Telit Wireless Solutions BlueMod+S42/AI Installation manual

BlueMod+S42
Hardware User Guide
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APPLICABILITY TABLE
PRODUCT
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

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1 Introduction
1.1 Scope
This document provides information how the BlueMod+S42/AI can be integrated into
customer systems. It addresses hardware specifications of the BlueMod+S42/AI and
requirements of the hardware environments for the BlueMod+S42/AI.
NOTE:
The description text “BlueMod+S42” refers to all modules listed in the Table 1 Product
Applicability
1.2 Audience
This document is intended for Telit customers, especially system integrators, about to
implement Bluetooth modules in their application.
1.3 Contact Information, Support
For general contact, technical support, to report documentation errors and to order manuals,
contact Telit Technical Support Center (TTSC) at:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
TS-APA[email protected]om
or
[e-mail] for global Bluetooth support
Alternatively, use:
http://www.telit.com/en/products/technical-support-center/contact.php
For detailed information about where you can buy the Telit modules or for recommendations
on accessories and components visit:
http://www.telit.com
To register for product news and announcements or for product questions contact Telit
Technical Support Center (TTSC).

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Our aim is to make this guide as helpful as possible. Keep us informed of your comments and
suggestions for improvements.
Telit appreciates feedback from the users of our information.
1.4 Document Organization
This document contains the following chapters:
“Chapter 1: “Introduction” provides a scope for this document, target audience, contact and
support information, and text conventions.
“Chapter 3: General Product Description” gives an overview of the features of the product.
“Chapter 3: Application Interface” describes in details the interfaces of the product.
“Chapter 4: Module Pins” describes the signal mapping and specification.
“Chapter 5: Electrical Characteristics” describes in details the characteristics of the product.
“Chapter 6: Mechanical Characteristics” describes the mechanical characteristics.
“Chapter 8: “Compliances” provides some fundamental information on conformity and
compliances.
“Chapter 11: “Safety Recommendation” provides some safety recommendations that must be
follow by the customer in the design of the application that makes use of the BlueMod+S42.
1.5 Text Conventions
Danger – This information MUST be followed or catastrophic equipment failure or bodily
injury may occur.
Caution or Warning – Alerts the user to important points about integrating the module, if
these points are not followed, the module and end user equipment may fail or malfunction.
Tip or Information – Provides advice and suggestions that may be useful when
integrating the module.
All dates are in ISO 8601 format, i.e. YYYY-MM-DD.

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1.6 Related Documents
•Nordic: nRF52_Series_Reference_Manual
•Nordic: nRF52832_PS v1.0.pdf (Product Specification)
•BlueMod+S42\Central AT Command Reference, 80512ST10771A
•BlueMod+S42 Software User Guide, 1VV0301318
•UICP_UART_Interface_Control_Protocol, 30507ST10756A
•BlueMod+S42 Testmode Reference, 80512NT11496A
•Bluetooth SIG Core Specification V4.2

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2 General Product Description
2.1 Feature Summary
Bluetooth specification V4.2 compliant
Supports Bluetooth low energy
Fully qualified Bluetooth V4.2 Single Mode LE
CE certified
FCC and IC certified
Nordic nRF52832 inside
Fast Connection Setup
RF output power -20 up to +4dBm EIRP
RF output power -40dBm EIRP in Whisper Mode
RSSI detector on board
High sensitivity design
Supply voltage range 1,7V to 3,6V
Internal crystal oscillator (32 MHz)
LGA Surface Mount type. BlueMod+S42: 17 x 10 x 2.6 mm3
Pin compatible to Telit BlueMod+S BLE and BlueMod+SR dual mode module
Shielded to be compliant to FCC full modular approval
Flexible Power Management
128-bit AES encryption
NFC peripheral communication signal interface type A with 106 kbps bit rate
High-speed UART interface
I2C Master
SPI Master/Slave interface
Low power comparator
Real Time Counter
Up to 19 digital IO’s for individual usage by embedded software
Up to 8 analog inputs for individual usage by embedded software
8/9/10bit ADC
Arm® CortexTM-M4 core for embedded profiles or application software
Manufactured in conformance with RoHS2
Operating temperature -40 ... +85 °C
Weight: 0,7 g

