Avnet Telus LTE-M IoT Starter Kit Hardware User's Manual
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Telus LTE-M IoT Starter Kit
Hardware User Guide
Version 3.2
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Version
Date
Comment
1.0
07/06/2018
Initial Release
2.0
09/10/2018
Updated photos (to show production version BG96 modem board)
3.0
10/23/2018
Updated photos and description of v2 starter kit
MCU board details changed to that of NUCLEO-L496
Added P/N, product page and purchase page URLs (3.1)
Contact Info and Technical Support info updated (16, 17)
3.1
10/24/2018
Added detail of SW2, SW3 settings for NUCLEO-L496 MCU board
3.2
10/25/2018
Corrected Figure 3 label for SIM card holder
Document Control
Document Version: 3.2
Document Date: 10/25/2018
Document Author(s): Peter Fenn
Document Classification: Public
Document Distribution: Public
Prior Version History
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Contents
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5
1.1 BG96 Module Features ............................................................................................................ 5
2 System-Level Block Diagram ................................................................................ 6
3 Telus LTE-M IoT Starter Kit .................................................................................. 7
3.1 Telus LTE-M IoT Starter Kit (v2) Info ....................................................................................... 7
3.2 Items Included in the Starter Kit ............................................................................................... 7
4 Configuration Switches ......................................................................................... 9
4.1 SW1: Selection of Input Voltage Source ................................................................................ 10
4.2 SW2, SW3: Selection of UART0 Connection to Arduino Pins ............................................... 10
5 Status LEDs ........................................................................................................ 11
5.1 LED1: Network Status ............................................................................................................ 11
5.2 LED2: VBAT_3V8 Status ....................................................................................................... 11
5.3 LED3: BG96 Status ................................................................................................................ 11
6 PWRKEY Pushbutton Switch (S1) ...................................................................... 12
7 SIM / eSIM Interface ........................................................................................... 12
8 BG96 Shield - Arduino Connectors ..................................................................... 13
9 Pmod Connector ................................................................................................. 14
10 LTE Antenna ....................................................................................................... 15
11 GPS Antenna ...................................................................................................... 15
12 The Telus LTE-M IoT Starter Kit ......................................................................... 16
12.1 Assemble the Board Stack ..................................................................................................... 16
12.2 Connect the LTE and GPS Antennas ..................................................................................... 16
12.3 Connect the USB Cable ......................................................................................................... 16
13 Sensor Board (X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2) ................................................................. 17
14 MCU Board (NUCLEO-L496ZG) ......................................................................... 18
15 MCU Board Arduino Connectors (NUCLEO-L496ZG) ........................................ 19
16 Contact Info and Technical Support .................................................................... 22
17 Disclaimer ........................................................................................................... 22
Appendix-A: Standalone LTE-M Modem Test (Optional) .......................................... 23
Appendix-B: Standalone GPS Test (Optional) .......................................................... 25
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Figures
Figure 1 – System-Level Block Diagram ................................ ..................................... 6
Figure 2 – Location of Key Components on the BG96 Shield ..................................... 8
Figure 3 – Location of Slider Switches ........................................................................ 9
Figure 4 – SW2, SW3 Settings for NUCLEO-L496 ..................................................... 9
Figure 5 – SW2, SW3 Selection of UART0 Arduino Pins .......................................... 10
Figure 6 – SIM Card Orientation and eSIM Selector Switch ...................................... 12
Figure 7 – Pinout of BG96 Shield Arduino Connectors ............................................. 13
Figure 8 – Pmod Connector Pin View from Board Edge ........................................... 14
Figure 9 – LTE Wideband Flex Antenna (FXUB63) .................................................. 15
Figure 10 – GPS Flex Antenna (FXP611) ................................ ................................ . 15
Figure 11 – Board Stack-Up Detail ............................................................................ 16
Figure 12 – X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 Sensor Board ...................................................... 17
Figure 13 – NUCLEO-L496ZG MCU Board .............................................................. 18
Figure 14 – Nucleo-L496ZG Arduino Connectors ..................................................... 19
Figure 15 – Nucleo-L496ZG Arduino Pinouts (Left-Side) .......................................... 20
Figure 16 – Nucleo-L496ZG Arduino Pinouts (Right-Side)........................................ 21
Figure 17 – BG96 COM ports Reported in Device Manager ..................................... 23
Tables
Table 1 – BG96 Shield Configuration Switches ........................................................... 9
Table 2 – BG96 Shield LEDs .................................................................................... 11
Table 3 – BG96 Shield Network Status LED1 ........................................................... 11
Table 4 – BG96 Shield Pmod Connector Pinout ....................................................... 14
Table 5 – Nucleo-L496ZG User LEDs and User Button ............................................ 20
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1 Introduction
The Telus LTE-M IoT Starter Kit integrates three boards (stacked via their Arduino connectors):
Avnet Quectel BG96 Shield (LTE Cat-M1 and NB-IoT cellular modem and GPS board)
STMicro NUCLEO-L496ZG MCU Board
STMicro X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 Sensor Board
Enabled with the new Telus LTE-M IoT service plus free online development tools, product developers are
equipped with a versatile, rapid prototyping platform, for defining innovative new custom IoT products
The low-power Quectel BG96 IoT wireless module on this board is configured and operated via an
extensive set of AT commands. Mbed OS5 software examples are provided, enabling rapid application
development, using Mbed online IDE, libraries and software stacks (SSL, MQTT, COAP etc.)
