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USB Dongle Rev 1.0                            

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PIN Description 

 

PIN 

Direction 

Description 

USB Connector 

The USB dongle is powered from the USB port (3.8V-5V) 

LED1(Power) 

LED on powering on the USB 

LED (NET) 

Indicate the BC660 network activity status 

USB/BATT 

jumper 

Provide power to the BC600 through USB connector or through external 

battery power source 

3.3V 

3.3V generated by the on-board regulator. Maximum current 

drawn is 3A. The regulator also provides power to BC660 

5V 

5V generated from the board. The board is supplied with power 

from USB connector (typical 5V) 

BATT 

To provide power source from external battery (3.3V). If 

powered from battery,  no connection through USB port is 

needed 

GND 

 

Ground 

UART (TXD) 

UART TX line to communicate with BC660 

UART (RXD) 

UART RTX line to communicate with BC660 

RI 

Ring indication 

EINT 

External interrupt pin dedicated to waking up the 

module from Deep/Light Sleep mode

 

RESET 

Reset the BC660 

ADC0 

Connected to BC660. General purpose analogue to digital converter 

GPIO1 

IO 

Connected to BC660. General purpose IO 

GPIO2 

IO 

Connected to BC660. General purpose IO 

GPIO3 

IO 

Connected to BC660. General purpose IO 

GPIO4 

IO 

Connected to BC660. General purpose IO 

USIM 

I  

Used to insert a Nano USIM. Connected to BG77 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for 5G NB-IOT USB KIT

Page 1: ...1 USB Dongle Rev 1 0 Copyright 5GHUB US 5G NB IOT USB KIT USB Dongle BC660 Technical Specifications User Manual ...

Page 2: ...e Document The purpose of this document is to explain the technical specifications and manual for using the 5G NB IoT USB Dongle Document History Version Author Date Description A 5G HUB 09 18 2022 Initial Document B 5G HUB 02 13 2023 Add UART connection ...

Page 3: ...1 1 Cat NB2 NB IoT USB Dongle Package 4 1 2 Download 4 2 General Description 5 2 1 Overview 5 2 2 Key Features 5 2 3 Overview Diagrams 6 2 4 Physical Characteristics 6 2 5 Peripherals IO Connections 8 2 6 Hardware Specification 10 2 7 PIN Description 11 2 8 Powering the USB dongle 12 2 9 Connecting UART to the USB Dongle 12 ...

Page 4: ...1 2 Download Download and Install LTE GNSS modem driver for Windows OS https github com 5ghub 5G NB IoT tree master Driver Download and Install QNavigator and QCOM tools for Quectel BG95 here https github com 5ghub 5G NB IoT tree master Tools All the following software can be installed from the GitHub location here https github com 5ghub 5G NB IoT ...

Page 5: ... applications for devices It enables large number of applications such as wireless POS smart metering tracking smart transportation smart buildings smart city smart homes bike sharing smart wearables smart parking home appliances security and asset tracking agricultural and environmental monitoring 2 2 Key Features Quectel BC660 Cat NB2 module Data rate of 127Kbps downlink and 158 5Kbps uplink On ...

Page 6: ...ottom View 2 4 Physical Characteristics The width and length of the USB dongle is 25 mm width by 59 mm length The board have four screw holes in opposite corner that allows to use the USB dongle inside an enclosure or to be attached to a surface or case The size of the BC660 module is also shown below which is ultra compact size for an LTE modem ...

Page 7: ...7 USB Dongle Rev 1 0 Copyright 5GHUB US Figure 3 Physical Characteristics Figure 4 BC660 ultra compact modem ...

Page 8: ...8 USB Dongle Rev 1 0 Copyright 5GHUB US 2 5 Peripherals IO Connections Figure 5 USB Dongle Connectors ...

Page 9: ...9 USB Dongle Rev 1 0 Copyright 5GHUB US The following figure shows how to insert the Nano SIM card into the SIM card slot Figure 6 USB Dongle Bottom Side Key Components ...

Page 10: ...r through external battery LED Power LED and Netlight LED Interfacing Logic Voltage Level Operating Voltage 3 3V Voltage output 5V 3 3V GPIO 4 connected to BC660 ADC 1 connected to BC660 USB 1 UART 1 connected to BC660 BATT 1 which can be connected to external battery BOOT 1 for firmware upgrade USIM Nano Antenna 1 main antenna Band B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B8 B12 B13 B17 B18 B19 B20 B25 B28 B66 B70 B85 ...

Page 11: ...ied with power from USB connector typical 5V BATT I To provide power source from external battery 3 3V If powered from battery no connection through USB port is needed GND Ground UART TXD O UART TX line to communicate with BC660 UART RXD I UART RTX line to communicate with BC660 RI O Ring indication EINT I External interrupt pin dedicated to waking up the module from Deep Light Sleep mode RESET I ...

Page 12: ...need to plug the USB dongle into USB port on PC since the power is provided through the external battery power source Figure 7 USB BATT jumper 2 9 Connecting UART to the USB Dongle You interface with the USB dongle through UART interface The UART TXD RXD can be connected to any external device with UART Tx Rx interface such as an Arduino board or any other hardware board available You connect the ...

Page 13: ...T cable it shows correctly in Windows device manager and all its driver is installed as in this screenshot Figure 8 USB to UART cable You can launch QCOM tool and connect through the COM port shown in Windows device manager Below screen shot shows the USB dongle connected through its UART and registers on AT T mobile operator network Note connect an antenna to the UFL antenna connector ...

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