SEQUANS Monarch Go-GPS BLE Quick setup guide

Sequans Monarch Go-GPS BLE

Datasheet

and

Hardware Integration Guide

Application Note - Revision 1.0

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Document Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

1.0

July 2020

First edition

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Table of Contents

Introduction...............................................................................................................................................4

1. Product Datasheet ............................................................................................................................4

1.1. General Description ....................................................................................................................4

1.2. Applications.................................................................................................................................4

1.3. System Architecture....................................................................................................................4

1.4. Mechanical Overview..................................................................................................................5

1.5. Product Characteristics...............................................................................................................6

1.6. Digital board-to-board connector ................................................................................................8

1.7. Electrical......................................................................................................................................9

1.8. Environmental.............................................................................................................................9

1.9. Mechanical drawings ................................................................................................................10

1.10. Label .........................................................................................................................................11

1.11. Certifications .............................................................................................................................11

1.12. Regulatory Approval .................................................................................................................11

1.12.1. FCC statement............................................................................................................................................... 11

1.12.2. IC Industry Canada Statement.......................................................................................................................12

1.13. Export Control Certification Number (ECCN) ...........................................................................13

2. Integration guideline........................................................................................................................14

2.1. Digital connector .......................................................................................................................14

2.2. Bluetooth Low Energy interface................................................................................................16

2.3. Physical integration...................................................................................................................17

2.3.1. Placement without flex cable.......................................................................................................................... 17

2.3.2. Placement with flex cable............................................................................................................................... 18

2.4. Functional testing......................................................................................................................18

2.5. Configuration.............................................................................................................................19

3. Verizon SIM sign-up procedure to activate ThingSpace IoT SIM...................................................20

4. Troubleshooting ..............................................................................................................................28

4.1. Replacing the SIM card.............................................................................................................28

4.2. Connecting a RF cable to LTE connector.................................................................................28

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Introduction

This application note is intended to help customers to successfully integrate and test their product based

on Monarch Go-GPS BLE. It presents the datasheet of Monarch Go-GPS BLE device and the integration

guidelines for:

All interface requirements of Monarch Go-GPS BLE with customer’s host board and device

Tips and “how-to”s for testing and troubleshooting

Verizon ThingSpace IoT SIM activation

This document summarizes product datasheet and proposes a development process aiming at reaching

optimal performance and quality of customer’s design. It is recommended to follow the steps in the order

presented in this document.

This document is divided in three sections:

Product datasheet

Integration guidelines and functional testing

Verizon sign-up procedure to activate ThingSpace IoT SIM Troubleshooting

1. Product Datasheet

1.1. General Description

Monarch Go-GPS BLE connected by Verizon is a comprehensive modem component offering device

makers the shortest possible route to market and lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) to develop a

cellular-IoT connected device. Unlike traditional cellular modules, it is certified by Verizon as an end-

device avoiding costly lab testing while improving time-to-market thanks to a reduced effort for board

design. It completely removes the need to design and tune a cellular antenna as it embeds an optimized

LTE antenna, saving months of design effort and lab testing. Monarch Go-GPS-BLE comes with a pre-

installed ThingSpace IoT SIM and gives device makers the simplest, easiest, and most cost-effective

solution for developing IoT devices for operation on Verizon’s network --- simply plug it in and go.

1.2. Applications

Monarch Go-GPS BLE is perfectly suited for a broad range of IoT applications, including telemetry,

vending machines, agriculture sensor applications, asset and transportation trackers, hardware tools, and

home security monitoring applications.

1.3. System Architecture

Customer IoT devices are typically designed with a MCU and a set of sensors. This MCU connects to

Monarch Go-GPS BLE through an UART interface

and can exchange data with a cloud server using

Verizon LTE network. The cloud server and the

MCU are where the customer application runs.

Verizon ThingSpace platform provides managed

billing, FOTA, device diagnostic and location

service(1) for Monarch Go-GPS BLE.