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2.2 Applications
The BlueMod+S42 is designed to be used in low power applications, like sensor devices.
Some typical applications are described in this chapter.
Supported profiles are:
•Terminal I/O
•GATT based LE-profiles
NOTE:
Support for any additional profile is possible on request
2.3 General Cable Replacement
In case there is no standardized application specific profile available the BlueMod+S42 offers
Telit’s Terminal I/O profile, which allows transparent data transfer over UART and supports
Secure Simple Pairing, making the pairing process easy and the connection secure. Terminal
I/O is available for iOS and Android as well as implemented in Telit’s dual mode module
BlueMod+SR.
2.3.1 Industry
BlueMod+S42 can be used to monitor and control motors, actuators, values and entire
processes.
2.3.2 POS/Advertising
BlueMod+S42 supports iBeacon or similar applications.
2.3.3 Healthcare and Medical
Usage of Bluetooth is aimed mainly at devices that are used for monitoring vital data. Typical
devices are blood glucose meter, blood pressure cuffs and pulse ox meters. Bluetooth
BR/EDR and low energy were chosen by the Continua Health Alliance as transports for
interoperable end to end communication.
2.3.4 Sports and Fitness
In the sports and fitness segment the BlueMod+S42 is used in devices for positioning as well
as monitoring vital data. Typical devices in this market are heart rate monitors, body
temperature thermometers, pedometers, cadence meters, altimeter, positioning / GPS tracking
and watches displaying information from sensors.

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2.3.5 Entertainment
Bluetooth technology is already used in a wide variety of devices in the entertainment sector,
namely set-top boxes / gaming consoles. BlueMod+S42 is especially suited for use in remote
controls, gaming controller and wireless mouse/keyboard applications.
2.4 Block Diagram
nRF52832
VSUP
BlueMod+S42/AI
RESET
I2C
UART
SPI
1 2
up to 7
3
GND
3.0V
32MHz
opt. 32kHz
Serial Wire Debug
onboard
antenna
2
GPIO
up to 19
Analog In
up to 6
NFC-Antenna
2
32,768kHz
optional
Figure 1: BlueMod+S42/AI Block Diagram

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3 Application Interface
3.1 Power Supply
BlueMod+S42 require a power supply with the following characteristics:
Typical: 3,0VDC, min.: 1,7VDC, max.: 3,6VDC, thereby delivering > 25 mA peak
BlueMod+S42 is designed to be powered from 3V coin cell batteries e.g. CR2032 directly, or
any other power source complying with the given requirements. For optimal performance, a
stable supply is recommended. Furthermore, it is recommended to place a capacitor in parallel
to the CR2032 3V coin cell battery in order to prolong battery lifetime, by compensating the
effects of the rising source resistance of the battery to pulsed loads. Since the isolation
resistance of this capacitor will discharge the battery in a not insignificant scale, the capacitor
should be chosen under consideration of the following rules:
•capacitance as small as necessary
•nominal voltage as high as possible
•case size as large as possible
•use X7R instead of X5R
In case of using an NFC antenna in conjunction with batteries attend to chapter 3.7.1 Power
Back feeding.
BlueMod+S42
XC6209F-3.3
E-6,F-6
VSUP
GND:
A-7,E-7,F-7,B-[5:8],
C-[5:8],D-8,E-8,F-8
1µ + 100n
1µ
VOUT
VSS
VIN
CE
5 1
3
2
+5VDC
Figure 2: BlueMod+S42 Example Power Supply with LDO

