Telit Wireless Solutions BlueMod+S42/AI Installation manual

BlueMod+S42
Hardware User Guide
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BlueMod+S42/AI
Table 1 Product Applicability

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Contents
1Introduction.................................................................................................................11
1.1 Scope.....................................................................................................................11
1.2 Audience................................................................................................................11
1.3 Contact Information, Support .................................................................................11
1.4 Document Organization .........................................................................................12
1.5 Text Conventions...................................................................................................12
1.6 Related Documents................................................................................................13
2General Product Description.....................................................................................14
2.1 Feature Summary ..................................................................................................14
2.2 Applications............................................................................................................15
2.3 General Cable Replacement..................................................................................15
2.3.1 Industry......................................................................................................................15
2.3.2 POS/Advertising ........................................................................................................15
2.3.3 Healthcare and Medical .............................................................................................15
2.3.4 Sports and Fitness.....................................................................................................15
2.3.5 Entertainment ............................................................................................................16
2.4 Block Diagram........................................................................................................16
3Application Interface..................................................................................................17
3.1 Power Supply.........................................................................................................17
3.1.1 Power-up Slew-Rate..................................................................................................18
3.2 Reset......................................................................................................................18
3.3 Serial Interface.......................................................................................................19
3.3.1 4-Wire Serial Interface...............................................................................................21
3.3.2 UART Example Circuits.............................................................................................22
3.3.3 Baud Rate Deviation..................................................................................................23
3.3.4 Dynamic I/O Signal Type Changes depending on the UICP status............................23
3.4 GPIO Interface.......................................................................................................24
3.5 I2C Interface...........................................................................................................24
3.6 SPI Serial Peripheral Interface...............................................................................26
3.7 Bluetooth Radio Interface.......................................................................................26
3.8 NFC Function.........................................................................................................26
3.8.1 NFCT Antenna Recommendations ............................................................................27

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3.8.2 Power Back feeding...................................................................................................27
3.9 Slow Clock Interface ..............................................................................................28
3.9.1 32,768 kHz Crystal Oscillator Specification (32k XOSC)............................................28
3.9.2 Connection of an External 32,768 kHz Crystal...........................................................28
3.10 Test Mode...........................................................................................................29
3.11 Operating in a Power-Switched Environment .....................................................30
3.12 Serial Wire Debug Interface................................................................................30
3.13 DC/DC Converter................................................................................................31
4Module Pins ................................................................................................................32
4.1 Pin Numbering .......................................................................................................32
4.2 Pin Description.......................................................................................................33
4.2.1 General Pin Description.............................................................................................33
4.2.2 Application Specific Pin Description...........................................................................35
4.3 Handling of Unused Signals...................................................................................36
5Electrical Characteristics...........................................................................................37
5.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings....................................................................................37
5.2 Operating Conditions .............................................................................................37
5.3 Environmental Requirements.................................................................................37
5.4 DC Parameter........................................................................................................38
5.4.1 General Purpose I/O (GPIO)......................................................................................38
5.4.2 EXT-RES#.................................................................................................................39
5.4.3 Analog Digital Converter (ADC) .................................................................................40
5.4.4 ADC Reference Voltage.............................................................................................40
5.4.5 Analog ADC Input AIN...............................................................................................41
5.5 Power Consumption and Power-Down Modes.......................................................42
5.5.1 Terminal I/O Configuration.........................................................................................42
5.6 RF Performance.....................................................................................................44
5.6.1 BLE Receiver.............................................................................................................44
5.6.2 BLE Transmitter.........................................................................................................45
5.6.3 Antenna-Gain and Radiation Pattern .........................................................................46
5.7 Power-Up Time......................................................................................................47
6Mechanical Characteristics .......................................................................................48
6.1 Dimensions ............................................................................................................48
6.2 Recommended Land Pattern.................................................................................49

