Product Info

LTE Module Series
EC21 Hardware Design
EC21_Hardware_Design
3-45
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The logic levels are described in the following table.
Table 13: Logic Levels of Digital I/O
Parameter
Min.
Max.
Unit
V
IL
-0.3
0.6
V
V
IH
1.2
2.0
V
V
OL
0
0.45
V
V
OH
1.35
1.8
V
The module provides 1.8V UART interface. A level translator should be used if customers’ application is
equipped with a 3.3V UART interface. A level translator TXS0108EPWR provided by Texas Instruments is
recommended. The following figure shows a reference design.
Figure 20: Reference Circuit with Translator Chip
Please visit http://www.ti.com for more information.
Another example with transistor translation circuit is shown as below. The circuit design of dotted line
section can refer to the design of solid line section, in terms of both module input and output circuit
designs, but please pay attention to the direction of connection.