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BLG840F/X LTE Gateways and BN60 LTE Beacon      

Draft Ver 0.51  May 2019

Modem Firmware

 

Module nRF9160 is pre-loaded with Modem firmware supporting LTE-M and NB-IoT. 

Version 0.7.0-29.alpha is loaded in May 2019. It supports the following bands.  
Cat-M1 operation is enabled on E-UTRA Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28 and 66. 
Cat-NB1 operation is enabled on E-UTRA Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28 and 66. 

AT Commands 

Non-secure application AT command is preloaded. Additional information is available at Nordic website.  

https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/ref_at_commands/REF/at_commands/intro.html?cp=2_1

 

nRF Connect 

To develop the nRF91 firmware please download the 

nRF Connect

 desk top version and install 

Getting Started 

Assistant

You can download 

nRF Connect

 desk top from following link. 

https://www.nordicsemi.com/?sc_itemid=%7B49D2264D-62FD-4C16-811F-88B477833C5D%7D

 

BlueNor LTE PC Tools 

LTE Monitor

 features in 

nRF Connect

 is not compatible with Fanstel DK-BLG840F. 

To test Fanstel board, please download BlueNor LTE PC tools from Fanstel website. 

https://www.fanstel.com/download-opensource

 

Unzip and install this application. 

Connect J11 of DK-BLD840F to a PC USB port.  

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Summary of Contents for BLG840F

Page 1: ...way size 60x60x22 mm Antenna length 170mm Includes AC adapter USB cable wall mount bracket DK BLG840F Development Kit Pre loaded modem firmware supports both LTE M and NB IoT Pre loaded non secure app...

Page 2: ...dware Description 4 Development Kit 5 LTE and GPS antennas 5 USB Connectors 5 3 nRF9160 Firmware Development and Testing 6 Set Up for Programming nRF9160 6 Modem Firmware 7 AT Commands 7 nRF Connect 7...

Page 3: ...nality A broad selection of general interfaces and peripherals and are included on nRF9160 including 12 bit ADC RTC SPI I C I S UARTE PDM and PWM Security is best in class with Arm TrustZone technolog...

Page 4: ...ting Three antennas are supported Bluetooth Thread Zigbee antenna is integrated GPS antenna is integrated An external LTE antenna is included Additional external hardwire features Two user definable L...

Page 5: ...routed to the external antenna Production BLG840F includes an external antenna The included antenna should be used for LTE signal reception and transmission testing A GPS antenna and signal amplifier...

Page 6: ...mware Development and Testing Set Up for Programming nRF9160 Both 4 pin and 10 pin programming interfaces are provided A 10 pin cable is included for connection between DK BLG840F and nRF9160 To progr...

Page 7: ...on is available at Nordic website https infocenter nordicsemi com topic ref_at_commands REF at_commands intro html cp 2_1 nRF Connect To develop the nRF91 firmware please download the nRF Connect desk...

Page 8: ...BLG840F X LTE Gateways and BN60 LTE Beacon Draft Ver 0 51 May 2019 Press the reset button SW Insert SIM card obtained from your local carrier into J5 Click on Refresh icon 8...

Page 9: ...BLG840F X LTE Gateways and BN60 LTE Beacon Draft Ver 0 51 May 2019 Wait for one minute If everything is OK the LTE icon becomes green and the signal strength is shown 9...

Page 10: ...2019 Modem Firmware Update To update modem firmware follow the steps listed below More instructions are available in README rst inside nrf9160_mdm_dfu zip 1 Install DFU tool nrf9160_mdm_dfu zip 2 Run...

Page 11: ...BLG840F X LTE Gateways and BN60 LTE Beacon Draft Ver 0 51 May 2019 To install AT command application type command as below 11...

Page 12: ...2019 4 nRF52840 Firmware Development Set up for Programming BT840F or BT840X Both 10 pin and 4 pin programming interfaces are provided A 10 pin cable is included To program BT840F X module connect Deb...

Page 13: ...r nordicsemi com index jsp topic com nordic infocenter nrf52 dita nrf52 development nrf52_dev_kit html cp 1_1 Nordic SDK with many example projects https developer nordicsemi com nRF5_SDK Nordic devel...

Page 14: ...PA_LNA_H__ include ble h include app_error h include nrf_drv_gpiote h include nrf_drv_ppi h void pa_lna_init uint32_t gpio_pa_pin uint32_t gpio_lna_pin endif Main program include pa_lna h define APP_...

Page 15: ..._t err_code nrf_drv_gpiote_init if err_code NRF_ERROR_INVALID_STATE APP_ERROR_CHECK err_code err_code nrf_drv_ppi_init if err_code MODULE_ALREADY_INITIALIZED APP_ERROR_CHECK err_code nrf_ppi_channel_t...

Page 16: ...it gpio_lna_pin config APP_ERROR_CHECK err_code gpiote_ch nrf_drv_gpiote_out_task_addr_get gpio_lna_pin LNA config opt common_opt pa_lna lna_cfg active_high 1 Set the pin to be active high opt common_...

Page 17: ...BLG840F X LTE Gateways and BN60 LTE Beacon Draft Ver 0 51 May 2019 Revision History May 2019 Ver 0 50 Initial draft release 17...

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