Cavli Wireless C100QM User manual

Cavli Wireless C100QM/C10QM Hardware Manual
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Cavli C100QM/C10QM
LTE CAT 4/CAT 1/3G/2G
Smart Module
Hardware Manual
Release Version 2.1
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Update records
Version
Date
Description
Author
V2.0
20180126
Initial
Simon
V2.1
20191111
Manual Update
Sony

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Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction 10
Chapter 2. Module Overview 11
2.1 Module introduction 11
2.2 Module characteristics 12
2.3 Module function 17
Chapter 3. Interface application description 18
3.1 Chapter overview 18
3.2 Module interface 19
3.2.1 144-pin LCC interface 20
3.2.2 Interface definition 20
3.3 Power interface 30
3.3.1 Power supply design 31
3.3.2 Power reference circuit 32
3.3.3 VDD_SDIO 1.8V/2.85V voltage output 34
3.3.4 VDD_EXT 1V8 voltage output 34
3.4 Switching machine reset mode 34
3.4.1 Boot 34
3.4.2 Boot timing 35
3.4.3 Power down 36
3.4.4 Reset control 36

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3.5 USB interface 38
3.6 UART interface 39
3.6.1 Main serial port 39
3.6.2 Debug serial port 42
3.6.3 RI and DTR interface 42
3.7 USIM interface 43
3.7.1 USIM card reference circuit 45
3.7.2 UIM_DET Hot Swap Reference Design 46
3.8 General purpose GPIO interface 47
3.9 Network status indication interface 49
3.10 Module status indication 50
3.11 PCM digital voice interface 50
3.12 I2C bus 53
3.13 SDIO interface 54
3.14 SPI interface / multiplexed I2S interface 60
3.15 MCLK interface 62
3.16 ADC interface 63
3.17 RF interface 63
3.17.1 Main set antenna interface 64
3.17.2 Diversity antenna interface 65
3.17.3 GNSS interface 65
3.17.4 RF trace reference 68
3.17.5 RF connector size 69

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Chapter 4. Overall technical indicators 72
4.1 Chapter overview 72
4.2 GNSS reception performance 72
4.3 working frequency 73
4.4 Conducted radio frequency measurement 74
4.4.2 standard test 74
4.5 Conducted receiving sensitivity and transmit power 74
4.6 Antenna requirements 76
4.7 Power consumption characteristics 78
Chapter5. Interface electrical characteristics 82
5.1 Chapter overview 82
5.2 Working storage temperature 82
5.3 Module IO level 83
5.4 power supply 83
5.5 Electrostatic property 83
5.6 Reliability index 84
Chapter6. Structural and mechanical properties 86
6.1 Chapter overview 86
6.2 Exterior 86
6.3 C100QM/C10QM module mechanical size 87
Chapter7. Packaging and production 88
7.1 Chapter overview 88
7.2 Module packaging and storage 88

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7.3 Production welding 89
Chapter 8. Appendix 90
8.1 Chapter overview 90
8.2 Abbreviations 91
8.3 Encoding 93
8.4 Safety and precautions 96
Figures Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction 10
Chapter 2. Module Overview 11
2.1 Module introduction 11
2.2 Module characteristics 12
2.3 Module function 17
Chapter 3. Interface application description 18
3.1 Chapter overview 18
3.2 Module interface 19
3.2.1 144-pin LCC interface 20
3.2.2 Interface definition 20
3.3 Power interface 30
3.3.1 Power supply design 31
3.3.2 Power reference circuit 32
3.3.3 VDD_SDIO 1.8V/2.85V voltage output 34

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3.3.4 VDD_EXT 1V8 voltage output 34
3.4 Switching machine reset mode 34
3.4.1 Boot 34
3.4.2 Boot timing 35
3.4.3 Power down 36
3.4.4 Reset control 36
3.5 USB interface 38
3.6 UART interface 39
3.6.1 Main serial port 39
3.6.2 Debug serial port 42
3.6.3 RI and DTR interface 42
3.7 USIM interface 43
3.7.1 USIM card reference circuit 45
3.7.2 UIM_DET Hot Swap Reference Design 46
3.8 General purpose GPIO interface 47
3.9 Network status indication interface 49
3.10 Module status indication 50
3.11 PCM digital voice interface 50
3.12 I2C bus 53
3.13 SDIO interface 54
3.14 SPI interface / multiplexed I2S interface 60
3.15 MCLK interface 62
3.16 ADC interface 63

