SimCom Mini PCIe EVB Kit User Manual

Mini PCIe_EVB kit_ User Guide_V1.00

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Mini PCIe EVB kit User Guide

1.00

2014-05-05

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General Notes

SIMCom offers this information as a service to its customers, to support application and engineering efforts

that use the products designed by SIMCom. The information provided is based upon requirements

specifically provided to SIMCom by the customers. SIMCom has not undertaken any independent search for

additional relevant information, including any information that may be in the customer’s possession.

Furthermore, system validation of this product designed by SIMCom within a larger electronic system

remains the responsibility of the customer or the customer’s system integrator. All specifications supplied

herein are subject to change.

Copyright

This document contains proprietary technical information which is the property of SIMCom Limited.,

copying of this document and giving it to others and the using or communication of the contents thereof, are

the event of grant of a patent or the registration of a utility model or design. All specification supplied herein

are subject to change without notice at any time.

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1. Mini PCIe EVB

Figure 1: EVB top view

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Figure 2: EVB bottom view

A: Test point

B: SIM card socket with SIM_DET function

Mini PCIe card holder

C:

D: Indicator LED

E: System power (3.3V)

F: Power on key (reserved)

G: System reset key

H: Power switch

J: RF control switch

K: WM8960 clock enable signal (reserved)

M: Micro USB connector

N: 5V DC jack

P: Audio jack (reserved)

Q: Handset jack

R: Main UART (reserved)

S: UART to RS232 IC

T: DBG UART (reserved)

U: WM8960 codec

V: Level shifter

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2. EVB Accessory

C

A

B

D

A: GSM/WCDMA/LTE Antenna

B: 5V DC adapter

C: Antenna cable

Mini PCIe EVB

D:

E: Micro USB cable

F: GPS/GLONASS Antenna

E

Figure 3: EVB accessory

F

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3. Accessory Interface

3.1 Adapter Interface

Figure 4: Adapter interface

Table 1: 5V adapter interface

Pin Signal I/O Description

1 Adapter input I 5V/2.0A DC source input

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3.2 Audio Interface

Figure 5: Audio interface

Table 2: Headset interface

Pin Signal I/O Description

1 MIC1N I Negative microphone input

2 EAR1N O Negative receiver output 3 EAR1P O Positive microphone input 4 MIC1P I Positive receiver output

Table 3: Earphone interface:

Pin Signal I/O Description

5 MIC2& Headphone I/O Auxiliary audio input/output

Note: The default audio channel is headset interface (MIC1 and EAR1), customer should connect the headset to the headset interface, and the sequence of the signal should match with table 2.

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3.3 SIM card interface

Figure 6: SIM card interface

Table 4: UIM card socket

Pin Signal I/O Description

1 GND - Ground

2 UIM_VPP - NC

3 UIM_DATA I/O External UIM card data signal

4 UIM_CLK O External UIM card clock signal

5 UIM_RST O External UIM card reset signal

6 UIM_VDD O Power source for the external UIM card

7 GND - Ground

8 UIM_DET I

External UIM card presence detect signal, hot

swap

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3.4 Antenna Interface

Figure 7: Antenna interface

Note: This chapter takes SIM7250E as an example, the sequence of antennas maybe different, customer should refer to the relevant Hardware Design document.

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3.5 UART port interface

Figure 8: UART ports

Main UART (Reserved)

AUX UART (Reserved)

Table 5: Main UART port

Pin Signal I/O Description

1 DCD O 2 TXD O 3 RXD I 4 DTR I

5 GND

6 - -

Data carrier detection

Transmit data

Receive data

Data Terminal Ready

GND

-

7 CTS I 8 RTS O 9 RI O

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Clear to Send

Request to Send

Ring Indicator

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Table 6: Debug UART Port:

Pin Signal I/O Description

2 DEBUG_TX O 3 DEBUG_RX I

5 GND

3.6 LED Indicator and Switch

Transmit data

Receive data

GND

Figure 9: LED indicator and Switch

Figure 9 shows the indicator LED and function switch, the detail function please refer to table 7 and table 8.

Table 7: Working state of LED as list:

Ref No. Name Function description

D104 VCC3V3 indicator Bright：system has the 3.3V power

Extinct: system does not have the 3.3V power

HL104 WAKE indicator

HL101 WWAN indicator

Blinking one time when module wake up host

Refer to the HD document for details;

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HL102 WLAN indicator

Reserved for WLAN function

HL103 WPAN indicator

HL201 USB indicator

Reserved for WPAN function

Bright：USB cable inserted

Extinct: USB cable does not insert

Table 8: Function of switch

Ref No. Name Function description

S101 VCC3V3 indicator Bright：system has the 3.3V power

Extinct: system does not have the 3.3V power

S103 RF Control switch

S104 PCM Clock enable switch

Switch down: module goes into airplane mode

Switch up: module controlled by software

Reserved, switch at middle state

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4. Test Interface

4.1 J2001

J2001 J2002

Figure 10: Test interface overview

2

1

Figure 11: J2001 interface

J2003

14

13

Table 9: J103 Interface Pin List

Pin Signal I/O Description

1 WPAN I Reserved for WPAN

2 PCM_SYNC O PCM frame synchronization

3 WLAN I Reserved for WLAN

4 PCM_IN I PCM data input

5 WWAN I Network status indicator

6 PCM_OUT O PCM data output

7 W_DISABLE I Active low signal for wireless disabling

(Airplane mode)

