1. SIMCom WCDMA module introduction
Plato Chen, Mar 2011

2. 1, SIMCom WCDMA module overview
Based on: Qualcomm platform
SIM MSM6290（HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps）
SIM QSC6240 （UMTS 384Kbps）
SIM QSC6270 （HSDPA 3.6Mbps,upload: UMTS384Kbps)
SIM QSC (HSDPA 3.6Mbps, upload: UMTS384Kbps)
All: GSM/GPRS/EDGE

3. WCDMA Module Roadmap SIM5218A/E/J/C Quad-Band 2G E: Tri-band
900/1900/2100MHz
A: Tri-band
850/1900/2100MHz
J: Tri-band
800/1900/2100MHz
C: Single-band 2100MHz
DL/UL: 7.2Mbps/5.76Mbps
GPS/A-GPS(E,A)
Receiver Diversity
Size:
58*26*4.5mm
SIM5215A/E/J
Tri-band/Quad-band 2G
E: Dual-Band
900/2100MHz
A: Dual-Band
850/1900MHz
J: Dual-Band
850(800)/2100MHz
DL/UL: 384Kbps/384Kbps
Size:
36*26*4.7mm
SIM5216A/E/J
Tri-Band/Quad-band 2G
E: Dual-Band
900/2100MHz
A: Dual-Band
850/1900MHz
J: Dual-Band
850(800)/2100MHz
DL/UL: 3.6Mbps/384Kbps
Size: 36*26*4.7mm
SIM5230A/E/J
Quad-band 2G
E: Dual-Band
900/2100MHz
A: Dual-Band
850/1900MHz
J: Dual-Band
850/2100MHz
DL/UL:
3.6Mbps/384Kbps
Size:
30*30*2.9mm
2008 ~2009
2010
2011

4. What’s E Version, A Version, J Version?
* 900MHz Network:
Estonia,
Finland,
Romania,
Slovenia,
France
USA:
UMTS1900
UMTS850
AWS(1.7/2.1)
Europe:
UMTS2100
UMTS900(*)
UMTS900
UMTS850
UMTS800
UMTS2600
UMS1700
AWS(1.7/2.1)
UMTS1800
UMTS1900
UMTS2100
Spectrum
Europe
North America, LATAM
Japan
North America
Europe, Korea, Japan, Brazil…
Regions
N. America, LATAM:
UMTS1900
UMTS850
APAC:
UMTS2100
J Version
Africa
UMTS2100
Japan:
UMTS2100
UMTS800
UMTS1700
Australia:
UMTS2100
UMTS850
UMTS900
BRAZIL:
UMTS850,
UMTS2100

5. WCDMA module Differentia
SIM5218
SIM5215
SIM5216
SIM5320
Item
SIM5218A
SIM5218E
SIM5215/6A
SIM5215/6E
SIM5320A
SIM5320E
Target market
Global Roming
Latin America
Europe
APAC
America
Connector
70pin B2B
SMT
RF band
3G(MHz)
Triple
850/1900/2100
900/1900/2100
Dual
850/1900
900/2100
2G(MHz)
Quad
850/900/1800/1900
850/900/1800
Data rate(bps)
HSDPA:7.2M
HSUPA:5.76M
same
SIM5215:
DP/UP: 384K
SIM5216:
DP:3.6M, UP:384K
HSDPA:3.6M
WCDMA:384K
GPS/A-GPS _
Camera/SD
Yes - - -

6. SIM5218 Diagram
GPS
E-SIM
A/E/J?
Qualcomm
msm6290

7. SIM5218--Feature Feature List：
Tri-Band UMTS 2100/1900/850MHz or 2100/1900/900MHz
Quad-Band GSM/EDGE, 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps
HSUPA up to 5.76Mbps
A-GPS or Stand-alone GPS positioning
USB 2.0 High speed and high speed UART (up to 4M band)
Integrated TCP/UDP/IP protocol stack
Video call with Camera interface (could change to GPIOs)
Embedded SIM card (option)
WCDMA Diversity/ WCDMA Equalizer
Multimedia features like record video, take photo, audio play
Support SD card interface
USB Audio
Camera interface
MMS
FTP/HTTP/SMTP/POP3
Embedded Script: LUA
FOTA
Network optimal ：Frequency Scanning，locking，locking network
Size:58x26x4.5mm

