off the machine In the case of shutdown, the module is fully powered off.
CQ10 Hardware Manual Interface Application Description 3.1 Chapter Overview This chapter mainly describes the interface definition and application of this module. It contains the following sections: • Module Interface • Power Interface • Switching Machine Reset Mode • USB Interface •...
CQ10 Hardware Manual 3.2 Module Interface 3.2.1 CQ10 Pin Layout CQ10 pins (Top View) are assigned as follows: Figure 2 CQ10 module Interface definition (Top view) NOTE • All RESERVED and unused pin feet need to be left floating www.cavliwireless.com...
CQ10 Hardware Manual 3.2.2 CQ10 Pin Interface The CQ10 module has the LGA interface. The module interface definition is shown in the following table: Table 3.1 Pin Description Pin Type Description PAD TYPE Analog Input Analog Output RF_IO RF bi-directional signal...
CQ10 Hardware Manual Contains no internal pull Contains an internal pull-up device Contains an internal pull-down device 3.2.3 Absolute maximum ratings The absolute maximum ratings table reflects the stress levels that, if exceeded, may cause permanent damage to the device. No functionality is guaranteed outside the operating specifications. Functionality and reliability are only guaranteed within the operating conditions described in Operating conditions.
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CQ10 Hardware Manual Table 3.4 Pin Name Configurable Voltage Configurable Pin Name Comments Function type definition Description Functions Pad type GNSS_TX_AG HW interrupt Active low GRESSOR WAKEUP_IN to wake up input for from sleep 500ms QDSS_TRAC EDATA_9B DR_SYNC Wake up...
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CQ10 Hardware Manual General GPIO_35 Purpose IO LTE_COEX_R X_UART Force USB USB_BOOT boot control FORCE_USB_ BOOT General GPIO_19 Purpose IO Do not RESERVED connect WLAN_SLP_ WLAN sleep clock UIM2_RESET Ethernet GP_CLK_3A EPHY_RST_N PHY reset ETH_RST_N UIM2_DETE Ethernet EPHY_INT_N Interrupt ETH_INT_N...
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CQ10 Hardware Manual External PM_ENABLE power enable control Power supply USIM2_VDD for USIM card SDC1_DATA SDIO data bus (bit 3) SDC1_DATA SDIO data bus (bit 2) SDC1_DATA SDIO data bus (bit 1) SDC1_DATA SDIO data bus (bit 0) SDIO clock...
✓ Two VBAT_RF pins for the module’s RF part. ✓ Two VBAT_BB pins for module’s baseband part 3.3.1 Power Supply Design The power interface of the CQ10 module is as follows: Table 3.5 Power Pin Definitions Power supply Pin No.
Reference voltage voltage The CQ10 module is powered by a single power supply and the module provides four power supply pins. The power supply range is from 3.6V to 4.5V. It is recommended to use 3.8V power supply. If the module's operating voltage drop causes the VCC supply voltage to be too low or the supply current is insufficient, the module may shut down or restart.
3.4 Switching Machine Reset Mode 3.4.1 Turn ON Module The 21 pin of the CQ10 module is PWRKEY pin. The module can be powered on by pulling down the PWRKEY LOW for at least 500ms. Table 3.6 Switch Pin Definition Pin No.
3.4.2 Reset Control The Pin 20 of CQ10 module Pin is the Reset pin. The application detects that the module is abnormal. When the software does not respond, the module can be reset. Pull the pin low for 100-500ms to reset the module.
RESET_N Module Reset Control The CQ10 module supports AT command reset, and the AT command is AT+TRB to restart the module. 3.5 USB Interface The CQ10 module USB interface supports USB2.0 high-speed protocol. The USB interface work as OTG host, therefore it can work as Host and Slave mode and does not support USB charging mode.
3.6.1 UART4 (AT UART) The pins 62, 63, 64,65,66,67 and 68 of the CQ10 module are UART4 serial port pins. Users can use this UART port for communication using AT commands. The default baud rate is 115200 bps. The maximum Baud rate is 4Mbps The pins are defined as follows:...
CQ10 Hardware Manual UART4_CTS Clear to send 1.70 V 1.80 V 1.90 V UART4_RTS Request to send 1.70 V 1.80 V 1.90 V Data terminal UART4_DTR 1.70 V 1.80 V 1.90 V ready UART4_TXD Transmit data 1.70 V 1.80 V 1.90 V...
CQ10 Hardware Manual 3.6.3 Debug UART The pins 11 and 12 of the module are UART5 serial port pins. UART5 serial interface can be used for debugging purposes. The default baud rate is 115200 bps. The maximum Baud rate is 4Mbps. The pins are defined as follows: Table 3.11 Debug UART Serial Port Pin Definition...
Figure 9 Level Conversion Reference Circuit 3.7 USIM Interface The CQ10 module provides a USIM card interface compatible with the ISO 7816-3 standard. The USIM card power supply is provided by the module's internal power manager and supports 1.8V/3.0V. Table 3.12 SIM Card Signal Definition...
1.90 V / 3.10V 3.7.1 USIM Card Reference Circuit The CQ10 module does not come with a USIM card slot. Users need to design a USIM card slot on their own interface board. The USIM card interface reference circuit is as follows:...
• The ground of the USIM deck and the ground of the module should maintain good connectivity. 3.9 Status Indication Interface The CQ10 module provides interfaces to indicate module status. Table 3.13 Definition of Network Indicator Lamp Pin No. Signal name...
