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ARM® Cortex® -M
32-bit Microcontroller

4G/LTE/NB-IoT Module
with UNO to PCIe board
User Manual

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Table of Contents
1 Overview ............................................................................................. 5
Brief Introduction to NuMaker-IoT-M487 Board ................................................... 7
Brief Introduction to NuMaker NUC980 IIoT Board (NK-980IOT) .............................. 7
Brief Introduction to NuMaker-IoT-M263A Board (NK-IOT-M263A) ........................... 8
2 4G/LTE/NB-IoT Module with UNO to PCIe board........................................... 10
Quectel EC21 and BG96 module board with UNO to PCIe board ............................10
3 UNO to PCIe Board Overview ................................................................. 12
Front View..............................................................................................12
Rear View ..............................................................................................13
Pin Assignment for mini PCIe interface ...........................................................15
Arduino UNO Compatible Interface ................................................................ 16
PCB Placement .......................................................................................18
4 UNO to PCIe board Schematics ............................................................... 19
Interface Connectors .................................................................................19
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mini PCIe interface ...................................................................................20


SIM Card ...............................................................................................21
USB Device ............................................................................................22
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5 REVISION HISTORY ............................................................................ 23

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List of Figures
Figure 1-1 Combination of UNO to PCIe Board and NuMaker-IoT-M487 Board ............................. 5
Figure 1-2 Combination of UNO to PCIe Board and NuMaker NUC980 IIoT Board ....................... 5
Figure 1-3 Combination of UNO to PCIe Board and NuMaker-IoT-M263A Board .......................... 6
Figure 1-4 NuMaker-IoT-M487 Board .............................................................................................. 7
Figure 1-5 NuMaker NUC980 IIoT Board (NK-980IOT) ................................................................... 8
Figure 1-6 NuMaker-IoT-M263A Board (NK-IOT-M263A) ............................................................... 9
Figure 2-1 Front view of Quectel EC21 module board on UNO to PCIe board ............................. 10
Figure 2-2 Front view of Quectel BG96 module board on UNO to PCIe board ............................. 10
Figure 2-3 The switch setting view of Quectel EC21 and BG96 module board with UNO to PCIe
board ....................................................................................................................................... 11
Figure 3-1 Front View of UNO to PCIe Board ................................................................................ 12
Figure 3-2 Rear View of UNO to PCIe Board ................................................................................ 14
Figure 3-3 Arduino UNO Compatible Interface .............................................................................. 16
Figure 3-4 Front Placement ........................................................................................................... 18
Figure 3-5 Rear Placement ............................................................................................................ 18
Figure 4-1 Interface Connectors .................................................................................................... 19

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Figure 4-2 mini PCIe interface ....................................................................................................... 20
Figure 4-3 SIM Card Circuit ........................................................................................................... 21
Figure 4-4 USB Device Circuit ....................................................................................................... 22

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List of Tables
Table 2-1 The switch setting for Quectel EC21 and BG96 module board. .................................... 11
Table 3-1 Pin Assignment for mini PCIe interface ......................................................................... 15
Table 3-2 Arduino UNO Interface of NuMaker-IoT-M487 board and NK-980IoT board Mapping
with UNO to PCIe Board ......................................................................................................... 17
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1 OVERVIEW
This user manual is aimed to give users a fast introduction to the UNO to PCIe (Ver 1.2) board. This
board is a daughter board for both NuMaker-IoT-M487 (Ver 1.2) board and NK-980IoT. It needs to be
combined with the Quectel EC21 module board, Quectel BG96 module and ZTE ME3630 module
board to connect to LTE. This board can work independently by USB2.0.
Figure 1-1 shows the combination picture of UNO to PCIe board (top) and NuMaker-IoT-M487 board
(bottom). Figure 1-2 shows the combination picture of UNO to PCIe board (top) and NuMaker
NUC980 IIoT Board (bottom).

