Quectel EP06 Series - Table of Contents; Contents

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EP06 Series Hardware Design
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Contents
About the Document ................................................................................................................................... 2
Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Table Index ................................................................................................................................................... 5
Figure Index ................................................................................................................................................. 6
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1. Safety Information...................................................................................................................... 8
2 Product Concept .................................................................................................................................. 9
2.1. General Description ................................................................................................................... 9
2.2. Key Features ........................................................................................................................... 10
2.3. Functional Diagram ................................................................................................................. 12
2.4. Evaluation Board ..................................................................................................................... 13
3 Application Interfaces ....................................................................................................................... 14
3.1. Pin Assignment ........................................................................................................................ 14
3.2. Pin Description ......................................................................................................................... 15
3.3. Power Supply ........................................................................................................................... 18
3.4. (U)SIM Interfaces..................................................................................................................... 19
3.5. USB Interface .......................................................................................................................... 21
3.6. PCM and I2C Interfaces .......................................................................................................... 23
3.7. Control and Indicator Signals .................................................................................................. 25
3.7.1. WAKE_N Signal* ............................................................................................................ 26
3.7.2. W_DISABLE_N Signal*.................................................................................................. 26
3.7.3. RESET_N Signal ............................................................................................................ 27
3.7.4. WWAN_LED_N Signal ................................................................................................... 27
3.8. Tunable Antenna Control Interface* ........................................................................................ 29
4 GNSS Receiver ................................................................................................................................... 30
4.1. General Description ................................................................................................................. 30
4.2. GNSS Performance ................................................................................................................. 30
4.3. Layout Guidelines .................................................................................................................... 31
5 Antenna Connection .......................................................................................................................... 32
5.1. Main/Rx-diversity Antenna Connectors ................................................................................... 32
5.1.1. Description of Main/Rx-diversity Antenna Connectors .................................................. 32
5.1.2. Operating Frequency ..................................................................................................... 33
5.2. GNSS Antenna Connector ...................................................................................................... 35
5.3. Antenna Connectors and Mating Plugs ................................................................................... 35
5.4. Antenna Requirements ............................................................................................................ 37
6 Electrical, Reliability and Radio Characteristics ............................................................................ 39
6.1. General Description ................................................................................................................. 39
6.2. Absolute Maximum Ratings ..................................................................................................... 39