(1)Contact Verizon for service availability

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1.4. Mechanical Overview

Monarch Go-GPS BLE dimensions: 35 mm (1.38”) x 50 mm (1.97”) x 14.95 mm (0.59”)

Plastic enclosure, black color

Fixable with two M2 screws and two metal nuts soldered on customer’s PCB. They are delivered

when ordering Monarch Go-GPS BLE

Verizon ThingSpace SIM pre-installed (3FF)

Embedded LTE & GNSS & Bluetooth low energy antenna

Three LEDs, one for LTE-M1 modem activity, one for GPS activity and one for BLE

Low profile 20-pin digital board-to-board connector to connect customer MCU application

controller

Optional board-to-board flex cable 150 mm (5.9“) between Monarch Go-GPS BLE and customer

MCU application board. Orderable separately

16 g weight

Monarch Go-GPS BLE : Top view Monarch Go-GPS BLE : Bottom view

Board-to-board flex cable (optional)

M2 screws

LTE, GPS, BLE LED

Metal nuts

Digital

board-to-board

connector

SIM cover

Connector

to customer MCU application board

Connector

to Monarch Go-GPS BLE

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1.5. Product Characteristics

LTE with internal

antenna

Release 13 Cat-M1, 375 kbps uplink and 300 kbps downlink (peak)

Band 13

(700c)

TRP: 16dBm(1)

TIS: -99dBm(1)

Band 4

(1700/2100 AWS)

TRP: 18dBm(1)

TIS: -100dBm(1)

Radiation pattern

Omnidirectional

Polarization

Linear

GPS with

internal antenna

Band

Sensitivity

Tracking -162 dBm; Acquisition -148

dBm

Modes

MSB: supported

MSA: not supported

Standalone GPS: will be available in

next software version

Antenna radiation pattern

Omnidirectional

Antenna polarization

Polarized

Bluetooth LE

with internal

antenna

Band

2.4GHz ISM (2402 MHz 2480 MHz)

Bluetooth Low Energy radio interface

v4.2 for controlling Monarch Go-GPS

BLE with AT commands and virtual

UART interface on host side

Antenna radiation pattern

Omnidirectional

Antenna polarization

Linear

PSM

Default value

Disabled

eDRX

Default value

Disabled

RRC Idle

Default value

Set by network - 1.28s cycle

cDRX

Disabled

SMS

Send and receive SMS in RRC Idle, eDRX and PSM mode.

APN

Default value

Set by network

IPV4V6

SUPL (2)

Default value

Disabled

Verizon

Thingspace

Supported services

LWM2M: FOTA, diagnostics, Precise

Location Services(2)

Roaming

Default value

Disabled

Modem control

from external

MCU

support for UDP, TCP, TFTP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, MQTT or MQTTS through

AT commands

SIM

Verizon ThingSpace IoT SIM card pre-installed, 3FF

LED

Default value

LTE activity

GPS activity

BLE activity

Digital board-to-

board connector

Connector type

Low profile 20-pin digital board-to-board

connector to connect to customer’s host

board

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Notes:

(1) TIS/TRP performance is met when design recommendations are followed for optimal antenna

placement. These values are applicable to A3 hardware version.

(2) Additional charges might apply. Contact Verizon for service availability.

The below table summarizes the product reference orderable online from Avnet

(https://www.avnet.com/shop/us/m/sequans-communications/) or Sequans for direct customers:

User interface (1.8V)

UART 4-wires interface (RXD, TXD,

RTS, CTS) is the physical interface for

controlling Monarch Go-GPS BLE from

an external processor, typically a MCU,

with AT commands. The default

baudrate is 115200bps with hardware

flow control (RTS/CTS)

RING signals the availability of URC

from Monarch Go-GPS modem and can

be used to wake-up the MCU on the

host board

WAKE, POWER_STATUS: these

functions are disabled and not used.

Debug interface (1.8V, 3.1V)

UART2 2-wires interface (RXD/TXD)

with default baudrate of 115200bps for

LTE modem console port. Hardware

flow control RTS/CTS is disabled by

default. This interface is 1.8V.

GPS_UART1 2-wires (RXD/TXD) with

default baudrate of 115200bps

configured for GPS console port. There

is no signal for hardware flow control

RTS/CTS. This interface is 3.1V

Avnet orderable

reference

Sequans orderable

part number

Item description

Hardware

version

UE software

version

Product status

MONARCH-Go-GPS-

BLE-STK

GM01Q-Go-GPS-BLE-

Monarch Go-GPS

BLE

Starter Kit

SR1.2.0.0-10867

Volume

production

MONARCH-Go-GPS-BLE

GBA3NAZQZZ

Monarch Go-GPS

BLE modem

component with two

M.2 screws and nuts

SR1.2.0.0-10867

Volume

production

Will be provided in a future edition of the document

150mm flex cable

n/a

Not applicable

Volume

production

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1.6. Digital board-to-board connector

Notes :

(1) The pin number “1” is located on the side nearest the outer edge of the plastic case as

described below:

(2) "O" in this column means that a pull-up to an always-on voltage supply (Power group) with

typical 100kOhm resistor is an option:

- It is mandatory for designing a compatible host board hosting either Monarch Go-GPS,

Monarch Go-GPS BLE or Monarch Go (LTE only) version, at a degraded standby current.