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Figure 1-2 Combination of UNO to PCIe Board and NuMaker NUC980 IIoT Board

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The UNO to PCIe (Ver 1.2) board is not necessary for NuMaker-IoT-M263A board (NK-IOT-M263A),
just plug Quectel EC21 or BG96 module board into PCIe connector of NuMaker-IoT-M263A board
directly. Please refer to user manual of NuMaker-IoT-M263A board. Figure 1-3 shows the combination
picture of Quectel EC21/BG96 module board and NuMaker-IoT-M263A board.
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Figure 1-3 Combination of UNO to PCIe Board and NuMaker-IoT-M263A Board


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Brief Introduction to NuMaker-IoT-M487 Board


The NuMaker-IoT-M487 is a development board using Nuvoton M487JIDAE MCU which includes
Arm® Cortex® -M4 core and rich peripherals. It also has motion sensor and WiFi connectivity on board
as well as plenty of reference materials to let user to quickly develop IoT device applications.
Furthermore, the board provides several interface and connectors for expansion. There are Arduino
Uno compatible interface, mikroBUS™ interface, NuMaker Brick I2C connector, and simulated CMOS
sensor connector.
For more detailed information about the NuMaker-IoT-M487 board, please visit Nuvoton NuMicro
Family ARM® Cortex® -M4 MCUs website to get the related User Manual document.
https://www.nuvoton.com/hq/products/microcontrollers/arm-cortex-m4-mcus/m487-ethernet-
series/User-Manual

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Brief Introduction to NuMaker NUC980 IIoT Board (NK-980IOT)

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The NuMaker NUC980 IIoT board (NK-980IOT) is a development board based on an ARM®
ARM926EJ-S microprocessor NUC980DK61Y which has very rich peripherals to help users easily to
design-in their products or application systems. The NK-980IoT board uses NUC980DK61Y
microprocessor run up to 300 MHz with built-in 64MB DDR2 memory, 16 KB I-cache, 16 KB D-cache
and MMU, 16 KB embedded SRAM and 16.5 KB IBR (Internal Boot ROM) for system booting from
USB, SPI NAND flash and SD/eMMC, All functions of the NUC980DK61Y are placed on the board,
including peripheral interfaces such as memory (SPI NAND Flash, eMMC, SD), UART, Audio
controller(NAU8822L), 10/100 Mb Ethernet MAC controller, high speed USB(device, HOST), JTAG
and EBI, furthermore, the board provides Arduino Uno compatible interface for expansion. Users can
use it to develop and verify applications to emulate the real behavior.
For more detailed information about the NuMaker NUC980 IIoT board (NK-980IOT), please visit
Nuvoton ARM9 Family website to get the related User Manual document.
https://www.nuvoton.com/hq/products/microprocessors/arm9-mpus/User-Manual

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Figure 1-5 NuMaker NUC980 IIoT Board (NK-980IOT)

Brief Introduction to NuMaker-IoT-M263A Board (NK-IOT-M263A)


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The NuMaker-IoT-M263A (NK-IOT-M263A) is a development board based on an ARM® Coretex-M23


microcontroller M263KIAAE which behaves both low power and robust security features that focusing
on IoT applications. M263KIAAE is based on Arm ® Cortex® -M23 secure core for Armv8-M
architecture, running up to 64 MHz with 512 KB Flash in dual bank mode supporting Over-The-Air
(OTA) Firmware update and 96 KB SRAM. M263KIAAE adopts advanced low power and security
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technology with high performance connectivity interface. The power consumption in the normal run is
down to 45 μA/MHz in DC-DC mode and it implements a secure boot function and hardware crypto
acceleration to achieve the security of IoT device. M263KIAAE is equipped with plenty of peripherals
such as Timers, Watchdog Timers, RTC, PDMA, External Bus Interface (EBI), LPUART, Universal
Serial Control Interface (USCI), Qual SPI (QSPI), SPI/I²S, I2C, Smart Card Interface (ISO-7816-3),
GPIOs, USB 2.0 FS OTG, CAN Bus 2.0B, SDHC 2.0 and up to 24 channels of PWM. Those
peripherals make it highly suitable for connecting comprehensive external modules. For high
performance analog front-end circuit blocks, it integrates up to a 16-channel 12-bit 3.76 MSPS SAR
ADC, two 12-bit 1 MSPS voltage type DAC, two rail-to-rail analog comparator (ACMP), temperature
sensor, low voltage reset (LVR), and brown-out detector (BOD) to enhance product performance and
reduce both external components and form factor.
NuMaker-IoT-M263A board (NK-IOT-M263A) is a new platform focusing on IoT products design, it
integrates 9-axis sensor, environmental sensor, and popular wireless communication modules
including Bluetooth module, Wi-Fi module, and LoRa module. A 2G/3G/4G-LTE/NB-IoT module with
GPS function is available for purchase. With the IoT software package provided by Nuvoton,
connecting the cloud of Arm Pelion, Amazon AWS, and Ali-Cloud is hazard-free. And the development
of IoT products can be completed quickly.
For more detailed information about the NuMaker-IoT-M263A board (NK-IOT-M263A), please visit
Nuvoton ARM Cortex-M23 MCUs Family website to get the related User Manual document.
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Figure 1-6 NuMaker-IoT-M263A Board (NK-IOT-M263A)

