hardware design v1.00
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Version History
- 1 Introduction
- 2 SIM968 Overview
- 3 Package Information
- 4 GSM Application Interface
- 4.1 GSM Power Supply
- 4.2 Power on/down Scenarios
- 4.3 Power Saving Mode
- 4.4 Charging Interface
- 4.5 RTC Backup
- 4.6 Serial Interfaces
- 4.7 Audio Interfaces
- 4.8 SIM Card Interface
- 4.9 LCD Display/SPI Interface
- 4.10 Keypad Interface
- 4.11 ADC
- 4.12 RI Behaviors
- 4.13 Network Status Indication
- 4.14 General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
- 4.15 External Reset
- 4.16 PWM
- 4.17 I2C Bus
- 4.18 GSM Antenna Interface
- 5 GNSS Application Interface
- 6 Electrical, Reliability and Radio Characteristics
- 6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
- 6.2 Recommended Operating Conditions
- 6.3 Digital Interface Characteristics
- 6.4 SIM Card Interface Characteristics
- 6.5 VDD_EXT Characteristics
- 6.6 SIM_VDD Characteristics
- 6.7 VRTC Characteristics
- 6.8 Current Consumption (VBAT = 3.8V)
- 6.9 Electro-Static Discharge
- 6.10 Radio Characteristics
- 6.11 Module label information
- Appendix
Smart Machine Smart Decision
4.6 Serial Interfaces
SIM968 provides two unbalanced asynchronous serial ports. One is the serial port and the other is the debug port.
The module is designed as a DCE (Data Communication Equipment). The following figure shows the connection
between module and client (DTE).
Figure 19: Connection of the serial interfaces
If only RXD and TXD are used in user’s application, other serial pins should be kept open. Please refer to
following figure.
TXD
RXD
RTS
CTS
DTR
DCD
RI
TXD
RXD
RTS
CTS
DTR
DCD
RING
MODULE (DCE)
CUSTOMER (DTE)
Serial port1
Serial port
Debug port
Serial port2
DBG_RXD
DBG_TXD
TXD
RXD
Figure 20: Connection of RXD and TXD only
Note: If user set sleep mode1, the DTR should be connected.
4.6.1 Function of Serial Port and Debug Port
Serial port:
z Full modem device.
z Contains data lines TXD and RXD, hardware flow control lines RTS and CTS, status lines DTR, DCD and
RI.
z Serial port can be used for CSD FAX, GPRS service and AT communication. It can also be used for
multiplexing function. For details about multiplexing function, please refer to document [3].
z Serial port supports the following baud rates:
1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 and 115200bps
z Autobauding only supports the following baud rates:
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