4G HAT for Raspberry Pi – LTE Cat-4/3G/2G with GNSS Positioning
Finally a 4G network-compatible HAT for the Raspberry Pi! This HAT accepts a 1.8V/3V sim card and supports a wide range of LTE Cat-4 network bands alongside 3G and 2G support, including phone calls via AT commands and SMS functionality!
Speeds of up to 50Mbps Uplink* and 150Mbps Downlink* are possible on a 4G network, and up to 5.76Mbps Uplink* and 42Mbps Downlink* on 3G (HSPA+). The HAT supports GNSS positioning via the GPS, Beidou, GLONASS and LBS Base satellite systems and includes an onboard audio jack and audio decoder support making telephone calls.
The onboard TF card slot allows you to add dedicated storage for data files such as files, messages and more. A Cp2102 USB to UART converter allows serial debugging, with broken our UART control pins to connect hosts boards such as the Arduino. There’s also an onboard voltage translator for 3.3V or 5V configuration, and 2x LED status indicators!
Included in the package is the HAT, an LTE antenna, GPS antenna, 2x USB cable and fixings.
* Idealised data rate – actual data rate depends on factors like network coverage, traffic congestion, base station condition etc. Your mileage may vary.
Note: Raspberry Pi not included
Features
- Standard Raspberry Pi 40-pin GPIO extension header
- Supports dial-up, telephone call, SMS, TCP, UDP, DTMF, HTTP, FTP
- Supports GPS, BeiDou, Glonass, LBS base station positioning
- Onboard USB interface to test AT Commands and obtain GPS positioning data
- Onboard CP2102 USB to UART converter for serial debugging
- Breakout UART control pins to connect with host boards like Arduino
- SIM card slot supports 1.8V/3V sim cards
- TF card slot for storing data like files, messages etc
- Onboard audio jack and audio decoder for making telephone calls
- 2x LED indicators, easy to monitor the operating status
- Onboard voltage translator, the operating voltage can be configured to 3.3V or 5V via jumper
- Baudrate: 300bps ~ 4Mbps (default: 115200bps)
- Autobauding baudrate: 9600bps ~ 115200bps
- Control via AT commands (3GPP TS 27.007, 27.005, and V.25TER command set)
- Supports SIM application toolkit: SAT Class 3, GSM 11.14 Release 99, USAT
- Online development resources and manual (examples for Raspberry Pi/Jetson Nano/Arduino/STM32)
What’s On Board
- 1) SIM7600G-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
- 8) SIM7600 control interface
- For connecting with host boards like Arduino/STM32
- 9)SIM card slot
- Supports 1.8V/3V SIM card
- 10) TF card slot
- Allows data storage like files, messages, etc.
- 11) 3.5mm earphone/mic jack
- 12) USB interface
- For testing AT Commands, getting GPS positioning data, etc.
- 13) USB to UART interface
- For serial debugging, or login to Raspberry Pi
- 14) MAIN antenna connector
- 15) AUX antenna connector
- 16) GNSS antenna connector
- 17) Power switch
- 18) Network status indicator
- 19) Power indicator
- 20) Operating voltage selection jumper
- Configured via 0Ω resistor jumper
- VCCIO – 3.3V: set operating voltage as 3.3V
- VCCIO – 5V: set operating voltage as 5V
- 21) 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
- 22) PWR configuration jumper
- PWR – 3V3: auto startup on power-up (default)
- PWR – D6: startup/shutdown by the Raspberry Pi D6 pin
- Flight mode configuration jumper
- NC by default, no flight mode control pin
- Flight – D4: flight mode is controlled by the Raspberry Pi D4 pin
- 23) USB connector solder pads
- 24) BOOT forced programming solder pads
Package Contents
- 1x SIM7600G-H 4G HAT
- 1x LTE Antenna
- 1x GPS External Antenna (B)
- 2x USB type A plug to micro plug cable
- 1x RPi screws pack (2pcs)
Raspberry Pi not included
Specifications
Network Band Support
| LTE Cat-4 | LTE-FDD: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B66 LTE-TDD: B34/B38/B39/B40/B41 |
| 3G | UMTS/HSDPA/HSPA+: B1/B2/B4/B5/B6/B8/B19 |
| 2G | GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz |
GNSS
| Satellite systems | GPS/Beidou/GLONASS |
| Receiver type | 16-channel |
| C/A Code | |
| Sensitivity | -159 dBm (GPS) / -158 dBm (GLONASS) / TBD (BeiDou) |
| Cold starts: -148 dBm | |
| Time-To-First-Fix (open air) | Cold starts: <35s |
| Hot starts: <1s |
SMS & Audio
| SMS | Supported types: MT, MO, CB, Text, PDU |
| Storage: USIM card and ME (default) | |
| Audio feature | Supports echo cancellation |
| Supports noise reduction |
Other
| Power supply | 5V |
| Operating voltage | 5V / 3.3V (configured via jumper) |
| Operating temperature | -30°C ~ 80°C |
| Storage temperature | -45°C ~ 90°C |
| Dimensions | 56.21mm × 65.15mm |
Resouces
- Product Wiki