The brightness of the network indicator can be adjusted by adjusting the current limiting resistor R1. 3.10 PCM digital voice Interface CQ10 module provides a set of PCM audio interfaces supporting 8-bit A-rate, U-rate and 16-bit linear short frame encoding formats with PCM_SYNC of 8 kHz and PCM_CLK of 2048 kHz.
CQ10 Hardware Manual 1.70 V 1.80 V 1.90 V PCM_OUT PCM data output PCM_SYNC PCM frame sync signal 1.70 V 1.80 V 1.90 V 1.70 V 1.80 V 1.90 V PCM_CLK PCM clock pulse Figure 12 PCM Short Frame Mode Timing Diagram Table 3.16 PCM Specific Parameters...
Figure 13 PCM to Analog Voice Map 3.11 I2C Bus The CQ10 module provides a set of hardware bidirectional serial buses with an I2C interface of 1.8V level, a 5.0 Protocol interface, and a clock rate of 400 KHz. Table 3.17 I2C Pin Definition...
Figure 14 I2C Interface Reference Circuit Diagram 3.12 SDC Interface CQ10 module provides a set of 4-bit SDC interface, supports SD3.0 protocol, supports two voltage SD cards of 1.8V / 2.95V, clock frequency up to 50MHz, maximum capacity supports 32GB. Provide VREF voltage for SDIO power supply.
CQ10 Hardware Manual 3.13 Antenna The CQ10 module provides two antenna interfaces, a main antenna interface, which is responsible for the LTE and GSM signals of the transceiver module and a GNSS antenna interface. The GNSS antenna interface supports The impedance of the antenna interfaces are 50 ohms.
CQ10 Hardware Manual The pin 47 of CQ10 is the GNSS antenna interface. The CQ10 has a dedicated antenna L1, it supports GPS, GLONASS, BEIDOU, QZSS, Galileo. QZSS and SBAS Ranging support available. In order to facilitate antenna debugging, a π-type matching circuit needs to be added to the motherboard and a 50-ohm impedance line is used.
3.13.1 RF Trace Reference The main set of the CQ10 module are extracted by pad. The antenna pad to the antenna feed point must use microstrip lines or other types of RF traces. The characteristic impedance of the signal line should be controlled at 50Ω.
CQ10 Hardware Manual Figure 19 Coplanar Antenna Figure 20 The Complete Structure of the Two-Layer PCB Microstrip Line Figure 21 The Complete Structure of the Multilayer PCB Strip Line www.cavliwireless.com...
CQ10 Hardware Manual NOTE • Since Coplanar antennas are having maximum noise immunity, it is preferred. 3.14 Coexistence and Control Interface Different module interfaces are available in module. Table 3.20 Control Interface Pin Definition Pin No. Signal name Description PM_ENABLE...
Test data output MDM_JTAG_SRST_N System Reset MDM_JTAG_TRST_N Test Reset 3.19 GPIO interface The CQ10 module contains two general purpose control signals. The interface is defined as follows Table 3.25 WLAN Interface Pin Definition Pin No. Signal name Description GPIO_35 General Purpose Pin...
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CQ10 Hardware Manual The following table shows the pin definition of Bluetooth application interfaces for interfacing an external Bluetooth chipset. Table 3.27 Bluetooth Interface Pin Definition Pin No. Signal name Description BT_RTS Request to send BT_TXD Transmit Data BT_RXD Receive Data...
CQ10 Hardware Manual Overall Technical Indicators 4.1 Chapter Overview The CQ10 module RF overall specifications include the following sections: ✓ Working frequency ✓ Antenna requirements 4.2 Working Frequency Table 4.1 RF Frequency Table Frequency band Uplink frequency Downstream frequency Mode LTE B1 1920 MHz–1980 MHz...
60°C temperature (ambient) 5.3 Electrostatic Property There is no overvoltage protection inside the CQ10 module. The ESD protection is required when the module is used to ensure product quality. ESD design recommendations: ✓ The USB port needs to add TVS on VDD, D+, D- for protection, and the TVS parasitic capacitance on D+/D- is <2pF...
CQ10 Hardware Manual 5.5 Power Supply The CQ10 module input power requirements are as follows: Table 5.4 CQ10 module Operating Voltage Parameter Minimum value Typical value Maximum value Input Voltage 3.6V 3.8V 4.5V The power-on time of any interface of the module must not be earlier than the boot time of the module, otherwise the module may be abnormal or damaged.
CQ10 Hardware Manual Structural and Mechanical Properties 6.1 CQ10 module mechanical size The figure below shows the top and bottom view of the module. Figure 23 Top View and Bottom View of The Module Figure 24 CQ10 Module Dimensions www.cavliwireless.com...
CQ10 Hardware Manual Appendix 7.1 Chapter Overview ✓ Abbreviations ✓ Safety and precautions 7.2 Abbreviations Table 7.1 Abbreviations Abbreviations Full name 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project Access Point Adaptive multi-rate Bit Error Rate China Compulsory Certification CDMA Code Division Multiple Access...
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CQ10 Hardware Manual Data Terminal Equipment Discontinuous Reception EDGE Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution European Union Electromagnetic Compatibility Electrostatic Discharge Federal Communications Commission GPRS General Packet Radio Service Global System for Mobile Communication HSDPA High-Speed Downlink Packet Access HSPA...
CQ10 Hardware Manual Total Isotropic Sensitivity Transient Voltage Suppressor Transmitting Direction UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System USIM Universal Subscriber Identity Module USSD Unstructured Supplementary Service Data VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access...
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