EVK-R4 - User guide

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Starting up

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The cellular and the GNSS adapter boards are connected by means of male header board-to-board

connectors provided on the bottom of the adapter boards and their corresponding female connectors

provided on top of the lower board, called EVB-WL3.

1.2.1 Specifics to the EVK for SARA-R42 series modules

If the on-board / B2B switch (SW401) on the EVB-WL3 board is set to “on-board”, and if a jumper

socket is inserted on the pin 1 and pin 2 of the 3-pin header J248 on the cellular adapter board (see

Figure 6), then the main UART interface of the SARA-R4 module, routed through the DIL header

board-to-board connectors mounted on the bottom of the cellular adapter board, can be accessed as

converted to USB interface on the USB connector (J501) on the EVB-WL3 board, or it can be accessed

as converted to RS232 interface on the RS232 DB9 connector (J500) on the EVB-WL3 board

according to the mini-USB / DB9 switch (SW403) settings.

If the on-board / B2B switch (SW401) on the EVB-WL3 board is set to “B2B” and if there is no jumper

socket inserted on the 3-pin header J248 on the cellular adapter board (illustrated in Figure 6), then

the UART interface(s) of the SARA-R4 module can be accessed at 1.8V CMOS signal levels on the DIL

header connector mounted on the top of the cellular adapter board, to communicate, for example,

with an external MCU.

If the on-board / B2B switch (SW401) on the EVB-WL3 board is set to “B2B” and if a jumper socket is

inserted on the pin 2 and 3 of the 3-pin header cellular UART jumper (J248) on the adapter board

(illustrated in Figure 6), the UART interfaces of SARA-R42 series module can be accessed as USB

interface on the USB connector (J201) on the cellular adapter board.

The UART data output of the internal GNSS system of SARA-R422M8S modules (TXD_GNSS line)

can be accessed as USB interface on the USB connector (J501) on the EVB-WL3 board.

The USB interface of the cellular module (supporting only FW update and diagnostic capability on

SARA-R42 series) is available on the native USB connector (J105) on the cellular adapter board.

Other SARA-R4 series peripherals are available on the dual-in-line male board-to-board connectors

provided on the top layer of the cellular adapter board.

The lower board (EVB-WL3) is designed to also be used with other u-blox cellular adapter boards. It

contains additional switches, jumpers, connectors, LEDs and parts that are only partially described in

Figure 1, Figure 2, and in Figure 3 of this document, because they are intended for use only with other

u-blox cellular modules. It is recommended to leave any additional connector unconnected, and to

leave any additional switch in its default configuration.

Pin 1

Pin 3

Figure 6: 3-pin header J248 available to set the routing of the UART interfaces on the EVK for SARA-R42 series modules.