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6.3 Re-flow Temperature-Time Profile.........................................................................49
6.4 Placement Recommendation.................................................................................50
6.5 Housing Guidelines................................................................................................51
6.6 Antenna Issues ......................................................................................................51
6.7 Safety Guidelines...................................................................................................51
6.8 Cleaning.................................................................................................................51
7Application Diagram...................................................................................................52
8Compliances ...............................................................................................................53
8.1 Declaration of Conformity CE.................................................................................53
8.2 FCC Compliance....................................................................................................53
8.2.1 FCC Grant .................................................................................................................53
8.2.2 FCC Statement..........................................................................................................53
8.2.3 FCC Caution..............................................................................................................54
8.2.4 FCC Warning.............................................................................................................54
8.2.5 FCC RF-exposure Statement.....................................................................................54
8.2.6 FCC Labeling Requirements for the End Product ......................................................55
8.3 IC Compliance........................................................................................................55
8.3.1 IC Grant.....................................................................................................................55
8.3.2 IC Statement..............................................................................................................55
8.3.3 IC Caution..................................................................................................................56
8.3.4 IC RF-exposure Statement ........................................................................................56
8.3.5 IC Labeling Requirements for the End Product..........................................................56
8.3.6 IC Label Information BlueMod+S42 ...........................................................................56
8.4 KCC Certification....................................................................................................57
8.4.1 KCC Certificate..........................................................................................................57
8.5 Bluetooth Qualification...........................................................................................57
8.6 RoHS Declaration ..................................................................................................57
9Packing........................................................................................................................58
9.1 Tape.......................................................................................................................59
9.2 Reel........................................................................................................................59
9.3 Package Label .......................................................................................................59
10 Ordering Information...............................................................................................60
10.1 Part Numbers......................................................................................................60

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10.2 Standard Packing Unit........................................................................................60
10.3 Evaluation Kit......................................................................................................60
11 Safety Recommendations.......................................................................................61
12 Document History ...................................................................................................62

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Figures
Figure 1: BlueMod+S42/AI Block Diagram......................................................................................16
Figure 2: BlueMod+S42 Example Power Supply with LDO .............................................................17
Figure 3: BlueMod+S42 Example Reset .........................................................................................18
Figure 4: Serial Interface Signals ....................................................................................................20
Figure 5: Five Wire Interface supporting UICP (Minimum Signals needed).....................................20
Figure 6: BlueMod+S42 Example Serial Interface (RS-232) Supporting UICP................................22
Figure 7: BlueMod+S42 Example Serial Interface (Mixed Signal Level)..........................................22
Figure 8: BlueMod+S42 I2C Interface..............................................................................................25
Figure 9: BlueMod+S42 SPI Interface (Example: Master Mode) .....................................................26
Figure 10: BlueMod+S42 NFC Antenna Tuning..............................................................................27
Figure 11: BlueMod+S42 connection of external XTAL...................................................................29
Figure 12: BlueMod+S42 Pin Numbering (Top View)......................................................................32
Figure 13: Typical Antenna Radiation Pattern at 2402MHz.............................................................46
Figure 14: Typical Antenna Radiation Pattern at 2441MHz.............................................................46
Figure 15: Typical Antenna Radiation Pattern at 2480MHz.............................................................46
Figure 16: BlueMod+S42/AI Dimensions.........................................................................................48
Figure 17: BlueMod+S42 Land Pattern TOP VIEW.........................................................................49
Figure 18: Soldering Temperature-Time Profile (For Reflow Soldering) ..........................................49
Figure 19 : BlueMod+S42/AI Placement Recommendation.............................................................51
Figure 20: Typical Application Schematics......................................................................................52
Tables
Table 1 Product Applicability.............................................................................................................2
Table 2: Power up Rise Time Requirements...................................................................................18
Table 3: Pin States during Reset.....................................................................................................19
Table 4: Deviation of Baud rates.....................................................................................................23
Table 5: 32,768kHz Crystal Oscillator .............................................................................................28
Table 6: Testmode# / Boot0 Logic...................................................................................................29
Table 7: General Pin Assignment....................................................................................................34

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Table 8: Application Specific Pin Assignments, TIO........................................................................36
Table 9: Absolute Maximum Ratings...............................................................................................37
Table 10: DC Operating Conditions.................................................................................................37
Table 11: Environmental Requirements ..........................................................................................37
Table 12: DC Characteristics, Digital IO..........................................................................................38
Table 13: DC Characteristics, EXT-RES#.......................................................................................39
Table 15: Input Impedance for AIN..................................................................................................41
Table 16: Supply Current Sleep Modes, no Radio Activity ..............................................................42
Table 17: Supply Current BLE Terminal I/O Profile, Peripheral Device Role...................................43
Table 18: RF Performance BLE Receiver .......................................................................................44
Table 19: RF Performance BLE Transmitter ...................................................................................46