Sunsea AIoT SIMCom SIM8200G, User Manual

Page 1: ...0G EVB User Guide SIMCom Wireless Solutions Limited Building B SIM Technology Building No 633 Jinzhong Road Changning District Shanghai P R China Tel 86 21 31575100 support SIMcom com www SIMcom com 5G Module ...

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Page 3: ...8200G EVB_User Guidelines_V1 01 www simcom com 3 26 Version History Data Version Description of change Author 1 00 2019 09 18 Draft Version Changshun Tan Hong Yu 1 01 2020 08 28 Modify format Yanping Yang ...

Page 4: ...on 10 2 2 2 Jumper Interface Introduction 12 2 2 3 Antenna Interface Introduction 15 2 2 3 Other Interface Introduction 16 3 Installation and Communication 19 3 1 Driver Installation 19 3 1 1 USB to UART Driver Installation 19 3 1 2 Module USB Interface Driver Installation 19 3 2 Program Download Process 20 3 3 Accessory Installation 22 3 4 AT Command Communication 23 3 4 1 Device Powered 23 3 4 2...

Page 5: ...opers will quickly become familiar with and validate each module s hardware and software capabilities The purpose of this article is to introduce the interface and usage of the development suite This document will be updated from time to time according to the debugging situation Please make sure you are using the latest version ...

Page 6: ...e evaluation suite includes the EVB suite and TE suite 1 SIM8200G EVB board 2 SIM8200G TE board 3 SIM8200G WF FB board WIFI board 4 SIM8200G CODEC board audio board 5 SIM8200G EN FB board Ethernet board 6 5V DC power adapter 7 TYPE C USB 3 1 2 0 data cable 8 Micro 5pin USB 2 0 data cable 9 Antenna cable Figure 1 The EVB suite ...

Page 7: ...evelopment board front figure no installing function board Figure 2 SIM8200G EVB without installing function board front view The following is the diagram on the back of the SIM8200G EVB development board Figure 3 SIM8200G EVB without installing function board back view ...

Page 8: ...SIM8200G EVB_User Guidelines_V1 01 www simcom com 8 26 The following shows the front and back of the SIM8200G TE board Figure 4 SIM8200G TE front view ...

Page 9: ...IM8200G module development suite is as follows Table 1 The order information for the SIM8200G module development suite Kit Part number Remark 8XG000 SIM8200G EVBKIT S2 108RH SIM8200G model EVB development kit 8XG000 SIM8200G TEKIT S2 108RG SIM8200G model TE development kit 2 2 Interface Introduction Through the introduction of the above section we can see that many interfaces and signal test point...

Page 10: ...lly and vertically C WF FB board interface WIFI BT function board The installation direction is as shown in the picture disassemble horizontally and vertically D EN FB board interface AR8035 RGMII Ethernet board The installation direction is as shown in the picture disassemble horizontally and vertically E U SIM card interface SIM8200 U SIM2 interface Support for hot plug insert high level F SD ca...

Page 11: ...LED lights area See details in later chapters S Power enable switch Development board power supply enable switch power supply open ON gear T The power supply interface Development board power supply interface 4 5 5 5V 3A 2 The following table describes the functions of the SIM8200G_TE board interface Table 3 Description of SIM8200G TE interface functions Position Description1 Description 2 Positio...

Page 12: ...tails q Jumper test points VDDPX8 jumper floating by default r Test points RST SIM8200G hardware reset test point PWR SIM8200G Power key test point s Jumper test points mmW SIM8200G module VBAT voltage range is 3 3V to 4 3V the typical value is 3 8V All GPIO including UART pin levels of the SIM8200G module are 1 8V Pay attention to match the external master pin levels 2 2 2 Jumper Interface Introd...

Page 13: ... the USB interface of the EVB board please short connect the yellow frame together and use the TE version of the USB interface please short connect the red frame with each other Figure 7 USB 3 1 2 0 channel selection 3 Position I codec I2C jumper The I2C signals of the audio codec need to add a jumper cap to the position I on the EVB board To use the audio function you need to confirm whether the ...

Page 14: ... I the SPI interface of the EVB board needs to be jumpered according to the following jumper to connect with the SPI FLASH on the EVB board You can also connect other peripherals for debugging Figure 10 SPI jumper 6 Forced download point Both TE board and EVB board as shown in the following figure in the yellow frame the two test points in the frame are shorted together and then powered on and the...

