Cinterion® ALS1-US Version: 01.000 DocId: ALS1-US_HIO_v01.000 M2M.GEMALTO.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 2 of 34 2 Document Name: Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Version: 01.000 Date: 2013-08-14 DocId: ALS1-US_HIO_v01.000 Status Confidential / Preliminary GENERAL NOTE THE USE OF THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION (THE "PRODUCT") IS S UBJECT TO THE RELEASE NOTE PROVIDED TOGE THER WITH PRODUCT. IN ANY EVENT THE PROVISIONS OF THE RELEASE NOTE SHALL PREVAIL. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION ON GEMALTO M2M PRODUCTS.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 3 of 34 Contents 34 Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 6 1.1 Supported Products ........................................................................................... 6 1.2 Related Documents ........................................................................................... 6 1.3 Terms and Abbreviations ...................................
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 4 of 34 Ta bles 83 Tables Table 1: Table 2: Table 3: Table 4: Table 5: Table 6: Table 7: Table 8: Table 9: Table 10: Table 11: Table 12: Directives ......................................................................................................... 9 Standards of North American type approval .................................................... 9 Standards of European type approval............................................................
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 5 of 34 Figures 83 Figures Figure 1: Figure 2: Figure 3: Figure 4: Figure 5: Figure 6: Figure 7: Figure 8: ALS1-US system overview............................................................................. Decoupling capacitor(s) for BATT+................................................................ USB circuit ..................................................................................................... UICC/SIM/USIM interface .........
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 6 of 34 1 Introduction 13 1 Introduction The document1 describes the hardware of the Cinterion® ALS1-US module, 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. 1.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 7 of 34 1.3 Terms and Abbreviations 13 Abbreviation Description ESD Electrostatic Discharge ETS European Telecommunication Standard ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute FCC Federal Communications Commission (U.S.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 8 of 34 1.3 Terms and Abbreviations 13 Abbreviation Description PU Pull Up resistor (appr.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 9 of 34 1.4 Regulatory and Type Approval Information 13 1.4 Regulatory and Type Approval Information 1.4.1 Directives and Standards ALS1-US has been designed to comply with the directives and standards listed below.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 10 of 34 1.4 Regulatory and Type Approval Information 13 Table 3: Standards of European type approval 3GPP TS 51.010-1 Digital cellular telecommunications system (Release 7); Mobile Station (MS) conformance specification; ETSI EN 301 511 V9.0.2 Global System for Mobile communications (GSM); Harmonized standard for mobile stations in the GSM 900 and DCS 1800 bands covering essential requirements under article 3.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 11 of 34 1.4 Regulatory and Type Approval Information 13 Table 5: 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).
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 12 of 34 1.4 Regulatory and Type Approval Information 13 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.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 13 of 34 1.4 Regulatory and Type Approval Information 13 1.4.3 SELV Requirements The power supply connected to the ALS1-US module shall be in compliance with the SELV requirements defined in EN 60950-1. 1.4.4 Safety Precautions The following safety precautions must be observed during all phases of the operation, usage, service or repair of any cellular terminal or mobile incorporating ALS1-US.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 14 of 34 2 Product Concept 16 2 Product Concept 2.
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Page 16 of 34 Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview 2.2 ALS1-US System Overview 16 Feature Implementation Evaluation kit Evaluation module ALS1-US module soldered onto a dedicated PCB that can be connected to an adapter in order to be mounted onto the DSB75. DSB75 DSB75 Development Support Board designed to test and type approve Gemalto M2M and provide a sample configuration for application engineering. A special adapter is required to connect the ALS1-US evaluation module to the DSB75. 2.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 17 of 34 3 Application Interface 23 3 Application Interface ALS1-US is equipped with an SMT application interface (LGA pads) that connects to the external application. The host interface incorporates several sub-interfaces described in the following sections: • • • • • • Operating modes - see Section 3.1 Power supply - see Section 3.2 USB interface - see Section 3.3 UICC/SIM/USIM interface - see Section 3.4 ADC interface - Section 3.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 18 of 34 3.1 Operating Modes 23 3.1 Operating Modes The table below briefly summarizes the various operating modes referred to in the following chapters. Table 7: Overview of operating modes Mode Function Normal GSM / GPRS / operation UMTS / HSPA / LTE IDLE No data transfer in progress. GPRS DATA GPRS data transfer in progress. Power consumption depends on network settings (e.g.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 19 of 34 3.2 Power Supply 23 3.2 Power Supply ALS1-US needs to be connected to a power supply at the SMT application interface - 4 lines each BATT+ and GND. There are two separate voltage domains for BATT+: • BATT+_RF with 2 lines for the RF power amplifier supply • BATT+ with 2 lines for the general power management.
