Waveshare 4G / 3G / GNSS HAT for Raspberry Pi, LTE CAT4, for North America

Description

4G/3G/GNSS HAT for Raspberry Pi, Based on SIM7600A-H

Applicable Region
1. SIM7600A-H is mainly applicable in North America (US, CA, MX), SIM7600E-H is mainly applicable in Southeast Asia, West Asia, Europe, Africa, SIM7600CE-T is mainly applicable in China.
2. Please check the supported bands according to your local service provider, select the proper one when placing order.

Overview
1. The SIM7600A-H 4G HAT is a 4G communication and GNSS positioning module, which supports LTE CAT4 up to 150Mbps for downlink data transfer. it is pretty low power consumption.
2. You can connect this 4G module with computer to surf the Internet, or attach it onto Raspberry Pi to enable functions like 4G high speed connection, wireless communication, making telephone call, sending SMS, global positioning, etc.

Features
1. Raspberry Pi connectivity, compatible with Raspberry Pi Zero/Zero W/Zero WH/2B/3B/3B+
2. Support dial-up, telephone call, SMS, MMS, mail, TCP, UDP, DTMF, HTTP, FTP, etc.
3. Support GPS, BeiDou, Glonass, LBS base station positioning
4. Onboard USB interface, to test AT Commands, get GPS positioning data, and so on
5. Onboard CP2102 USB to UART converter, for serial debugging
6. Breakout UART control pins, to connect with host boards like Arduino/STM32
7. SIM card slot, supports 1.8V/3V SIM card
8. Onboard audio jack and audio decoder for making telephone call
9. 2x LED indicators, easy to monitor the working status
10. Onboard voltage translator, operating voltage can be configured to 3.3V or 5V via jumper
11. Baudrate: 300bps ~ 4Mbps (default: 115200bps)
12. Autobauding baudrate: 9600bps ~ 115200bps
13. Control via AT commands (3GPP TS 27.007, 27.005, and V.25TER command set)
14. Support SIM application toolkit: SAT Class 3, USAT
15. Come with development resources and manual (examples for Raspberry Pi/Arduino/STM32)

Communications Specifications
1. Band:
- LTE
-- SIM7600A-H:
--- LTE-FDD B2/B4/B12
-- SIM7600E-H:
--- LTE-FDD B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20
--- LTE-TDD B38/B40/B41
-- SIM7600CE-T:
--- LTE-TDD B38/B39/B40/B41
--- LTE-FDD B1/B3/B8
- WCDMA / TD-SCDMA / CDMA 2000
-- SIM7600A-H:
--- UMTS/HSPA+ B2/B5
-- SIM7600E-H:
--- UMTS/HSPA+ B1/B5/B8
-- SIM7600CE-T:
--- UMTS/HSDPA/HSPA+ B1/B8
--- TD-SCDMA B34/B39
--- CDMA 1X/EVDO BC0
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800 MHz
2. Generation: 4G, 3G, 2.5G, 2G
3. Emitting power: 0.25W, 0.5W@EGSM900, 0.4W@DCS1800, 2W@GSM900, 1W@DCS1800
4. Data Speed
- LTE CAT 4
-- Uplink=<50 Mbps
-- Downlink=<150 Mbps
- UMTS
-- Uplink=<384Kbps
-- Downlink=<384Kbps
- EDGE
-- Uplink=<236.8kbps
-- Downlink=<236.8kbps
- GPRS
-- Uplink=<85.6kbps
-- Downlink=<85.6kbps
- HSPA+
-- Uplink=<5.76Mbps
-- Downlink=<42Mbps

GNSS Specifications
1. Receiver type
- 16-channel
- C/A code
2. Sensitivity
- Tracking: -159 dBm (GPS) / -158 dBm (GLONASS) / TBD (BD)
- Cold starts: -148 dBm
3. Time-To-First-Fix (open air)
- Cold starts: <35s
- Hot starts: <1s
4. Accuracy
- Position: <2.5m CEP

SMS and Audio Specifications
1. SMS
- Support types: MT, MO, CB, Text, PDU
- Storage: USIM card and ME (default)
2. Audio feature
- Support echo cancellation
- Support noise reduction

Other Specifications
1. Power supply: 5V
2. Operating voltage: 5V/3.3V (configured via jumper)
3. Operating temperature: -30 degree C ~ 80 degree C
4. Storage temperature: -45 degree C ~ 90 degree C
5. Dimension: 56.21mm x 65.15mm

What is on Board
1. SIM7600A-H
2. CP2102 USB to UART converter
3. NAU8810 audio decoder
4. TXS0108EPWR voltage translator: translates 3.3V/5V into 1.8V
5. MP2128DT power chip
6. MP1482 power chip
7. Raspberry Pi GPIO header: for connecting with Raspberry Pi
8. SIM7600 control interface: for connecting with host boards like Arduino/STM32
9. SIM card slot: supports 1.8V/3V SIM card
10. 3.5mm earphone/mic jack
11. USB interface: for testing AT Commands, getting GPS positioning data, etc.
12. USB to UART interface: for serial debugging, or login to Raspberry Pi
13. MAIN antenna connector
14. AUX antenna connector
15. GNSS antenna connector
16. Power switch
17. Network status indicator
18. Power indicator
19. Operating voltage selection jumper:
- VCCIO - 3.3V: set operating voltage as 3.3V
- VCCIO - 5V: set operating voltage as 5V
20. UART selection jumper:
- A: access Raspberry Pi via USB to UART
- B: control the SIM7600 by Raspberry Pi
- C: control the SIM7600 via USB to UART

Package Contents
1. SIM7600A-H 4G HAT x1
2. LTE Antenna x1
3. GPS External Antenna (B) x1
4. USB type A plug to micro plug cable x2
5. RPi screws pack (2pcs) x1