- If the host board is only for Monarch Go-GPS or Monarch Go-GPS BLE, pull-up resistors

are not needed.

See section 2.1 for more details.

(3) Note the pin characteristics (name, function, …) of the pin number 16 to 20 are different versus

the digital board-to-board connector of the Monarch Go (LTE Only) version.

Pin number (1)(3) Direction Pin name Function Description

Power

group

State

@reset

Pull-up on

host board (2)

1IN VCC Power supply Voltage level 3.1V to 5.5V n/a n/a

2IN GND Ground n/a n/a

3IN GND Ground n/a n/a

4IN nRESET Reset Reset signal. Active low. 3.1V In, PU O

5IN UART1_TXD Main UART1 TXD Main UART: Host board sends data to Monarch Go-GPS. 1.8V In, PU

6 OUT UART1_RXD Main UART1 RXD Main UART: Monarch Go-GPS sends data to Host board. 1.8V In, PU

7IN UART1_RTS Main UART1 RTS

Main UART: Hardware flow control signals. Active low. UART1_RTS i s

used to wake-up Monarch Go-GPS from Host board.

1.8V In, PU O

8 OUT UART1_CTS Main UART1 CTS 1.8V In, PU O

9 OUT RING RING si gnal

This si gnal indicates a URC from Monarch Go-GPS and shal l be read

by host board. Active low.

1.8V In, PU O

10 IN WAKE Wake-up signal Disabled by defaul t. Connect to headers. 1.8V In, PD

11 OUT POWER_STATUS Power Saving Status Disabled by default. Connect to headers. 1.8V In, PD

12 IN UART2_TXD Debug UART2 TXD 1.8V In, PU

13 OUT UART2_RXD Debug UART2 RXD 1.8V In, PU

14 IN UART2_RTS Debug UART2 RTS 1.8V In, PU

15 OUT UART2_CTS Debug UART2 CTS 1.8V In, PU

16 OUT GPS_UART1_RXD Debug GPS UART1 RXD 3.1V In, PU

17 IN GPS_UART1_TXD Debug GPS UART1 TXD 3.1V In, PU

18 n/a DNC18 Do not connect 1.8V In, HiZ

19 OUT GPS_UART2_RXD Do not connect 3.1V In, PU

20 IN GPS_UART2_TXD Do not connect 3.1V In, PD

Monarch Go-GPS board-to-board connector

reference: MOLEX 53916-0208

Debug UART2: Hardware flow control signals. Di sabled by default.

Connect to headers.

Debug GPS_UART1. Data for GPS console . Connect to headers.

Debug UART2. Data for LTE modem console. Connect to headers.

Used internally, do not connect, keep floating.

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1.7. Electrical

VCC:

oOperating voltage supply min 3.1 V - max 5.5 V

oVCC power supply dimensioning peak 2.0 W

DC characteristics for digital I/O1.8V power group (main UART1, debug UART2 and other 1.8V

signals)

oVIH Input High level voltage min 1.26 V - max 3.6V

oVIL Input Low level voltage min 0 V –max 0.45VVOH Output

High level voltage min 1.35 V - max 1.8V

DC characteristics for digital I/O 3.1V power group (debug GPS_UART1)

oVIH Input High level voltage min 2.0 V - max 3.6V

oVIL Input Low level voltage min -0.3 V - max 0.8V

oVOH Output High level voltage min 1.35 V - max 1.8V

Power Consumption (typical, VCC=3.8 V; when a range is given, average value depends on

radio condition and LED activity )

oDeep sleep mode, PSM 35uA

oeDRX 81.92s 0.5-1.3m A

oRRC Idle 1.28s 3.3-6.2mA

oReceive, max throughput 150mA

oTransmit, max throughput, +23dBm 230mA

1.8. Environmental

Compliant with RoHS directive EU 2015/863

Temperature

oOperating (board) -40° C to +80° C

oRF compliant (ambient) -30° C to +60° C

oStorage -40° C to +85° C

Humidity

oOperating 10% to 85% (non condensing)

oStorage 5% to 85% (non condensing)

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1.9. Mechanical drawings

Monarch Go-GPS BLE –A3 hardware version

(dimension in mm)

150mm flex cable (dimension in mm)

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