8. SIM5215/16 Diagram
SIM5215: QSC6240
SIM5216:
QSC6270

9. SIM5215/16-Feature Feature List：
Dual-Band UMTS 2100/900MHz or 1900/850MHz
Tri-Band GSM/EDGE, 850/900/1800 or Quad 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Upload: UMTS 384Kbps
Download: SIM5215 UMTS 384K, SIM5216 HSDPA up to 3.6Mbps
USB 2.0 Full speed and high speed UART (up to 4M band)
Integrated TCP/UDP/IP protocol stack
Video call with Camera interface (could change to GPIOs)
SIM5216 support WCDMA Equalizer
Multimedia features like record video, take photo, audio play
Support SD card interface
USB Audio
Camera interface
MMS
FTP/HTTP/SMTP/POP3
Embedded Script: LUA
FOTA
Network optimal ：Frequency Scanning，locking，locking network
Size:36x26x4.5mm

10. SIM5320 diagram
GPS
QSC6270
In band modem: eCall
keypad

11. SIM5320-Feature Feature List： Dual WCDMA 900/2100MHz or 850/1900MHz
Quad-Band GSM/EDGE, 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Download: HSDPA up to 3.6Mbps
Upload: UMTS up to 384kbps
A-GPS or Stand-alone GPS positioning
USB 2.0 High speed and high speed UART (up to 4M band)
Integrated TCP/UDP/IP protocol stack
WCDMA Equalizer
USB Audio
5*5 Keypad
MMS
FTP/HTTP/SMTP/POP3
Embedded Script: LUA
eCall(Basic function)
FOTA
Network optimal ：Frequency Scanning，locking，locking network

12. 2,How to select a suitable one
Feature
---highlights?
Cost
Your application

13. Product Highlights - SIM5218
High Data speed (DL/UL)
Camera interface
Download speed: 7.2Mbps
Uplink speed: 5.76Mbps
CS video call (Surveillance)
GPS/AGPS
USB Drivers for OS
Qualcomm integrated
Windows XP/Vista/7
Windows CE/Mobile
Linux
SIM5218
Abundant Application
Multiple interfaces
FTP/HTTP/SMTP/POP3,
TCP/IP, MMS, LUA script
USB2.0,UART,
SD Card,I2C,GPIO,PCM

14. Product Highlights - SIM5215
Cost effective to low bandwidth application
Camera interface
Download speed: 384Kbps
Uplink speed: 384kbps
CS video call (Surveillance)
Wide Temp. range
USB Drivers to OS
Operation temperature:
-30 ℃ to +80℃
Windows XP/Vista/7
Windows CE/Mobile
Linux
SIM5215
Abundant Application
Multiple interfaces
FTP/HTTP/SMTP/POP3,
TCP/IP, MMS, LUA script
USB2.0,UART,
SD Card,I2C,GPIO,PCM

15. Product Highlights - SIM5216
High download speed
Camera interface
Download speed: 3.6Mbps
CS video call (Surveillance)
Wide Temp. range
USB Drivers to OS
Operation temperature:
-30 ℃ to +80℃
Windows XP/Vista/7
Windows CE/Mobile
Linux
SIM5216
Abundant Application
Multiple interfaces
FTP/HTTP/SMTP/POP3,
TCP/IP, MMS, LUA script
USB2.0,UART,
SD Card,I2C,GPIO,PCM

16. Product Highlights - SIM5320
High download speed
Compact SMT Package
Download speed: 3.6Mbps
Size: 30*30*2.9mm
GPS/AGPS
USB Drivers to OS
Windows XP/Vista/7
Windows CE/Mobile
Linux
SIM5320
Abundant Application
Multiple interfaces
FTP/HTTP/SMTP/POP3,
TCP/IP, MMS, LUA script
USB2.0,UART,
I2C,GPIO,PCM, KEYPAD

17. Performance , Cost positioning
throughput
(*)
High
(*)
SIM5218
HSDPA 7.2Mbps(DL)
HSUPA 5.76Mbps(UL)
Middle
(**)
SIM5320
HSDPA 3.6Mbps(DL)
WCDMA 384kbps(UL)
SIM5216
HSDPA 3.6Mbps(DL)
WCDMA 384kbps(UL)
Low
SIM5215
WCDMA 384Kbps(DL)
WCDMA 384kbps(UL)
Cost
(*)
GPS+ Diversity + tri-band WCDMA
GPS+ dual-band WCDMA
(**)

18. 3G Applications - Recommended modules
SIM5218
Router/Gateway
SIM5216
SIM5320
SIM5218
Industry PDA
SIM5320
SIM5216
SIM5218
Telematics
SIM5320
SIM5216
SIM5218
Security
SIM5215
Tracking&
Tracing
SIM5320
SIM5215
POS/ATM/
Vending machine
SIM5320
SIM5215

19. 3,Key function introduction
MMS
Main features：
Basic MMS editing functions.
Support attachment of UNICODE/UTF8/ASCII format text file.
Support attachment of JPG/GIF/TIFF/PNG/MIDI/WAV/AMR/MPEG format file
Support adding attachments from inner EFS or external MCU.
Support manual maximum MMS size setting required by operator.
Support HTTP/WAP protocol to transfer MMS.

