L10 Quectel GPS Engine EVB User Guide L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide Document Title L10 EVB User Guide Version 1.00 Date 2009-7-20 Status Release Document Control ID L10_EVB_UGD_V1.00 l e t General Notes Quectel offers this information as a service to its customers, to support application and engineering efforts that use the products designed by Quectel. The information provided is based upon requirements specifically provided to Quectel by the customers.
EVB User Guide Contents Contents ............................................................................................................................................2 Table Index........................................................................................................................................3 Figure Index ......................................................................................................................................4 0. Revision history ..................
EVB User Guide Table Index TABLE 1: REFERENCE..........................................................................................................................6 TABLE 2: ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................6 TABLE 3: PINS OF UART PORT ......................................................................................................... 11 TABLE 4: PINS OF USB PORT ..........................................
EVB User Guide Figure Index FIGURE 1: EVB TOP VIEW ...................................................................................................................7 FIGURE 2: EVB BOTTOM VIEW..........................................................................................................8 FIGURE 3: EVB ACCESSORIES ...........................................................................................................9 FIGURE 4: POWER INTERFACE .................................................
EVB User Guide 0. Revision history Revision Date Author Description of change 1.00 2009-7-20 Tracy ZHANG Initial l e t c e u Q L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide 1. Introduction This document defines and specifies the usage of L10 EVB (Evaluation Board). Customer can get useful information about L10 EVB and GPS demo tool from this document. l e t 1.1. Reference Table 1: Reference SN Document name Remark [1] L10_HD Hardware Design c e 1.2.
EVB User Guide 2. EVB Kit Introduction 2.1. EVB Top and Bottom View l e t c e u Q Figure 1: EVB top view L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide c e Figure 2: EVB bottom view u Q A: UART port B: Antenna interface C: Adapter interface D: Test points E: L10 Module F: POWER switch G: USB interface H: STANDBY button I: RESET button J: Indication LEDs L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide 2.2. EVB Accessories u Q c e Figure 3: EVB accessories A: GPS active antenna (3.3V) B: DC5V/2A power adapter C: Serial port cable (USB 2.0) D: USB cable L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide 3. Interface Application 3.1. Power Interface l e t c e u Q Figure 4: Power interface L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide 3.2. UART Interface l e t u Q c e Figure 5: UART interface Table 3: Pins of UART port Pin Signal 2 TXD 3 RXD 5 GND L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide 3.3. USB Interface l e t u Q c e Figure 6: USB interface Table 4: Pins of USB port Pin Signal 1 USB_5V 2 GND 3 USB_DP I/O USB data positive 4 USB_DM I/O USB data negative L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide 3.4. Antenna Interface c e u Q Figure 7: Antenna interface 3.5. Switches and Buttons l e t Figure 8: Switches and buttons L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide Table 5: Switches and buttons Part Name I/O Description S1 POWER I Control power supply from adapter K1 STANDBY I The module will enter into standby mode when pressing this button, and exit standby mode when releasing this button. K2 RESET_N I Press and release this button. Then the module will reset. l e t 3.6.
EVB User Guide 3.7. Test Points l e t u Q c e Figure 10: Test points X101 Table 7: Pins of X101 Pin Signal 1 GND 2 GND 3 NC 4 NC 5 NC 6 RESERVE 7 RESERVE 8 NC 9 EXTINT0 10 NC I/O Description Ground Not connected I Enter or exit standby mode O Time pulse 11 TIMEPULSE 12 USB_DP I/O USB data positive 13 USB_DM I/O USB data negative 14 VDDUSB I L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide 15 RESERVE 16 AADET_N I Active antenna open-circuit detection 17 V_ANT I Antenna bias voltage 18 VCC_RF O Output voltage for RF section 19 GND 20 GND l e t c e u Q Figure 11: Test points X102 Table 8: Pins of X102 Pin Signal 1 GND 2 GND 3 AOK O Antenna status report 4 V_BCKP I Backup voltage supply 5 RESET_N I System reset, low level active. 6 VCC_OUT O Output voltage. VCC_OUT pin is directly connected to VCC pin within L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide the module. 7 VCC I Supply voltage 8 RESERVE 9 TXD1 O Transmit data 10 SDA2 I/O I2C interface 11 SCL2 I/O I2C interface 12 RXD1 I Receive data 13 NC 14 GND 15 RESERVE 16 NC 17 NC 18 NC 19 GND 20 GND c e u Q L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide 4. EVB and Accessories When USB to RS232 cable is used, the EVB and its accessories are equipped as shown in Figure 12. l e t c e u Q Figure 12: EVB and accessory equipments with serial cable When USB cable is used, the EVB and its accessories are equipped as shown in Figure 13. L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide l e t c e u Q Figure 13: EVB and accessory equipments with USB cable L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide 5. Installing Device Driver Customer can get NMEA message through UART port or USB port. Before using UART port, please install the driver of USB 2.0 to RS232 cable from the attached CD. Before using USB port, please install the USB driver included in Quectel L10 CD. Installation steps are as follows: Step 1: Connect L10-EVB to PC with USB cable. Then PC will request installing the virtual COM port driver. l e t c e u Q L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide Step 2: Choose “Install from a list or specific location”. l e t c e u Q Step 3: Choose the right folder according to PC’s OS. L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide Step 4: Click button “Continue Anyway” in the pop-up dialog box. l e t c e u Q Step 5: GPS USB driver installation finishes. L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide User will find a new virtual COM port in the Device Manager of PC as shown below: l e t c e u Q L10_EVB_UGD_V1.
EVB User Guide 6. Starting MiniGPS The MiniGPS tool can help user to view the status of GPS receiver conveniently. The operation window is shown below: l e t GPS Information Sky View c e u Q Signal Level Start Command Message Bar COM Port Setting When USB to RS232 cable is used, power must be supplied through DC adapter, and the default baud rate is 9600bps. When USB cable is used, external DC adapter is unnecessary. In this case, power can be supplied through USB port from PC.
EVB User Guide Table 9: Explanations of MiniGPS window Icon Explanation SV with PRN 30. If the position of SV is near to the centre of the Sky View, the elevation angle of SV is close to 90°. Dark blue means this satellite is in tracking, i.e., the CNR of the satellite is greater than 0. Light blue means this satellite is not in tracking, i.e., its CNR is less than 0.
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