User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 System description
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 Architecture
- 1.3 Pin-out
- 1.4 Operating modes
- 1.5 Supply interfaces
- 1.6 System function interfaces
- 1.7 Antenna interface
- 1.8 SIM interface
- 1.9 Serial interfaces
- 1.9.1 Asynchronous serial interface (UART)
- 1.9.1.1 UART features
- 1.9.1.2 UART AT interface configuration
- 1.9.1.3 UART signal behavior
- 1.9.1.4 UART and power-saving
- AT+UPSV=0: power saving disabled, fixed active-mode
- AT+UPSV=1: power saving enabled, cyclic idle/active-mode
- AT+UPSV=2: power saving enabled and controlled by the RTS line
- AT+UPSV=3: power saving enabled and controlled by the DTR line
- Wake up via data reception
- Additional considerations for SARA-U2 modules
- 1.9.1.5 Multiplexer protocol (3GPP 27.010)
- 1.9.2 Auxiliary asynchronous serial interface (UART AUX)
- 1.9.3 USB interface
- 1.9.4 DDC (I2C) interface
- 1.9.1 Asynchronous serial interface (UART)
- 1.10 Audio interface
- 1.11 General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
- 1.12 Reserved pins (RSVD)
- 1.13 System features
- 1.13.1 Network indication
- 1.13.2 Antenna detection
- 1.13.3 Jamming detection
- 1.13.4 TCP/IP and UDP/IP
- 1.13.5 FTP
- 1.13.6 HTTP
- 1.13.7 SMTP
- 1.13.8 SSL
- 1.13.9 Dual stack IPv4/IPv6
- 1.13.10 Smart temperature management
- 1.13.11 AssistNow clients and GNSS integration
- 1.13.12 Hybrid positioning and CellLocateTM
- 1.13.13 Firmware upgrade Over AT (FOAT)
- 1.13.14 Firmware upgrade Over The Air (FOTA)
- 1.13.15 In-Band modem (eCall / ERA-GLONASS)
- 1.13.16 SIM Access Profile (SAP)
- 1.13.17 Power saving
- 2 Design-in
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 Supply interfaces
- 2.2.1 Module supply (VCC)
- 2.2.1.1 General guidelines for VCC supply circuit selection and design
- 2.2.1.2 Guidelines for VCC supply circuit design using a switching regulator
- 2.2.1.3 Guidelines for VCC supply circuit design using a Low Drop-Out (LDO) linear regulator
- 2.2.1.4 Guidelines for VCC supply circuit design using a rechargeable Li-Ion or Li-Pol battery
- 2.2.1.5 Guidelines for VCC supply circuit design using a primary (disposable) battery
- 2.2.1.6 Additional guidelines for VCC supply circuit design
- 2.2.1.7 Guidelines for external battery charging circuit
- 2.2.1.8 Guidelines for external battery charging and power path management circuit
- 2.2.1.9 Guidelines for VCC supply layout design
- 2.2.1.10 Guidelines for grounding layout design
- 2.2.2 RTC supply (V_BCKP)
- 2.2.3 Interface supply (V_INT)
- 2.2.1 Module supply (VCC)
- 2.3 System functions interfaces
- 2.4 Antenna interface
- 2.5 SIM interface
- 2.6 Serial interfaces
- 2.6.1 Asynchronous serial interface (UART)
- 2.6.1.1 Guidelines for UART circuit design
- Providing the full RS-232 functionality (using the complete V.24 link)
- Providing the TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS and DTR lines only (not using the complete V.24 link)
- Providing the TXD, RXD, RTS and CTS lines only (not using the complete V.24 link)
- Providing the TXD and RXD lines only (not using the complete V24 link)
- Additional considerations
- 2.6.1.2 Guidelines for UART layout design
- 2.6.1.1 Guidelines for UART circuit design
- 2.6.2 Auxiliary asynchronous serial interface (UART AUX)
- 2.6.3 Universal Serial Bus (USB)
- 2.6.4 DDC (I2C) interface
- 2.6.1 Asynchronous serial interface (UART)
- 2.7 Audio interface
- 2.7.1 Analog audio interface
- 2.7.1.1 Guidelines for microphone and speaker connection circuit design (headset / handset modes)
- 2.7.1.2 Guidelines for microphone and loudspeaker connection circuit design (hands-free mode)
