Quectel BG96 Series - Table of Contents; Contents

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BG96 Hardware Design
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Contents
About the Document ................................................................................................................................... 2
Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Table Index ................................................................................................................................................... 5
Figure Index ................................................................................................................................................. 7
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 8
1.1. Safety Information...................................................................................................................... 9
2 Product Concept ................................................................................................................................ 10
2.1. General Description ................................................................................................................. 10
2.2. Key Features ........................................................................................................................... 11
2.3. Functional Diagram ................................................................................................................. 13
2.4. Evaluation Board ..................................................................................................................... 14
3 Application Interfaces ....................................................................................................................... 15
3.1. Pin Assignment ........................................................................................................................ 16
3.2. Pin Description ......................................................................................................................... 17
3.3. Operating Modes ..................................................................................................................... 23
3.4. Power Saving ........................................................................................................................... 24
3.4.1. Airplane Mode ................................................................................................................ 24
3.4.2. Power Saving Mode (PSM) ............................................................................................ 25
3.4.3. Extended Idle Mode DRX (e-I-DRX) .............................................................................. 25
3.4.4. Sleep Mode .................................................................................................................... 26
3.4.4.1. UART Application ................................................................................................. 26
3.5. Power Supply ........................................................................................................................... 27
3.5.1. Power Supply Pins ......................................................................................................... 27
3.5.2. Decrease Voltage Drop .................................................................................................. 27
3.5.3. Monitor the Power Supply .............................................................................................. 28
3.6. Turn on and off Scenarios ....................................................................................................... 28
3.6.1. Turn on Module Using the PWRKEY Pin ....................................................................... 28
3.6.2. Turn off Module .............................................................................................................. 30
3.6.2.1. Turn off Module Using the PWRKEY Pin ............................................................. 30
3.6.2.2. Turn off Module Using AT Command ................................................................... 31
3.7. Reset the Module..................................................................................................................... 31
3.8. (U)SIM Interface ...................................................................................................................... 33
3.9. USB Interface .......................................................................................................................... 35
3.10. UART Interfaces ...................................................................................................................... 36
3.11. PCM* and I2C* Interfaces ....................................................................................................... 39
3.12. Network Status Indication ........................................................................................................ 40
3.13. STATUS ................................................................................................................................... 41
3.14. Behaviors of RI ........................................................................................................................ 42
3.15. USB_BOOT Interface .............................................................................................................. 43
3.16. ADC Interfaces* ....................................................................................................................... 43