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 Design-in
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2.15.3 Schematic for SARA-U2 series modules integration
Figure 86 is an example of a schematic diagram where a SARA-U2 module is integrated into an application
board, using all the available interfaces and functions of the module.
TXD
RXD
RTS
CTS
DTR
DSR
RI
DCD
GND
12 TXD
9 DTR
13 RXD
10 RTS
11 CTS
6 DSR
7 RI
8 DCD
GND
3V8
GND
330µF
10nF100nF 56pF
SARA-U2 series
52 VCC
53 VCC
51 VCC
+
100µF
2 V_BCKP
GND GND
GND
RTC
back-up
1.8V DTE
USB 2.0 Host
16 GPIO1
3V8
Network
Indicator
18 RESET_N
Application
Processor
Open
Drain
Output
15 PWR_ON
100kΩ
Open
Drain
Output
D+
D-
29 USB_D+
28 USB_D-
u-blox 1.8 V
GNSS Receiver
4.7k
OUTIN
GND
LDO Regulator
SHDN
SDA
SCL
4.7k
3V8 1V8_GPS
SDA2
SCL2
GPIO3
GPIO4
TxD1
EXTINT0
26
27
24
25
47k
VCC
GPIO2
23
RSVD
RSVD
RSVD
RSVD
46
47
48
49
15pF
33 RSVD
31 RSVD
47pF
SIM Card Holder
CCVCC (C1)
CCVPP (C6)
CCIO (C7)
CCCLK (C3)
CCRST (C2)
GND (C5)
47pF 47pF 100nF
41VSIM
39SIM_IO
38SIM_CLK
40SIM_RST
47pF
SW1
SW2
4V_INT
42SIM_DET
470k
ESD ESD ESD ESD ESD ESD
56ANT
62ANT_DET
10k
82nH
33pF
Connector
27pF
ESD
External
Antenna
V_BCKP
1k
TP
TP
TP
0Ω
0Ω
TP
TP
0Ω
0Ω
TP
TP
V_INT
BCLK
LRCLK
Audio Codec
MAX9860
SDIN
SDOUT
SDA
SCL
36I2S_CLK
34I2S_WA
35I2S_TXD
37I2S_RXD
19CODEC_CLK MCLK
IRQn
10k
10µF1µF100nF
VDD
SPK
OUTP
OUTN
MIC
MICBIAS
1µF
2.2k
1µF
1µF
MICLN
MICLP
MICGND
2.2k
ESD ESD
V_INT
10nF10nF
EMI
EMI
27pF27pF
10nF
EMI
EMI
ESD ESD
27pF27pF10nF
V_INT
RSVD
RSVD
44
45
VBUS 17 VUSB_DET
100nF
0Ω
15pF
39nH
Figure 86: Example of schematic diagram to integrate SARA-U2 module in an application board, using all the interfaces
For a complete schematic example including all SARA-G3 and SARA-U2 series modules see Figure 94.