Telit Wireless Solutions FN980m TLB Guide

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FN980m TLB
HW Design Guide
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APPLICABILITY TABLE
PRODUCTS
FN980
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Contents
NOTICE…....................................................................................................... 2
COPYRIGHTS ................................................................................................ 2
COMPUTER SOFTWARE COPYRIGHTS...................................................... 2
USAGE AND DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS ............................................... 3
APPLICABILITY TABLE ................................................................................ 4
CONTENTS .................................................................................................... 5
1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 6
Scope ........................................................................................... 6
Audience....................................................................................... 6
Contact Information, Support ........................................................ 6
Text Conventions.......................................................................... 7
Related Documents ...................................................................... 8
2. GENERAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ........................................ 9
Overview....................................................................................... 9
TLB View .................................................................................... 10
Antenna Ports............................................................................. 12
Guidance for Evaluation Board ................................................... 13
3. COMPONENT ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM...................................... 17
4. SCHEMATICS............................................................................ 19
5. SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS................................................ 22
READ CAREFULLY.................................................................... 22
6. ACRONYMS............................................................................... 23
7. DOCUMENT HISTORY .............................................................. 24

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1. INTRODUCTION
Scope
This scope of this document is to describe the FN980m TLB which is part of complete
FN980m Development Kit (Dev-Kit)
Audience
This document is intended for Telit customers, especially system integrators, about to
implement their applications using the Telit module.
Contact Information, Support
For general contact, technical support services, technical questions and report
documentation errors contact Telit Technical Support at:
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Our aim is to make this guide as helpful as possible. Keep us informed of your comments
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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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Related Documents
•FN980m HW User Guide, 1VV0301603
•FN980m Pinout, 80624ST10993A
•Telit EVB (Evaluation Board) User Guide, 1VV0301249

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2. GENERAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Overview
The Translation Board (TLB) is custom designed to interface the Telit module variant
FN980m with the Telit Generic Evaluation Board (EVB) thus forming the complete
Development Kit of FN980m.
The TLB provides the mapping of Telit module signals and functions into the generic EVB
signals and functions.
The FN980m TLB design includes the following items:
•FN980m module
•RF SMA connectors
•Board to Board connectors for interfacing to EVB main board
•Module specific circuitry which is not part of the generic circuitry of the EVB
The TLB also makes provision to assemble a custom designed module socket instead of
assembling the module.
Power supply and control interface for the RF module is provided from the EVB via the
B2B connectors.
To monitor the temperature, a thermistor is placed on the top GND plane, close to the
module which should be representative for the module’s backside temperature.
The bottom plane solder-mask is cutout below the RF module in order to optimally
mount/attach a heatsink aiming to cool the module via the many heat conducting GND
via’s.
The board is designed to accommodate new modules according FN980m M.2 (50 x 30.00
x 3.40mm, +/- 0.15 mm tolerance and 75 pins) updated pin mapping.
PCB reference numbers:
TLB CS2064D
EVB CS1742C, CS1942E
Module FN980m

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TLB View
The below pictures show the TLB top and bottom view.
FN980m TLB Top View
FN980m TLB Bottom View

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FN980m TLB
Information – There is the TIM on the TLB to transfer the heat
generated by FN980m.
There are the large solder resist opening area on the bottom of
FN980m for the better heat dissipation.
Adding a thermal TIM on the back of FN980m is the most important
thing in thermal dissipation point of view.
With this action, the temerature of FN980m
can be decreased
significantly.

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Antenna Ports
Information – For more detail information of Antenna ports, please
refer to FN980m HW User Guide, 1VV0301603, Chapter 7.1 Antenna
Interface.

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Guidance for Evaluation Board
Information –
For more detail information of power supply source
selection, please refer to 1VV0301249 Telit Evaluation Board (EVB)
HW User Guide, Chapter 7.1 Supply Source Selection.

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Warning –
FN980m features high throughput and high speed
peripherals.
For such a reason, users who want to use USB interface MUST use
USB C type connector which is in TLB.
The USB connector which is in TELIT EVB is not supported on
FN980m.
SIM Card You can use the SIM 1 Socket on the top interface board.
Power ON To Power-ON the Telit module, connect an AC adaptor.
Power OFF To Power-OFF the Telit module, unplug an adaptor.
Modem Reset To reset the Telit module, press the reset button for more than
1 second.

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RF Antenna For RF antenna, connect antennas to the 4 antenna ports
ANT0, ANT1, ANT2 and ANT3.
GNSS Antenna For GNSS antenna, you can use ANT4.
*USB Type-C FN980m supports USB 3.1 GEN2 interface.
USB connector of Telit Evaluation Board does not support 10
Gbit/s.
Must use USB Type-C connector which is located in TLB of
FN980m.
AT Commands /
DATA Port
Connect the USB Type-C cable to a Windows PC or Linux PC
only after you install necessary drivers. Refer to software user
guide for details.

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3. COMPONENT ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM
Layout
Component Diagram Top View

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Component Diagram Bottom View

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4. SCHEMATICS

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