Gemalto M2M PLS8 X, PLS8 V User Manual
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Hardware Interface Overview
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Contents
0 Document History.......................................................................................................6
1 Introduction.................................................................................................................7
1.1 Supported Products...........................................................................................7
1.2 Related Documents ...........................................................................................7
1.3 Terms and Abbreviations............ ........... .......... ........... ........... ............................7
1.4 Regulatory and Type Approval Information .....................................................10
1.4.1 Directives and Standards....................................................................10
1.4.2 SAR requirements specific to portable mobiles..................................12
1.4.3 SELV Requirements ...........................................................................13
1.4.4 Safety Precautions..............................................................................13
2 Product Concept.......................................................................................................14
2.1 Key Features at a Glance................................................................................14
2.2 PLS8-X/PLS8-V System Overview..................................................................17
3 Application Interface.................................................................................................18
3.1 Operating Modes .............................................................................................19
3.2 Power Supply...................................................................................................20
3.3 USB Interface...................................................................................................21
3.4 Serial Interface ASC0 ......................................................................................22
3.5 UICC/SIM/USIM Interface................................................................................23
3.6 Digital Audio Interface......................................................................................25
3.7 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)...................................................................25
3.8 GPIO Interface.................................................................................................25
4 GNSS Receiver..........................................................................................................26
5 Antenna Interfaces....................................................................................................27
5.1 GSM/UMTS/LTE Antenna Interface.................................................................27
5.1.1 Antenna Installation ............................................................................28
5.2 GNSS Antenna Interface ................................................................................. 29
6 Mechanics..................................................................................................................31
6.1 Mechanical Dimensions of PLS8-X/PLS8-V....................................................31
7 Sample Application...................................................................................................33
8 Reference Approval..................................................................................................35
8.1 Reference Equipment for Type Approval.........................................................35
8.2 Compliance with FCC and IC Rules and Regulations ..................................... 36
9 Appendix....................................................................................................................38
9.1 List of Parts and Accessories...........................................................................38
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Tables
Table 1: Directives ....................................................................................................... 10
Table 2: Standards of North American type approval.................................................. 10
Table 3: Requirements of quality ................................................................................. 10
Table 4: Standards of the Ministry of Information Industry of the
People’s Republic of China............................................................................ 11
Table 5: Toxic or hazardous substances or elements with defined concentration
limits............................................................................................................... 11
Table 6: Overview of operating modes ........................................................................ 19
Table 7: Signals of the SIM interface (SMT application interface)............................... 23
Table 8: Return loss in the active band........................................................................ 27
Table 9: Antenna gain limits for FCC and IC................................................................ 36
Table 10: List of parts and accessories.......................................................................... 38
Table 11: Molex sales contacts (subject to change)...................................................... 39
Table 12: Hirose sales contacts (subject to change)..................................................... 39
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Figures
Figure 1: PLS8-X/PLS8-V system overview.................................................................. 17
Figure 2: Decoupling capacitor(s) for BATT+................................................................ 20
Figure 3: USB circuit..................................................................................................... 21
Figure 4: Serial interface ASC0..................................................................................... 22
Figure 5: First UICC/SIM/USIM interface...................................................................... 24
Figure 6: Second UICC/SIM/USIM interface................................................................. 24
Figure 7: Supply voltage for active GNSS antenna....................................................... 29
Figure 8: ESD protection for passive GNSS antenna................................................... 30
Figure 9: PLS8-X/PLS8-V – top and bottom view......................................................... 31
Figure 10: Dimensions of PLS8-X/PLS8-V (all dimensions in mm)................................. 32
Figure 11: PLS8-X/PLS8-V sample application............................................................... 34
Figure 12: Reference equipment for type approval......................................................... 35
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0 Document History
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Preceding document: "Cinterion® PLS8-X/PLS8-V Hardware Interface Overview" v02.510
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New document: "Cinterion
Chapter What is new
1.4 Removed ECE-R 10 directive from Table 1.
Updated NAPRD version in Table 2.
5.2 Revised ratings for VGNSS in Figure 7.
8.2 Revised maximum antenna gain limits - added Table 9.
New document: "Cinterion
Chapter What is new
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1 Introduction
The document1 describes the hardware of the two Cinterion® modules variants PLS8-V and
PLS8-X, designed to connect to a cellular device application and the air interface. It helps you
quickly retrieve interface specifications, electrical and mechanical details and information on
the requirements to be considered for integrating further components.
The product variants differ in their radio access technology support:
• PLS8-X is available for operation in LTE, UMTS and GSM radio networks - for supported
frequency bands please refer to Section 2.1. Connected to this, the module has two separate firmware images on board that can be activated based on the used (U)SIM card.
Employing the module’s two (U)SIM interfaces, it is thus possible to switch between firmware images on the fly - making PLS8-X a multi carrier/provider module.
• PLS8-V in contrast is available for operation in LTE radio networks only - for supported f requency bands please refer to Section 2.1. It has only a single firmware image on board that
can be activated by (U)SIM card - making it a single carrier/provider module.
If not otherwise mentioned, this document applies to both product variants. Where necessary
a note is made to differentiate between the variants.