8 PCM_CLK O PCM clock

9 PIN37/PWRKEY - Reserved

10 NC - -

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11 GND - Ground

12 RESET I Active low functional reset to the card

13 GND - Ground

14 PCI_3.3V I 3.3V supply

4.2 J2002

2

1

Figure 12: J2002 interface

Table 10: J2002 Interface Pin List

Pin Signal I/O Description

1 CTS_1V8 I

2 TXD_1V8 O

3 RTS_1V8 O

Reserved for future use. (1.8V voltage domain)

14

13

4 RXD_1V8 I

5 RI_1V8 O

6 DTR_1V8 I

8 DCD_1V8 O

7 DBG_TXD_1V8 O

9 DBG_RXD_1V8 I

10 UIM_RST O UIM card reset signal

11 UIM_DATA I/O UIM card data signal

12 UIM_CLK O UIM card clock signal

13 UIM_DET I External UIM card presence detect signal,

14 UIM_VDD O Power source for the external UIM card

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Reserved for DEBUG (1.8V voltage domain)

hot swap

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4.3 J2003

2

1

Figure 13: J2003 interface

Table 11: J2003 Interface Pin List

Pin Signal I/O Description

1 CTS_3V3 O

2 DCD_3V3 I

3 RTS_3V3 I

4 DTR_3V3 O

5 TXD_3V3 I

6 RI_3V3 I

The UART port is a full function serial port,

reserved for debug and future use. (3.3V voltage

domain)

The DBG port is a 3-wire serial port, reserved for

debug and future use. (3.3V voltage domain)

14

13

7 RXD_3V3 O

8 DBG_TXD_3V3 I

9 - -

10 DBG_RXD_3V3 O

11 NC

12 NC

13 NC

14 NC

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5. EVB and Accessory

The EVB and its accessory are equipped as the Figure 14

Figure 14: EVB and accessory

Note: the headset is not included in the EVB Kit. S101 and S103 switch up and set the S104 at the middle position.

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6. Illustration:

6.1 Power on module

The Mini PCIe module is designed with auto power on with power appears.

The procedure of power on the module described as the following steps:

1. Insert the module to the

2. Equip the accessory as figure 14 shows; make sure the SIM card has equipped;

2. Plug in 5V DC adapter, and switch S101 to “ON” state, then D104 will lighten;

The module would power on, HL101 would flash at a certain frequency, and user can judge registering status of

the module by the HL101. For detailed description, please refer to document [1].

6.2 Registering Network and making a call

Mini PCIe EVB;

User should setup the driver on the PC for the proper operation, The procedure of making a call described as the

following steps:

1) User should power on the module as chapter 6.1 described.

2) Connect the micro USB cable to the USB connector;

3) Open the Hyper Terminal (AT command windows) on your computer.

4) Check the serial port number: My computer (right click) →Manage → Device Manager → Ports

(COM&LPT)

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Figure 15: COM ports and modem

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5) Use the Hyper Terminal to call the module as following steps: z Open the HyperTerminal: START→ All Programs → Accessory →Communication →

HyperTerminal.

Figure 16: Run the hyper terminal

Figure 17: Name the hyper terminal

z Configure the serial port number

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Figure 18: Choose the right COM port

z Set the baud rate and flow control, User can set the baud rate from 1200bps to 115200bps, and the

flow control set to “None”

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Figure 19: Set up the COM property

z Connect the module

6) Click the “call” icon. z Typing the AT command. When module is powered on, user must firstly send “AT” to

synchronize the baud rate. The default setting of the module is autobauding.

z Use AT command ATD to make a call.

Figure 20: Connect the module

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Figure 21: Make a call

7) User can also operate the GPS with the AT+CGPS command, then user can see the NMEA information from

the SimTech HS-USB NMEA Port. Refer to the AT Command document to get more operation guide.

Figure 22: Open GNSS

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6.3 Downloading

This chapter introduces software upgrade process of SIM72X0 series modules. The update tool is

“SIM72X0_UpdateTool_V1.0.exe”. The following pictures show the upgrade process and other functional

processes.

6.3.1 USB Port Specification

First user should connect the micro USB cable to module, and power on the module.

Then user could run the tool, after the tool is opened, it will scan the device, if the module is ready, the tool will

display like the following picture.

1 2

3 4

Figure 23: Run the download tool

1: The upgrade files display area.

2: The upgrade process display area.