The 2nd use-case of the BG96 Shield is a Pmod-connected modem peripheral, for host boards that support
a Pmod-compatible interface.
The 3rd use-case of the BG96 Shield is a USB-connected modem, supporting three serial ports (via USB):
UART1 - data transmission and AT command communication
UART2 - module debugging and log output
UART3 - output of GPS data / NMEA sentences
The power supplied to this board may be:
5V DC sourced from USB connector or Arduino shield connector, or
3.3V DC sourced from Pmod connector
VBAT from the battery connector
The provided wide-band LTE flex antenna, delivers good signal strength across multiple LTE frequency
bands. A passive GPS flex antenna is also provided
1.1 BG96 Module Features
Based on Quectel BG96 LPWA module
Multiple operating modes: Cat-M1, Cat-NB1, EGPRS
Global LTE bands support
o Cat-M1/NB1: B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B8 B12 B13 B18 B19 B20 B26 B28 B39 (B39 for M1 only)
o EGPRS: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Low Power Consumption
o Approximately 10 uA in PSM mode
GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou/Compass, Galileo, QZSS)
VoLTE Voice over LTE support (M1 only. Not pinned-out on the BG96 Shield!)
PCM digital audio interface (Not pinned-out on the BG96 Shield!)
Connectors
o SIM Card holder
o Arduino Shield interface
o Pmod interface
Software
o Modem and GPS support via AT Commands
o Built in support for PPP/TCP/UDP/SSL/TLS/FTP(S)/HTTP(S)
o Support for major operating systems (Android, Linux, Windows)
o Support for Mbed OS5 for integrated embedded development
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2 System-Level Block Diagram
Figure 1 – System-Level Block Diagram
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3 Telus LTE-M IoT Starter Kit
3.1 Telus LTE-M IoT Starter Kit (v2) Info
Part Number: AES-BG96-IOT-SK2-G
Kit URL: http://cloudconnectkits.org/product/telus-iot-starter-kit
Buy Page: http://avnet.me/telus1-iot
3.2 Items Included in the Starter Kit
Avnet Quectel BG96 LTE Modem Shield
X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 Sensor Board
NUCLEO-L496ZG Microcontroller Board
LTE Wideband Flex Antenna with SMA connector (p/n Taoglas FXUB63)
GPS Flex Antenna with SMA connector (p/n: Taoglas FXP611)
MicroUSB Cable (system power plus programming & debug interface)
Telus Cellular Network Starter SIM
(150 MB data, 150 SMS messages, valid for 6 months)
Microsoft Azure service credit
($250 value, valid for 30 days)
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Figure 2 – Location of Key Components on the BG96 Shield
Notes:
The provided USB cable should be connected to the ST-Link/UART interface of the MCU board.
The only time this USB cable can be connected to the BG96 board (as shown in above photo) is
when the BG96 board is used standalone for eg. the following use cases:
a) Standalone BG96 modem or GPS testing (as detailed in Appendix A and B)
b) In the event of needing to upgrade the Quectel firmware on the modem module
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