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Product Technical Specification &
Customer Design Guidelines
Contents

CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................... 7

LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................................... 12

LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................... 14

1. REFERENCES ............................................................................................................ 16

Reference Documents ...................................................................................................................... 16
Sierra Wireless Reference Documentation ................................................................................ 16
List of Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................... 16

2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................... 20

General Information .......................................................................................................................... 20
Overall Dimensions ...................................................................................................................... 20
Environment and Mechanics ....................................................................................................... 20
GSM/GPRS Features .................................................................................................................... 20
Interfaces....................................................................................................................................... 20
Firmware ....................................................................................................................................... 21
Connection Interfaces .................................................................................................................. 21
Functional Description ..................................................................................................................... 22
RF Functionalities......................................................................................................................... 22
Baseband Functionalities ............................................................................................................ 23

3. INTERFACES ............................................................................................................ 24

General Interfaces ............................................................................................................................. 24
Power Supply ..................................................................................................................................... 25
Power Supply Description ........................................................................................................... 25
Electrical Characteristics ............................................................................................................. 26
Pin Description ............................................................................................................................. 26
Application .................................................................................................................................... 26
Recommended Components ............................................................................................................. 27
Power Consumption ......................................................................................................................... 28
Various Operating Modes ............................................................................................................ 28
Power Consumption..................................................................................................................... 29
Consumption Waveform Samples .............................................................................................. 30
Connected Mode Current Waveform................................................................................................. 31
Transfer Mode Class 10 Current Waveform ...................................................................................... 31
Idle Mode Page 2 Current Waveform ................................................................................................ 32
Idle Mode Page 9 Current Waveform ................................................................................................ 32
Recommendations for Less Consumption ................................................................................. 33
Electrical Information for Digital I/O ............................................................................................. 34