Quectel EP06

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Contents
About the Document ................................................................................................................................... 2
Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1. Safety Information...................................................................................................................... 5
2 Product Concept .................................................................................................................................. 7
2.1. General Description ................................................................................................................... 7
2.2. Description of Product Series .................................................................................................... 7
2.3. Key Features ............................................................................................................................. 8
2.4. Functional Diagram ................................................................................................................. 10
2.5. Evaluation Board ..................................................................................................................... 11
3 Application Interface ......................................................................................................................... 12
3.1. General Description ................................................................................................................. 12
3.2. EP06 Interface ......................................................................................................................... 12
3.2.1. Pin Assignment .............................................................................................................. 12
3.2.2. Definition of Interface ..................................................................................................... 13
3.3. Power Supply ........................................................................................................................... 16
3.4. (U)SIM Card Interfaces ............................................................................................................ 17
3.5. USB Interfaces ......................................................................................................................... 18
3.6. PCM and I2C Interfaces .......................................................................................................... 20
3.7. Control Signals ........................................................................................................................ 22
3.7.1. RESET_N Signal ............................................................................................................ 23
3.7.2. WWAN_LED_N Signal ................................................................................................... 23
3.8. Antenna Interfaces .................................................................................................................. 24
3.8.1. Main/Rx-diversity Antenna Interface .............................................................................. 24
3.8.1.1. Pin Definition of RF Antenna ............................................................................... 24
3.8.2. Operating Frequency ..................................................................................................... 25
3.8.3. GNSS Antenna Interface ................................................................................................ 26
3.8.4. Antenna Installation ........................................................................................................ 27
3.8.4.1. Antenna Requirement ......................................................................................... 27
4 Electrical and Radio Characteristics ............................................................................................... 30
4.1. General Description ................................................................................................................. 30
4.2. Power Supply Requirements ................................................................................................... 30
4.3. RF Characteristics ................................................................................................................... 30
4.4. GNSS Receiver ....................................................................................................................... 32
4.5. ESD Characteristics ................................................................................................................ 33
4.6. Current Consumption .............................................................................................................. 34
4.7. Thermal Consideration ............................................................................................................ 39
5 Mechanical Dimensions .................................................................................................................... 41