Arduino Shield SIM808 GSM/GPRS with GPS

Fully Featured Arduino Quad-band GSM/GPRS Shield which also features GPS! Based on the SIM808 module. Great for IoT and tracking projects, this shield allows you to communicate over the cellular GSM networks while also capturing GPS position data.

GSM/GPRS/GPS Shield (B) is an Arduino shield based on the Quad-band GSM/GPRS/GPS module SIM808.

Arduino SIM808 Shield Features:

General

• Arduino connectivity, compatible with UNO, Leonardo, NUCLEO, XNUCLEO
• Onboard USB TO UART converter CP2102 for UART debugging
• 5 x LEDs for indicating the module working status
• Onboard voltage level converter, supports both 3.3V and 5V systems
• SIM card slot for 1.8V/3V SIM card
• Baudrate auto detection (1200bps ~115200bps)
• Bluetooth 3.0， supports data transferring through Bluetooth
• RTC with power supply interface
• Firmware upgradable via USB
• Control via AT commands (3GPP TS 27.007,27.005, and SIMCOM enhanced AT Commands)
• Supports SIM application toolkit: GSM 11.14 Release 99
• Operating voltage: 6 ~ 12V
• Operation temperature: -40 °C ~ +85 °C
• Storage temperature: -45 °C ~ +90 °C

GSM/GPRS

• Band
  • GSM 850/EGSM 900/DCS 1800/PCS 1900 MHz
  • Quad-band auto search
  • Compliant to GSM phase 2/2+
• Emitting power
  • Class 4 (2W @ GSM 850/EGSM 900 MHz)
  • Class 1 (1W @ DCS 1800/PCS 1900 MHz)
• GPRS connectivity
  • GPRS multi-slot class 12 (default)
  • GPRS multi-slot class 1~12 (configurable)
• GPRS data feature
  • Downlink speed: max 85.6kbps
  • Uplink speed: max 85.6kbps
  • Coding schemes: CS-1CS-2CS-3CS-4
  • Supports PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) for PPP connection
  • Embedded TCP/IP protocol
  • Supports PBCCH
  • Supports CSD transmission speed: 2.4/4.8/9.6/14.4 kbps
  • Supports USSD
• SMS
  • Supports: MT/MO/CB/Text/PDU mode
  • SMS storage: SIM card
• Audio
  • Voice encode/decode mode: Half RateFull RateEnhanced Full RateAdaptive muti rate
  • Supports echo cancellation
  • Supports noise reduction

GPS

• Receiver type
  • 22 tracking channels
  • 66 acquisition channels
  • GPS L1 C/A code
• Sensitivity
  • Tracking: -165 dBm
  • Cold starts : -148 dBm
• Time-To-First-Fix
  • Cold starts : 30s (typ.)
  • Hot starts : < 1s
  • Warm starts: 28s
• Accuracy
  • Horizontal position : <2.5m CEP

What's on Board?

1. SIM808 module
2. MIC29302 power chip
3. CP2102: USB TO UART converter
4. SMF05C: TVS diode
5. 1N5408: onboard rectifier
6. SIM808 functional pins
7. Arduino expansion connector
8. USB TO UART interface
9. DC power jack
10. GPS antenna connector
11. Bluetooth antenna connector
12. Firmware upgrade interface
13. GSM antenna connector
14. SIM card slot
15. 3.5mm earphone/mic jack
16. GPS status indicator
17. CP2102 UART Tx/Rx indicator
18. NET indicator:
    • flashes fast when the module starts up
    • flashes slowly after GSM register succeed
19. Power indicator
20. Power switch
21. SIM808 control button: press the button and hold for 1s, to startup/shutdown the SIM808
22. Reset button
23. UART selection switch, select controlling the SIM808 via:
    • CP2102
    • UART pins of Arduino interface
24. SIM808 UART configuration:
    • SIM_TX: SIM808 UART TX
    • SIM_RX: SIM808 UART RX
25. IOREF power selection: configure the UART voltage level

Arduino SIM808 Shield Photos:

          

               

Note: the UNO PLUS in the photo is NOT included.

Dimensions:

Development Resources:

Wiki : www.waveshare.com/wiki/GSM/GPRS/GPS_Shield_(B)

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