20. TCP/UDP/FTP/HTTP/Email
Main features：
Support 10 socket TCP/UDP connection in total
Basic FTP PUT and GET operation.
Support passive and proactive mode of FTP transfering.
Support transferring file between external MCU and FTP server
Support transferring file between internal EFS and FTP server
Support FTP URL parsing using DNS.
Support SMTP authentication basing on SMTP server.
Multi-recipient: TO, CC and BCC.
ASCII test as subject, up to 512 characters.
ASCII test as body, up to 5120 characters.
attachments from File System: total size up to 10MB or maximal
number up to 10 files.
Stop SMTP application and close TCP session directly.

21. Script files are saved in EFS Support AT command operation in script.
Lua script
Main features：
Light script language, easy to be extended.
Support both procedure-oriented and object-oriented styles development.
Script files are saved in EFS
Support AT command operation in script.
Support GPIO/IIC/SPI/ADC/PCM/Audio/GPS/UART operation in script.
Support FTP operation instead of using AT commands.
Available memory for script is limited to 3.5M.
Script can be started by extern MCU using AT command
Script can run automatically when module powers up if the file name
is“c:\autorun.lua” or “c:\autorun.out”.
The priority of the script task can be adjusted to HIGH, NORMAL, LOW(default).
High priority is not recommended to be used when external MCU is connected.
Support event operation.
Support timer operation(the maximize number of timer is 10).
Support XMODEM method of transferring script file between extern MCU
and module.

22. Digital camera sensor Camera Camera Sensor IC:
ov7670(0.3M pixel ) ov7725(0.3M pixel，low illuminance) ov2640(2M)
Camera module: 8016E(ov7670) 8211c(ov2640)

23. Camera
Anolog camera sensor

24. Video call Main features：
Base on 3G-324M over 64kbps bidirectional Circuit-Switched Data.
H.245 Control Protocol for reliable transmission.
Only support one Video Call.
Support for AMR audio codec:
12.2kbps rate is transmitted, and all AMR rates can be received.
Support for MPEG-4 video codec:
QCIF is the only size supported for TX and RX, and up to 15fps video transmission.
DTMF (User Input Indication as string) in H.245 Control Protocol.
Support for three video sources:
Live Camera
JPEG/BMP Image
Movie Clip
Different audio input device in Video Call.
Recording far-end and near-end video simultaneously in Video Call.
Far-end video loop back function.
Switch between general Video Call and 64kbps Circuit-Switched Data.
Different video frame rates – High Quality or High Motion Profile.
Video rotation (180 degrees) in Video Call.

25. GPS Main features： Support S-GPS and A-GPS function.
Support standalone mode, MS-based mode and MS-assisted mode
Support cold start and hot start.
Support a subset of the NMEA-0183 standard.
Support NMEA sentences output in NMEA port or UART port.
A-GPS support UP (user plane) and CP (control plane) method.
MS-assisted mode support single fixed; MS-based mode support seriate fixed.
Support certificate if necessary.
Support GPS start automatically when module power on, it support standalone mode only

26. eCall

27. Related AT MSD configure 8 — Motorcycles class L2e
AT+CECALLS: Make eCall
AT+CECALLE: Hang up eCall
AT+CECALLCFG: Configure eCall MSD information
MSD configure
Vehicle type:
1 — Passenger vehicle class M1
2 — Buses and coaches class M2
3 — Buses and coaches class M3
4 — Light commercial vehicles class N1
5 — Heavy duty vehicles class N2
6 — Heavy duty vehicles class N3
Propulsion storage:
1 — Hydrogen storage
2 — Electric energy storage
4 — Liquid propane gas
8 — Compressed natural gas
16 — Diesel tank present
32 — Gas online tank present
Number of passenger:
Vehicle id number:
Longitude and Latitude of current position:
Use canned GPS information or use real GPS information.
GPS fix timeout is milliseconds.
GPS fix in call timeout is 5000 milliseconds.
7 — Motorcycles class L1e
8 — Motorcycles class L2e
9 — Motorcycles class L3e
10 — Motorcycles class L4e
11 — Motorcycles class L5e
12 — Motorcycles class L6e
13 — Motorcycles class L7e

28. SIMCom development tool
EVB kit
DiagGrab.exe //Get module internal log
X-modem // Transmit LUA script into EFS by this protocal
Notepad_ exe //LUA script editor
Camera module: 8016E(ov7670) 8211c(ov2640)

29. Q&A …
Thank you!