Description
Unleash the global connectivity and positioning capabilities of your Portenta or MKR board with the Arduino® Portenta Cat. M1/NB IoT GNSS Shield. This shield enables cellular connectivity to both Cat. M1 and NB-IoT networks. Easily track your valuable assets across the city or worldwide with your choice of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo or BeiDou.

Features
Note: This board requires a compatible MKR or Portenta board to function. Its use together with the Arduino
Portenta Vision Shield is not supported.
Cinterion TX62 wireless module
Cellular connectivity and positioning support
Embedded IPv4 and IPv6 TCP/IP stack access
Internet Services
TCP server/client
UDP client
DNS
Ping
HTTP client
FTP client
MQTT client Secure Connection with TLS/DTLS Secure boot
Cellular Connectivity
LTE Cat. M1/NB1/NB2
3GPP Rel.14 Compliant Protocol LTE Cat. M1/NB1/NB2
(UMTS BANDS: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 8 / 1217) / 13 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 66 / 71 / 85
LTE Bands
LTE Cat.M1 DL: max. 300 kbps, UL: max. 1.1 Mbps
LTE Cat.NB1 DL: max. 27 kbps, UL: max. 63 kbps
LTE Cat.NB2 DL: max. 124 kbps, UL: max. 158 kbps
Short Messaging Service (SMS)
Point-to-point mobile terminated (MT) and mobile originated (MO)
Text Mode
Protocol Data Unit (PDU) Mode
Positioning Support
Multiple GNSS Support
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
BeiDou
MKR and Portenta Compatible
MKR requires headers