3: The progress bar shows the step function.

4: The progress bar shows the total function.

5: File selection button.

6: Device scan button.

7: QCN file backup button.

8: Firmware download button.

9: QCN file recover button.

10: Image files download button.

11: ISO file upgrade button.

12: Exit the program.

5 6

7 8

9 10

11

12

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6.3.2 Firmware Update

First user should connect the micro USB cable to module, and power on the module. Then user could run the tool,

Tool will scan the device automatically, if the module is ready, the tool will prompts the user to upgrade.

Figure 24: Browse the software package

[File path]

Upgrade FW or upgrade the AP file, user need to select the upgrade file path firstly.

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Figure 25: Start download

[Scan Device]

Click the [Scan Device] button, The tool will re enumeration and connection device, to determine whether the

device is in the ready state

.

[BackupQCN]

Before upgrading the FW file, may require to backup the QCN data in the module.

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Backup finished

Figure 26: Backup QCN

Figure 27: Backup finished

own FW] [D

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FW] button to upgrade firmware, this process may take several minutes to complete. In the process Click [Down

of upgrading, do not close the PC tool, or unplug the device.

Figure 28: Down FW

Figure 29: Downloading in process

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Figure 30: Downloading in process

pgrade finished, tool will re enumeration and connection device, if device is ready. U

Figure 31: re enumeration and connection device

[RecoverQCN]

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CN] button to recover QCN just backup. Click [RecoverQ

Recover finished.

Figure 32: Recover QCN

Figure 33: Recover QCN finished

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[Down AP]

Click [Down AP] button to upgrade image file through ADB, If the first upgrade failed, will retry later. The tool

set failure timeout monitoring time is 2 minutes.

Upgrade finished

Figure 34: Down AP

Figure 35: Down AP finished

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[ISO Upgrade]

Click [ISO Upgrade] button to push the file named cdrom_install.iso in the ISO folder into the module’s CD

ROM , for the installation of PC management software.

Push finished

Figure 36: ISO Upgrade

Figure 37: Push finished

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7. Appendix

I. Related Documents

Table 12: Related Documents

SN Document name Remark

SIMCOM_SIM72X0_ATC_

[1]

[2]

II. Safety Caution

Table 13: Safety caution

EN_VX.XX.doc

SIM7250_Hardware_Design

_VX.XX

Marks Requirements

When in a hospital or other health care facility, observe the restrictions about the use of

mobiles. Switch the cellular terminal or mobile off, medical equipment may be sensitive to not

operate normally for RF energy interference.

Switch off the cellular terminal or mobile before boarding an aircraft. Make sure it is switched

off. The operation of wireless appliances in an aircraft is forbidden to prevent interference with

communication systems. Forget to think much of these instructions may lead to the flight

safety or offend against local legal action, or both.

Do not operate the cellular terminal or mobile in the presence of flammable gases or fumes.

Switch off the cellular terminal when you are near petrol stations, fuel depots, chemical plants

or where blasting operations are in progress. Operation of any electrical equipment in

potentially explosive atmospheres can constitute a safety hazard.

Your cellular terminal or mobile receives and transmits radio frequency energy while switched

on. RF interference can occur if it is used close to TV sets, radios, computers or other electric

equipment.

Road safety comes first! Do not use a hand-held cellular terminal or mobile when driving a

vehicle, unless it is securely mounted in a holder for hands free operation. Before making a

call with a hand-held terminal or mobile, park the vehicle.

GSM cellular terminals or mobiles operate over radio frequency signals and cellular networks

and cannot be guaranteed to connect in all conditions, for example no mobile fee or a invalid

SIM card. While you are in this condition and need emergent help, please remember using

emergency calls. In order to make or receive calls, the cellular terminal or mobile must be

switched on and in a service area with adequate cellular signal strength.

Some networks do not allow for emergency call if certain network services or phone features

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are in use (e.g. lock functions, fixed dialing etc.). You may have to deactivate those features

before you can make an emergency call.

Also, some networks require that a valid SIM card be properly inserted in the cellular terminal

or mobile.

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Contact us: Shanghai SIMCom Wireless Solutions Ltd.

Add: SIM Technology Building，No.633，Jinzhong Road，Changning District，Shanghai P.R. China 200335 Tel: +86 21 3235 3300 Fax: +86 21 3235 3301 URL: www.sim.com/wm

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

1. Mini PCIe EVB

2. EVB Accessory

3. Accessory Interface

3.1 Adapter Interface

3.2 Audio Interface

3.3 SIM card interface

3.4 Antenna Interface

3.5 UART port interface

3.6 LED Indicator and Switch

4. Test Interface

4.1 J2001

4.2 J2002

4.3 J2003

5. EVB and Accessory

6. Illustration:

6.1 Power on module

6.2 Registering Network and making a call

6.3 Downloading

6.3.1 USB Port Specification

6.3.2 Firmware Update

7. Appendix

I. Related Documents

II. Safety Caution