- 2.7.1.3 Guidelines for external analog audio device connection circuit design
- 2.7.1.4 Guidelines for analog audio layout design
- 2.7.2 Digital audio interface
- 2.7.1 Analog audio interface
- 2.8 General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
- 2.9 Reserved pins (RSVD)
- 2.10 Module placement
- 2.11 Module footprint and paste mask
- 2.12 Thermal guidelines
- 2.13 ESD guidelines
- 2.14 SARA-G350 ATEX integration in explosive atmospheres applications
- 2.15 Schematic for SARA-G3 and SARA-U2 series module integration
- 2.16 Design-in checklist
- 3 Handling and soldering
- 4 Approvals
- 5 Product testing
- Appendix
- A Migration between LISA and SARA-G3 modules
- A.1 Overview
- A.2 Checklist for migration
- A.3 Software migration
- A.4 Hardware migration
- B Migration between SARA-G3 and SARA-U2
- C Glossary
- Related documents
- Revision history
- Contact
SARA-G3 and SARA-U2 series - System Integration Manual
UBX-13000995 - R08 Objective Specification System description
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Function
Pin Name
Module
Pin No
I/O
Description
Remarks
Auxiliary
UART
RXD_AUX
SARA-G3
28
O
Auxiliary UART
data output
1.8 V output, Circuit 104 (RXD) in ITU-T V.24,
for FW upgrade via EasyFlash tool and diagnostic.
Access by external test-point is recommended.
See section 1.9.2 for functional description.
See section 2.6.2 for external circuit design-in.
TXD_AUX
SARA-G3
29
I
Auxiliary UART
data input
1.8 V input, Circuit 103 (TXD) in ITU-T V.24,
for FW upgrade via EasyFlash tool and diagnostic.
Access by external test-point is recommended.
Internal active pull-up to V_INT.
See section 1.9.2 for functional description.
See section 2.6.2 for external circuit design-in.
USB
VUSB_DET
SARA-U2
17
I
USB detect input
High-Speed USB 2.0 interface input for VBUS (5 V
typical) USB supply sense. USB available for AT, data,
FOAT, FW upgrade via EasyFlash tool and diagnostic.
See section 1.9.3 for functional description.
See section 2.6.3 for external circuit design-in.
USB_D-
SARA-U2
28
I/O
USB Data Line D-
High-Speed USB 2.0 interface data line for AT, data,
FOAT, FW upgrade via EasyFlash tool and diagnostic.
90 nominal differential impedance.
Pull-up, pull-down and series resistors as required by
USB 2.0 specifications [14] are part of the USB pin
driver and need not be provided externally.
See section 1.9.3 for functional description.
See section 2.6.3 for external circuit design-in.
USB_D+
SARA-U2
29
I/O
USB Data Line D+
High-Speed USB 2.0 interface data line for AT, data,
FOAT, FW upgrade via EasyFlash tool and diagnostic.
90 nominal differential impedance.
Pull-up, pull-down and series resistors as required by
USB 2.0 specifications [14] are part of the USB pin
driver and need not be provided externally.
See section 1.9.3 for functional description.
See section 2.6.3 for external circuit design-in.
DDC
SCL
SARA-G340
SARA-G350
SARA-U2
27
O
I
2
C bus clock line
1.8 V open drain, for the communication with the
u-blox positioning modules / chips. Communication
with other external I
2
C-slave devices as an audio
codec is additionally supported by SARA-U2 series.
External pull-up required.
See section 1.9.4 for functional description.
See section 2.6.4 for external circuit design-in.
SDA
SARA-G340
SARA-G350
SARA-U2
26
I/O
I
2
C bus data line
1.8 V open drain, for the communication with
u-blox positioning modules / chips. Communication
with other external I
2
C-slave devices as an audio
codec is additionally supported by SARA-U2 series.
External pull-up required.
See section 1.9.4 for functional description.
See section 2.6.4 for external circuit design-in.