B36 vehicle tracking blueprint

Vehicle tracking board with u-blox cellular, positioning, and short

range modules

Highlights

• Small size, so it can easily be placed out of view in a vehicle

• Designed for worldwide LTE and/or 2G coverage

• Reference for combined integration of u-blox cellular,

positioning, and short range modules

• Addresses the RF and hardware challenges related to the

integration of on-board antennas

• Fulfills AT&T requirements for small ioT devices

• The blueprint uses all "off the shelf" components

Product description

The B36 blueprint is a solution that integrates u-blox technologies

(cellular, positioning and short range) in a single board with PCB-mount

antennas. The B36 board represents a tested and optimized design

for vehicle tracking, in a small form factor.

All variants include the short range module ANNA-B112, which supports

Bluetooth® 5 low energy.

All variants support concurrent reception of GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou,

QZSS, SBAS and Galileo systems. Two variants also support untethered

dead reckoning.

There are two cellular options, both designed to operate globally.

The G450-1 and G450-2 variants are 2G-only quad band GSM/GPRS

devices. The R412-1 and R412-2 variants provide LTE Cat M1/NB1

and EGPRS technologies.

Blueprint B36 is designed to meet the RF requirements imposed by the

main North American and European certification schemes. To verify

the performance, parameters like Total Radiated Power (TRP) and Total

Isotropic Sensitivity (TIS) have been tested in a fully anechoic chamber.

Product challenge

Blueprint B36 is an integrated device with coexisting GNSS, cellular

and Bluetooth Low Energy technologies. The coexistence of GNSS and

cellular is not to be neglected, and can be challenging if not considered

from the beginning. In the scope of the B36, schematic and layout have

been optimized to obtain the best performance and be compliant with

North America and European certification.

Data package includes

Application note

Describes the features and performance of the

B36 blueprint board

Schematics

Complete circuit schematics

Gerber files

Contains Gerber data

Demo firwmare

Necessary firwmare and its source code

Design details

Power supply

Typical 12 V or 24 V extended to 9 V to 36 V

Battery

Li-Po battery connector with built-in charger is

avaiable

JTAG connector

Used to program the micro-controller

Many test points

For independent evaluation of each key function

Product variants

All variants have the same application board and software.

B36-G450-1

Featuring cellular module SARA-G450,

short range module ANNA-B112, and

positioning module EVA-M8Q

B36-G450-2

Featuring cellular module SARA-G450,

short range module ANNA-B112, and

positioning module EVA-M8E

B36-R412-1

Featuring cellular module SARA-R412,

short range module ANNA-B112, and

positioning module EVA-M8Q

B36-R412-2

Featuring cellular module SARA-R412,

short range module ANNA-B112, and

positioning module EVA-M8E

Product summary

UBX-20012630 - R02

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