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3.17 RF interface 63
3.17.1 Main set antenna interface 64
3.17.2 Diversity antenna interface 65
3.17.3 GNSS interface 65
3.17.4 RF trace reference 68
3.17.5 RF connector size 69
Chapter 4. Overall technical indicators 72
4.1 Chapter overview 72
4.2 GNSS reception performance 72
4.3 working frequency 73
4.4 Conducted radio frequency measurement 74
4.4.2 standard test 74
4.5 Conducted receiving sensitivity and transmit power 74
4.6 Antenna requirements 76
4.7 Power consumption characteristics 78
Chapter5. Interface electrical characteristics 82
5.1 Chapter overview 82
5.2 Working storage temperature 82
5.3 Module IO level 83
5.4 power supply 83
5.5 Electrostatic property 83
5.6 Reliability index 84
Chapter6. Structural and mechanical properties 86

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6.1 Chapter overview 86
6.2 Exterior 86
6.3 C100QM/C10QM module mechanical size 87
Chapter7. Packaging and production 88
7.1 Chapter overview 88
7.2 Module packaging and storage 88
7.3 Production welding 89
Chapter 8. Appendix 90
8.1 Chapter overview 90
8.2 Abbreviations 91
8.3 Encoding 93
8.4 Safety and precautions 96

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Chapter 1. Introduction
This document is a wireless solution product C100QM/C10QM module hardware
interface manual, designed to describe the hardware components and functional
characteristics of the module solution, application interface definition and use instructions,
electrical performance and mechanical characteristics. Combined with this and other
application documents, users can quickly use this module to design wireless products.

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Chapter 2. Module Overview
2.1 Module introduction
The C100QM/C10QM module is an LCC package module. C100QM is a wireless terminal
product that integrates various network standards and GPS positioning services such as
FDD-LTE/TDD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/EVDO/CDMA/EDGE/GSM and C10QM
supports LTE CAT1 and GPS positioning services. C100QM/C10QM module is based on
Qualcomm MDM9X07 chip development, supports Cat4, uplink and downlink speeds up
to 50Mbps/150Mbps and CAT1, uplink and downlink speeds up to 5Mbps/10Mbps
respectively. This module fully supports VOLTE and SRLTE, and supports embedded
operating systems such as Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10/Android/Linux.
The C100QM/C10QM module can be used in the following applications:
✧Car equipment
✧Wireless POS machine
✧Wireless advertising, multimedia
✧Remote monitoring
✧Smart meter reading
✧Mobile broadband
✧Industrial automation
✧Other wireless terminals, etc.

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2.2 Module characteristics
Table 2-1 Module band list
Network Type
Frequency band
Module series
C100QM
GSM
GSM850
√
GSM900
√
GSM1800
√
LTE(FDD)
LTE FDD B1
√
LTE FDD B3
√
LTE FDD B5
√
LTE FDD B7
√
LTE FDD B8
√
LTE FDD B20
√
LTE(TDD)
LTE TDD B38
√
LTE TDD B39
√
LTE TDD B40
√
LTE TDD B41
√
TD-SCDMA
TD-SCDMA
B34
√
TD-SCDMA
B39
√
WCDMA
BAND 1
√
BAND 5
√
BAND 8
√
CDMA2000/EVD
O
BC0
GNSS
GLONASS
√

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GPS
√
BeiDou/Compa
ss
√
✧Module does not support diversity, GPS, voice function by default
✧GNSS function optional
✧Diversity function optional
✧Voice function (digital voice)
✧C10QM supports CAT1 standard modules for customer specific applications, 5Mbps
for uplink CAT1 and 10Mbps for CAT1 downlink
✧C100QM Module supports Category 4. When you need to support the Category 1
module, the C10QM CAT1 is printed on the module label. CAT1 does not support
diversity.
Table 2-2 Key Features
Characteristic
Description
Physical characteristics
32mm x 29mm x 2.4mm
fixed way
LCC package, patch mount
Application processor
Single core ARM Cortex-A7 processor, clocked at
1.2GHZ, 256kB level 2 cache
Operating Voltage
3.3V - 4.2V Typical Voltage 3.7V
Energy saving current
Standby current < 5mA

