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LTE Standard Module Series
EC25 Hardware Design
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Table 13: Logic Levels of Digital I/O
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.
VCCA VCCB
OE
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
GND
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
VDD_EXT
RI
DCD
RTS
RXD
DTR
CTS
TXD
51K
51K
0.1uF
0.1uF
RI_MCU
DCD_MCU
RTS_MCU
RXD_MCU
DTR_MCU
CTS_MCU
TXD_MCU
VDD_MCU
Translator
10K
120K
Figure 20: Reference Circuit with Translator Chip
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Another example with transistor translation circuit is shown as below. For the design of circuits in dotted
lines, please refer to that of circuits in solid lines, but please pay attention to the direction of connection.
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