1.1 Supported Products
This document applies to the following Gemalto M2M products:
•Cinterion
•Cinterion
®
PLS8-V module
®
PLS8-X module
1.2 Related Documents
[1] AT Command Set for your Gemalto M2M product
[2] Release Notes for your Gemalto M2M product
[3] Application Note 48: SMT Module Integration
[4] Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0, April 27, 2000
1.3 Terms and Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ARP Antenna Reference Point
CE Conformité Européene (European Conformity)
CS Coding Scheme
CS Circuit Switched
CSD Circuit Switched Data
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The document is effective only if listed in the appropriate Release Notes as part of the technical
documentation delivered with your Gemalto M2M product.
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Abbreviation Description
DCS Digital Cellular System
DL Download
dnu Do not use
DRX Discontinuous Reception
DSB Development Support Board
DTX Discontinuous Transmission
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
EGSM Extended GSM
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ETS European Telecommunication Standard
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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FCC Federal Communications Commission (U.S.)
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GSM Global Standard for Mobile Communications
HiZ High Impedance
HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access
I/O Input/Output
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
ISO International Standards Organization
ITU International Telecommunications Union
kbps kbits per second
LED Light Emitting Diode
LGA Land Grid Array
LTE Long term evolution
MBB Moist ur e ba rr ier bag
Mbps Mbits per second
MCS Modulation and Coding Scheme
MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output
MLCC Multi Layer Ceramic Capacitor
MO Mobile Originated
MS Mobile Station, also referred to as TE
MSL Moisture Sensitivity Level
MT Mobile Terminated
nc Not connected
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Abbreviation Description
NTC Negative Temperature Coefficient
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCL Power Control Level
PCS Personal Communication System, also referred to as GSM 1900
PD Pull Down resistor
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PS Packet Switched
PSK Phase Shift Keying
PU Pull Up resistor
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
R&TTE Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment
RF Radio Frequency
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rfu Reserved for future use
ROPR Radio Output Power Reduction
RTC Real Time Clock
Rx Receive Direction
SAR Specific Absorption Rate
SELV Safety Extra Low Voltage
SIM Subscriber Identification Module
SMD Surface Mount Device
SMS Short Message Service
SMT Surface Mount Technology
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
SRB Signalling Radio Bearer
TE Terminal Equipment
TPC Transmit Power Control
TS Technical Specification
Tx Transmit Direction
UL Upload
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
URC Unsolicited Result Code
USB Universal Serial Bus
UICC USIM Integrated Circuit Card
USIM UMTS Subscriber Identification Module
WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
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1.4 Regulatory and Type Approval Information
1.4.1 Directives and Standards
PLS8-X/PLS8-V has been designed to comply with the directives and standards listed below.
It is the responsibility of the application manufacturer to ensure compliance of the final product
with all provisions of the applicable directives and standards as well as with the technical specifications provided in the "PLS8-X/PLS8-V Hardware Interface Description".
Table 1: Directives
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2002/95/EC (RoHS 1)
2011/65/EC (RoHS 2)
Table 2: Standards of North American type approval
CFR Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 22, Part 24 and Part 27; US Equipmen t
OET Bulletin 65
(Edition 97-01)
UL 60 950-1 Product Safety Certification (Safety requirements)
NAPRD.03 V5.23 Overview of PCS Type certification review board Mobile Equipment Type
RSS132, RSS133,
RSS139
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of
27 January 2003 (and revised on 8 June 2011) on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in
electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS)
Authorization FCC
Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radio-
frequency Electromagnetic Fields
Certification and IMEI control
PCS Type Certification Review board (PTCRB)
Canadian Standard
Table 3: Requirements of quality
IEC 60068 Environmental testing
DIN EN 60529 IP codes
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Manufacturers of applications which can be used in the US shall en sure that their applications have a
PTCRB approval. For this purpose they can refer to the PTCRB approval of the respective module.
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Table 4: Standards of the Ministry of Information Industry of the People’s Republic of China
SJ/T 11363-2006 “Requirements for Concentration Limits for Certain Hazardous Substances
in Electronic Information Products” (2006-06).
SJ/T 11364-2006 “Marking for Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic
Information Products” (2006-06).
According to the “Chinese Administration on th e Control of
Pollution caused by Electronic Information Products”
(ACPEIP) the EPUP, i.e., Environmental Protection Use
Period, of this product is 20 years as per the symbol
shown here, unless otherwise marked. The EPUP is valid only as long as
the product is operated within the operating limits described in the Hardware
Interface Description.
Please see Table 5 for an overview of toxic or hazardous substances or elements that might be contained in product parts in concentrations above the
limits defined by SJ/T 11363-2006.
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Table 5: Toxic or hazardous substances or elements with defined concentration limits
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1.4.2 SAR requirements specific to portable mobiles
Mobile phones, PDAs or other portable transmitters and receivers incorporating a GSM module
must be in accordance with the guidelines for human exposure to radio frequency energy. This
requires the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of portable PLS8-X/ PLS8-V based applications to
be evaluated and approved for compliance with national and/or international regulations.
Since the SAR value varies significantly with the individual product design manufacturers are
advised to submit their product for approval if designed for portable use. For US markets the
relevant directives are mentioned below. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer of the final
product to verify whether or not further standards, recommendations or directives are in force
outside these areas.
Products intended for sale on US markets
ES 59005/ANSI C95.1 Considerations for evaluation of human exposure to electromagnetic
fields (EMFs) from mobile telecommunication equipment (MTE) in the
frequency range 30MHz - 6GHz
IMPORTANT:
Manufacturers of portable applications based on PLS8-X/PLS8-V modules are required to
have their final product certified and apply for their own FCC Grant and Industry Canada Certificate related to the specific portable mobile.
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