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Applicati
on
interface
✧Standard SIM
interface
✧USB2.0
✧Hardware reset
interface
✧UART serial
interface
✧PCM interface
✧SPI interface
✧SD card
Support 3.0V/1.8V, support hot swap
functionUSB2.0 (High-Speed) (only supports slave
mode), data transfer rate up to 480Mbps For AT
commands, data transfer, GNSS NMEA output,
software debugging and software upgrades
USB driver: Support Windows XP, Windows Vista,
Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows CE 5.0/6.0/7.0
Linux 2.6 or higher
Android 2.3/4.0/4.2/4.4/5.0 /6.0/7.1, etc.
Used to reset the module, low effective
Main serial port (8 lines):
For AT commands and data transfer
The baud rate is up to 921600bps and the default is
115200bps.
Support RTS and CTS hardware flow control
Debug serial port (2 lines):
Used to print module logs
For audio, requires an external codec chip
Supports 8-bit u-law and 16-bit linear encoding
formats support short frame mode
Support main mode
Maximum clock rate up to 26MHz
SPI can only be used as the master, the interface
voltage domain is 1.8V
Reusable I2S interface for external CODEC
4-bit SD/MMC interface

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interface
✧Power interface
✧Network status
indication
✧General purpose
GPIO interface
Clock frequency up to 50MHz
Maximum capacity supports 32GB
Interface voltage domain is 1.8/2.95V, two voltages
are adjustable
Support 3.3V-4.2V DC power supply
Used to indicate the status of the module, the speed
of the light is on, indicating the status of the module
that is not available.
WAKEUP_IN sleep mode control, low wake-up
module
AP_READY sleep state detection
W_DISABLE# flight mode control
Transmit power
LTE:
Class 3 (23dBm±2dB)
UMTS:
Class 3 (24dBm+1/-3dB)
TD-SCDMA:
Class 2 (24dBm+1/-3dB)
CDMA2000：
Class 3 (24dBm+3/-1dB)
GSM/GPRS:
Class 4 (33dBm±2dB) GSM850/GSM900
Class 1 (30dBm±2dB) DCS1800/PCS1900

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Data service
GSM/EDGE:
GPRS: DL 85.6 kbps/UL 85.6 kbps
EDGE: DL 236.8 kbps/UL 236.8 kbps
WCDMA:
UMTS R99：DL 384 kbps/UL 384 kbps
DC-HSPA+: DL 42 Mbps/UL 5.76 Mbps
TD-SCDMA:
TD-HSDPA/HSUPA: 2.2Mbps（UL）/2.8Mbps（DL
）
EV-DOr0/DOrA
CDMA 1xEVDOr0: DL 2.4Mbps/UL 153kbps
CDMA 1xEVDOrA: DL 3.1Mbps/UL 1.8Mbps
LTE:
LTE FDD:DL 150Mbps/UL 50Mbps@20M BW cat4
LTE TDD:DL 130Mbps/UL 35Mbps@20M BW cat4
LTE FDD:DL 10Mbps/UL 5Mbps@20M BW cat1
LTE TDD:DL 10Mbps/UL 5Mbps@20M BW cat1
Satellite positioning
GPS/BEIDOU/GLONASS
Protocol：NMEA
Diversity antenna
Support LTE diversity antenna
AT command
Support for standard AT instruction sets (Hayes
3GPP TS 27.007 and 27.005)
Specific AT query C100QM/C10QM AT instruction
set
SMS business
Support Text and PDU mode
Support point-to-point MO and MT
SMS storage: USIM card / ME (default)

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Virtual network card
Support USB virtual network card
temperature range
Normal operating temperature -30 ° C to +75 ° C
Extreme operating temperature -40°C to +85°C
storage temperature
-40°C to +85°C
humidity
RH5%～RH95%
Module function distinction
On the label paper, M stands for the main set, D takes
the table diversity, and G stands for GPS.
When the temperature is in the range of –40°C to –30°C or +75°C to +85°C, some
RF specifications of the C100QM/C10QM module may not meet the 3GPP standards.
2.3 Module function
The C100QM/C10QM LCC module mainly contains the following circuit units:
✧Baseband processing unit
✧Power Management Unit
✧memory unit
✧RF transceiver unit
✧RF front-end unit
✧GPS RF receiving unit
The functional block diagram of the C100QM/C10QM LCC module is as follows:

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Figure 2-1 Functional block diagram of the C100QM/C10QM LCC module
Chapter 3. Interface application description
3.1 Chapter overview
This chapter mainly describes the interface definition and application of this module.
Contains the following sections:
✧144 pin definition map
✧Interface definition
✧Power interface
✧USB interface
✧USIM interface

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✧UART interface
✧Control interface
✧PCM/I2S voice interface
✧RF antenna interface
✧GPIO interface
✧Reserved
✧NC interface
✧SPI interface
✧SDIO interface
3.2 Module interface

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3.2.1 144-pin LCC interface
Figure 3-1 LCC module interface definition
3.2.2 Interface definition