SARA-R4/N4 series - System Integration Manual
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Appendix
A Migration between SARA modules
A.1 Overview
SARA-G3 2G modules, SARA-U2 3G / 2G modules, SARA-R4/N4 LTE Cat M1/NB1 / 2G modules and SARA-
N2 LTE Cat NB1 modules have exactly the same u-blox SARA form factor (26.0 x 16.0 mm, LGA 96-pin),
with compatible pin assignments, as in Figure 59. Any one of the modules can be mounted on a single
application board using exactly the same copper mask, solder mask and paste mask.
64 63 61 60 58 57 55 54
22 23 25 26 28 29 31 32
11
10
8
7
5
4
2
1
21
19
18
16
15
13
12
43
44
46
47
49
50
52
53
33
35
36
38
39
41
42
65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76
77 78
79 80
81 82
83 84
85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96
CTS
RTS
DCD
RI
V_INT
RSVD
GND
GPIO6
RESET_N
GPIO1
PWR_ON
RXD
TXD
3
20
17
14
9
6
24 27 30
51
48
45
40
37
34
5962 56
GND
GND
DSR
DTR
GND
VUSB_DET
GND
GND
USB_D-
USB_D+
RSVD
GND
GPIO2
GPIO3
SDA
SCL
GPIO4
GND
GND
GND
SDIO_D2
SDIO_CMD
SDIO_D0
SDIO_D1
GND
VCC
VCC
RSVD
I2S_TXD/SPI_CS
I2S_CLK/ SPI_CLK
SIM _CLK
SIM _IO
VSIM
GPIO5
VCC
SDIO_D3
SDIO_CLK
SIM _RST
I2S_RXD/SPI_MISO
I2S_WA/SPI_MOSI
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
ANT_DET
ANT
SARA-R4/N4
Top View
Pin 65-96: GND
64 63 61 60 58 57 55 54
22 23 25 26 28 29 31 32
11
10
8
7
5
4
2
1
21
19
18
16
15
13
12
43
44
46
47
49
50
52
53
33
35
36
38
39
41
42
65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76
77 78
79 80
81 82
83 84
85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96
CTS
RTS
DCD
RI
V_INT
V_BCKP
GND
RSVD
RESET_N
GPIO1
PWR_ON
RXD
TXD
3
20
17
14
9
6
24 27 30
51
48
45
40
37
34
5962 56
GND
GND
DSR
DTR
GND
RSVD
GND
GND
RXD_AUX
TXD_AUX
RSVD
GND
GPIO2
GPIO3
SDA
SCL
GPIO4
GND
GND
GND
SPK_P
MIC_BIAS
MIC_GND
MIC_P
GND
VCC
VCC
RSVD
I2S_TXD
I2S_CLK
SIM _CLK
SIM _IO
VSIM
SIM _DET
VCC
MIC_N
SPK_N
SIM _RST
I2S_RXD
I2S_WA
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
ANT_DET
ANT
SARA-G3
Top View
Pin 65-96: GND
64 63 61 60 58 57 55 54
22 23 25 26 28 29 31 32
11
10
8
7
5
4
2
1
21
19
18
16
15
13
12
43
44
46
47
49
50
52
53
33
35
36
38
39
41
42
65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76
77 78
79 80
81 82
83 84
85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96
CTS
RTS
DCD
RI
V_INT
V_BCKP
GND
CODEC_CLK
RESET_N
GPIO1
PWR_ON
RXD
TXD
3
20
17
14
9
6
24 27 30
51
48
45
40
37
34
5962 56
GND
GND
DSR
DTR
GND
VUSB_DET
GND
GND
USB_D-
USB_D+
RSVD
GND
GPIO2
GPIO3
SDA
SCL
GPIO4
GND
GND
GND
RSVD
RSVD
RSVD
RSVD
GND
VCC
VCC
RSVD
I2S_TXD
I2S_CLK
SIM _CLK
SIM _IO
VSIM
SIM _DET
VCC
RSVD
RSVD
SIM _RST
I2S_RXD
I2S_WA
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
ANT_DET
ANT
SARA-U2
Top View
Pin 65-96: GND
64 63 61 60 58 57 55 54
22 23 25 26 28 29 31 32
11
10
8
7
5
4
2
1
21
19
18
16
15
13
12
43
44
46
47
49
50
52
53
33
35
36
38
39
41
42
65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76
77 78
79 80
81 82
83 84
85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96
CTS
RTS
RSVD
RSVD
V_INT
RSVD
GND
RSVD
RESET_N
GPIO1
RSVD
RXD
TXD
3
20
17
14
9
6
24 27 30
51
48
45
40
37
34
5962 56
GND
GND
RSVD
RSVD
GND
RSVD
GND
GND
RSVD
RSVD
RSVD
GND
RSVD
GPIO2
SDA
SCL
RSVD
GND
GND
GND
RSVD
RSVD
RSVD
RSVD
GND
VCC
VCC
RSVD
RSVD
RSVD
SIM _CLK
SIM _IO
VSIM
RSVD
VCC
RSVD
RSVD
SIM _RST
RSVD
RSVD
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
ANT_DET
ANT
SARA-N2
Top View
Pin 65-96: GND
Figure 59: SARA-G3, SARA-U2, SARA-R4/N4 and SARA-N2 modules’ layout and pin assignment
Table 39 summarizes the interfaces provided by the SARA-G3, SARA-U2, SARA-R4/N4, SARA-N2 modules.
● = supported by available product version
□ = supported by future product versions