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3.1.1 Power-up Slew-Rate
Parameter Min Max Unit
VSUP rise time rate
(1)
0 60 ms
(1) 0V to 1,7V
Table 2: Power up Rise Time Requirements
3.2 Reset
BlueMod+S42 are equipped with circuitry for generating reset from three sources:
•A reset is held active, when VSUP falls below the threshold of the brownout detector
(VBOR = 1,2V … 1,7V), and is released when VSUP rises above VBOR + VHYST .
The brownout detector also holds the reset active during power up, until VSUP >
VBOR.
•A reset is generated, when VSUP is > VBOR and increases 300 mV or more, within
300 ms or less.
•By holding pin B-1 (EXT-RES#) at ≤ VSUP*0,3V for tHOLDRESETNORMAL ≥0,2µs, an
external reset (pin reset) is generated. This pin has a fixed internal pull-up resistor
(RPU = 11kΩ... 16kΩ). EXT-RES# may be left open if not used.
BlueMod+S42
E-6,F-6
VSUP
GND
+3V3
EXT-RES# B-1
Reset-Switch is optional
Please Note: EXT-RES# of BlueMod+S42 has approx. 13k internal pullup.
470R*
Reset signal is optional
Host MCU
GPIO
VDD
* resistor can be omitted,
if GPIO is open drain type
Figure 3: BlueMod+S42 Example Reset
The following table shows the pin states of BlueMod+S42 during reset active.

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Pin Name State: BlueMod+S42
EXT-RES# Input with pull-up
(1)
XL-IN Input floating (disconnected)
XL-OUT Input floating (disconnected)
UART-TXD Input floating (disconnected)
UART-RXD Input floating (disconnected)
UART-RTS# Input floating (disconnected) with pull-up resistor 470kΩ
(2)
UART-CTS# Input floating (disconnected)
IUR-OUT# Input floating (disconnected)
IUR-IN# Input floating (disconnected)
GPIO[0:14] Input floating (disconnected)
TESTMODE# Input floating (disconnected)
BOOT0 Input floating (disconnected)
SWDIO Input with pull-up
(1)
SWCLK Input with pull-down
(1)
(1) pull-up, pull-down: RPU, RPD is typ. 13kΩ(11kΩto 16kΩ)
(2) a discrete resistor is used
Table 3: Pin States during Reset
The pin states as indicated in Table 3 are kept until hardware initialization has started.
3.3 Serial Interface
The serial interface of BlueMod+S42 is a high-speed UART interface supporting RTS/CTS
flow control and interface-up/down mechanism according to the UICP+ protocol (refer to
UICP_UART_Interface_Control_Protocol, 30507ST10756A). Electrical interfacing is at
CMOS levels (defined by VSUP; see chapter 5.4.1).
Transmission speeds are 9600 – 921600 bps and 1Mbps (asynchronous)
Character representation: 8 Bit, no parity, 1 stop bit (8N1)
Hardware flow-control with RTS and CTS (active low)
NOTE:
Transmission speed may be limited by firmware. See corresponding command reference
BlueMod+S42\Central AT Command Reference for further information.

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BlueMod+S42
Host
UART-RXD
UART-TXD
UART-CTS#
UART-RTS#
IUR-IN#
IUR-OUT#
GND
Figure 4: Serial Interface Signals
The basic serial interface (with RTS/CTS flow control) uses only four signal lines (UART-
RXD, UART-TXD, UART-CTS#, UART-RTS#) and GND. IUR-IN#, IUR-OUT# and
GPIO[4] (see below) can be left unconnected.
A substantially saving of power during idle phases can be achieved (see 5.5.1) when the UICP
protocol is used (refer to UICP_UART_Interface_Control_Protocol, 30507ST10756A). This
protocol should be implemented on the host side as well. Signals IUR-IN# and IUR-OUT#
should be connected to the host (see Figure 4: Serial Interface
Signals) and may be mapped to DSR and DTR, if an RS232-style (DTE-type) interface is
used (see Figure 6).
BlueMod+S42
Host
UART-TXD
IUR-OUT#
UART-CTS#
UART-RXD
IUR-IN#
UART-RTS#
IUR-OUT#
IUC-IN#
CTS#
TXD
RXD
GND
GND
Figure 5: Five Wire Interface supporting UICP (Minimum Signals needed)
Figure 5 shows the minimal configuration to use UICP for both directions RxD and TxD. To
use this scheme, the user has to implement UICP on host side for the transmitter only to wake
up the BlueMod+S42 receiver.