Page 15: ...duction For detailed antenna design please refer to the document SIM8200G_LGA Antenna Port Mapping and Design Guide_V1 00 The antenna interface of SIM8200G is briefly described in the following picture and table Table 4 SIM8200G antenna interface Position Description 1 Description 2 Position Description 1 Description 2 e RF port ANT3 f RF port ANT7 g RF port ANT2 h RF port ANT4 i RF port ANT1 j RF...

Page 16: ...0MHz 2690M Hz 4400MHz 5000M Hz ANT3 AY51 AIO LTE middle high band signal diversity receive N41 signal diversity receive N77 signal send and receive 1710MHz 2690M Hz 3300MHz 4200M Hz ANT4 BA33 AIO N41 signal send and receive N77 signal diversity receive 2496MHz 2690M Hz 3300MHz 4200M Hz ANT5 BA19 AIO N77 signal send and receive 3300MHz 4200M Hz ANT6 AY1 AI N79 signal diversity receive GNSS signal r...

Page 17: ...ace on the TE board is as follows Figure 15 battery interface 3 The LED light is briefly described below the indicator software on the EVB board is not tuned and cannot be used temporarily LED 1 EVB Power signal light LED 2 WAKEUP_OUT signal light LED 3 STATUS signal light LED 4 NET_STATUS signal light LED 5 8 Reserved ...

Page 18: ...SIM8200G EVB_User Guidelines_V1 01 www simcom com 18 26 Figure 16 LED light ...

Page 19: ...r correctly you can see the following virtual USB port COM27 COM28 Figure 17 UART port Table 6 UART interface description Interface type Port number module serial port Remark SCI COM 21 Debug UART Used to capture the serial port LOG 3 1 2 Module USB Interface Driver Installation Please contact SIMCom technical support for the correct driver file SWD and SIMCom USB driver Install the SIMCom USB dri...

Page 20: ...the USB2 0 interface on the EVB board or TE board for detailed jumper selection please refer to the method selection of Article 2 2 of 2 2 2 9008 is displayed on the USB port Figure 19 download mode port 2 QFIL tool settings Select Configuration FireHose Configuration The following Download Configuration screen appears Please select Device Type as nand if you need to wipe all please check Erase Al...

Page 21: ...QFIL tool loads the software that needs to be downloaded a select port select 9008 port b select build type select Flat Build c select programmer Select the firehose mbn file in the path of the software we want to download d select rawprogram andpatch xml file Note Please select xml with all ...

Page 22: ...n EVB board is SIM2 cassette a large card needs to be inserted SIM8200G U SIM2 interface Currently only the SIM1 card function can be used the SIM2 card function is still being debugged 2 The antenna is installed at the position e I of the TE board For specific antenna definition please refer to the frequency band description of ANT0 ANT7 3 To connect the USB channel of the SIM8200G module insert ...

Page 23: ...le Table 7 Network LED description Network LED light Status description always on Cfun 0 Searching the web Telephone service 800ms on 800ms off Successfully registered 2G 3G network 200ms on 200ms off Data transmission TCPIP PPP or LTE network OFF Shutdown sleep state 3 4 2 UART Serial Communication SIM8200G provides a full featured serial port By default when used as an ordinary serial port we ca...

Page 24: ...erm modification of the baud rate The serial port baud rate is modified for a long time and the baud rate will be saved locally so it will continue to take effect after the next boot The temporary modification of the serial port baud rate will be invalidated after restart The baud rate will be restored to the locally saved baud rate Table 10 UART baud rate support UART baud rate support Supported ...

Page 25: ...T IFC 0 0 RTS CTS Flow control method AT IFC 2 2 RTS Flow control method AT IFC 2 0 CTS Flow control method AT IFC 0 2 The method of using serial port RTS flow control can be verified by using the serial port tool When RTS flow control is set if RTS is not checked it means that RTS does not take effect At this time two consecutive ATs are sent It is found that the window of the serial port tool do...

Page 26: ...ort tool with AT and return value 3 4 3 USB Communication After installing the driver according to section 3 1 2 send the AT command through the AT port The baud rate is applicable in USB mode For software upgrade and log capture please refer to other corresponding documents ...