Page 20 of 34 Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview 3.3 USB Interface 23 3.3 USB Interface ALS1-US supports a USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit/s) device interface that is Full Speed (12Mbit/s) compliant. The USB interface is primarily intended for use as command and data interface and for downloading firmware. The USB host is responsible for supplying the VUSB_IN line. This line is for voltage detection only. The USB part (driver and transceiver) is supplied by means of BATT+.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 21 of 34 3.4 UICC/SIM/USIM Interface 23 3.4 UICC/SIM/USIM Interface ALS1-US has an integrated UICC/SIM/USIM interface compatible with the 3GPP 31.102 and ETSI 102 221. This is wired to the host interface in order to be connected to an external SIM card holder. Five pads on the SMT application interfaceare reserved for the SIM interface. The UICC/SIM/USIM interface supports 3V and 1.8V SIM cards.
Page 22 of 34 Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview 3.4 UICC/SIM/USIM Interface 23 open: Card removed closed: Card inserted Module SMT application interface CCIN CCRST CCCLK 1n SIM / UICC GND CCIO CCVCC 220n Figure 4: UICC/SIM/USIM interface The total cable length between the SMT application interface pads on ALS1-US and the pads of the external SIM card holder must not exceed 100mm in order to meet the specifications of 3GPP TS 51.010-1 and to satisfy the requirements of EMC compliance.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 23 of 34 3.5 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) 23 3.5 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) ADC1_IN and ADC2_IN are prepared for general purpose and are designed to measure two independent voltages in the range of 0.3V to 3.075V. 3.6 GPIO Interface ALS1-US has 10 GPIOs for external hardware devices. Each GPIO can be configured for use as input or output. All settings are AT command controlled. ALS1-US_HIO_v01.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 24 of 34 4 Antenna Interfaces 25 4 Antenna Interfaces 4.1 GSM/UMTS/LTE Antenna Interface The ALS1-US GSM/UMTS/LTE antenna interface comprises a GSM/UMTS/LTE antenna as well as a UMTS/LTE Rx diversity/MIMO antenna to improve signal reliability and quality1. The interface has an impedance of 50. ALS1-US is capable of sustaining a total mismatch at the antenna interface without any damage, even when transmitting at maximum RF power.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 25 of 34 4.1 GSM/UMTS/LTE Antenna Interface 25 4.1.1 Antenna Installation The antenna is connected by soldering the antenna pads (ANT_MAIN; ANT_DRX_MIMO) and their neighboring ground pads directly to the application’s PCB. The distance between the antenna pads and their neighboring GND pads has been optimized for best possible impedance. To prevent mismatch, special attention should be paid to these pads on the application’ PCB.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 26 of 34 5 Mechanics, Mounting and Packaging 27 5 Mechanics, Mounting and Packaging 5.1 Mechanical Dimensions of ALS1-US Figure 5 shows a 3D view1 of ALS1-US and provides an overview of the board's mechanical dimensions. For further details see Figure 6. Length: 33mm Width: 29mm Height: 2.2mm Top view Bottom view Figure 5: ALS1-US – top and bottom view 1. The coloring of the 3D view does not reflect the module’s real color. ALS1-US_HIO_v01.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 27 of 34 5.1 Mechanical Dimensions of ALS1-US 27 Internal use; Not to be soldered Figure 6: Dimensions of ALS1-US (all dimensions in mm) ALS1-US_HIO_v01.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 28 of 34 6 Sample Application 29 6 Sample Application Figure 7 shows a typical example of how to integrate an ALS1-US module with an application. The PWR_IND line is an open collector that needs an external pull-up resistor which connects to the voltage supply VCC µC of the microcontroller. Low state of the open collector pulls the PWR_IND signal low and indicates that the ALS1-US module is active, high level notifies the Power-down mode.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 29 of 34 6 Sample Application 29 Sample Application Figure 7: ALS1-US sample application ALS1-US_HIO_v01.
Page 30 of 34 Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview 7 Reference Approval 31 7 Reference Approval 7.1 Reference Equipment for Type Approval The Gemalto M2M reference setup submitted to type approve ALS1-US is shown in Figure 8. The module (i.e., the evaluation module) is connected to the DSB75 by means of a flex cable and a special DSB75 adapter. The GSM/UMTS/LTE test equipment is connected via edge mount SMA connectors soldered to the module’s antenna pads.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 31 of 34 7.2 Compliance with FCC and IC Rules and Regulations 31 7.2 Compliance with FCC and IC Rules and Regulations The Equipment Authorization Certification for the Gemalto M2M reference application described in Section 7.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 32 of 34 8 Appendix 33 8 Appendix 8.
Cinterion® ALS1-US Hardware Interface Overview Page 33 of 34 8.1 List of Parts and Accessories 33 Table 11: Molex sales contacts (subject to change) Molex For further information please click: http://www.molex.com Molex Deutschland GmbH Otto-Hahn-Str. 1b 69190 Walldorf Germany Phone: +49-6227-3091-0 Fax: +49-6227-3091-8100 Email: mxgermany@molex.com American Headquarters Lisle, Illinois 60532 U.S.A.
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