ANIMO 7020C NB-IoT Development Shield

What is NB-IoT?

Narrow Band-Internet of Things is a low power wide communication technology area developed for enabling a wide range of new IoT devices and services. A significant improvement of the power consumption on user devices, system capacity and spectrum efficiency are to be catered by NB-IoT. Even with a wide range of use cases, 10 years of device run time can be expected. With the improvements of new physical layer signals and layers, the demanding requirement of extended coverage in rural and deep indoors can be met while keeping the devices complexity ultra low.

SIM7020C

The SIM7020C is a NB-IoT module with multiple bands supported and also its in SMD type. With a set of rich interfaces including UART, GPIO etc., SIM7020 has a strong extension capability with much flexibility and ease of integration for customers applications. In addition SIM7020 is compatible with SIM800C which is having the capability of minimizing the investments of customers and minimizing the development time.

ANIMO 7020C

Animo 7020C is a SIMCOM SIM7020C based Arduino compatible shield that is perfect for all NB Iot needs. With is flexibility and compactness. It can fit into many of your projects.

ANIMO 7020C FEATURES

PCB Dimension : 54mm x 69mm

• NB-IoT Module : SIMCOM SIM7020C
• Bands : B1/B3/B5/B8
• Sim Card : Mirco Sim Support
• Power Supply
• USB
• LIPO Battery 3.7V
• External 5V
• Dry cell
• Indication LEDs (4)
• STS – SIM7020 Status Indicator
• NET – SIM7020 Network Indicator
• CHG – Charging Indicator
• ST – Battery Indicator
• Shield support : Arduino Uno or equivalent
• Switches (2)
• Power
• Reset
• External pins to be accessed via pin headers
• Antenna connectors (2)
• SMA right angle
• UFL Connector
• Micro jumper selections (2)
• Power Selection
• LiPo – Power Via Lipo Battery (max 4.2V)
• EXT_5V – power via External 5V
• USB – Power via USB
• UART Selection
• Arduino Software Serial
• Arduino hardware Serial
• Solder Jumper Selections (4)
• Module Power Selection
• Dry Cell
• External (Default)
• Charging Source Selection
• USB
• External (Default)
• Shield Pins
• Open (Default)
• Close
• STS LED
• On (Default)
• Off
• NET LED Enable
• On (Default)
• Off