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2 4G/LTE/NB-IOT MODULE WITH UNO TO PCIE BOARD

Quectel EC21 and BG96 module board with UNO to PCIe board

This UNO to PCIe board supports Quectel EC21 module board and Quectel BG96 module board. For
more detailed information about Quectel EC21 and BG96 module board, please visit Quectel website
to get the related User Manual document.
 Quectel EC21: https://www.quectel.com/product/ec21.htm
 Quectel BG96: https://www.quectel.com/product/BG96.htm

Figure 2-1 shows the front side of Quectel EC21 module board on UNO to PCIe board. Figure 2-2
shows the front side of Quectel BG96 module board on UNO to PCIe board. Figure 2-3 shows the
switch setting of Quectel EC21 and BG96 module board with UNO to PCIe board. Table 2-1 shows
the switch setting for Quectel EC21 and BG96 module board.
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Figure 2-1 Front view of Quectel EC21 module board on UNO to PCIe board

Figure 2-2 Front view of Quectel BG96 module board on UNO to PCIe board

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Figure 2-3 The switch setting view of Quectel EC21 and BG96 module board with UNO to PCIe board

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Table 2-1 The switch setting for Quectel EC21 and BG96 module board.

GPIO pin of UNO


SW Status Function
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SW2.1 OFF UART_CTS D12

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SW2.3 OFF UART_TXD D10

SW2.4 OFF UART_RXD D13

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SW3.2 OFF UART_RTS D8

SW3.3 ON UART_TXD D1

SW3.4 ON UART_RXD D0

SW4.1 ON UART power supply 3.3V

SW4.2 OFF UART power supply 3.3V

SW4.3 X None None

SW4.4 X None None

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3 UNO TO PCIE BOARD OVERVIEW

Front View
Figure 3-1 shows the main components and connectors from the front side of UNO to PCIe board.

The following lists components and connectors from the front view:
 mini PCIe connector (CON1)
 USB0 Device (CON3)
 Push-buttons (SW1)
 LEDs (POWER, LED1, LED2, LED3, LED4)
 UNO interface connectors (NU1, MU2, NU3, NU4)

UNO interface
LED4 (NU1, NU3) USB0
Device
(CON3)

LED (POWER)
mini PCIe
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(CON1)
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LED1
SW1
LED2
LED3
UNO interface
(NU2, NU4)

Figure 3-1 Front View of UNO to PCIe Board

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Rear View
Figure 3-2 shows the main components and connectors from the rear side of UNO to PCIe board.

The following lists connectors from the rear view:


 Mini SIM card slot for SIM1 (CON2)
 Switch for UART pins of NuMaker-IoT-M487 board (SW2)

GPIO pin of UNO


SW Status Function
interface

SW2.1 ON UART_CTS D12

SW2.2 ON UART_RTS D11

SW2.3 ON UART_TXD D10

SW2.4 ON UART_RXD D13

 Switch for UART pins of NuMaker NUC980 IIoT board (SW3)

GPIO pin of UNO


SW Status Function
interface

SW3.1 ON UART_CTS D9

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SW3.2 ON UART_RTS D8

SW3.3 ON UART_TXD D1

SW3.4 ON UART_RXD D0

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Note: Only one switch of SW2 and SW3 can be used and cannot be used at the same
time. If users only need to use UART_TXD and UART_RXD, users can turn on SW3.3
and SW3.4 regardless of NuMaker-IoT-M487 board and NuMaker NUC980 IIoT Board

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 Switch for UART power supply (SW4)

SW Status Function power

SW4.1/ SW4.2 ON/OFF UART power supply 3.3V

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SW3 SW2

SW4

SIM Card slot


(CON2)

Figure 3-2 Rear View of UNO to PCIe Board


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Pin Assignment for mini PCIe interface


The UNO to PCIe daughter board is equipped with mini PCIe connecter, USB2.0, Sim Card and one
push button for user developing and verifying some special feature. Besides, the pin arrangement of
UNO to PCIe is compatible with Arduino UNO.
This UNO to PCIe board supports Quectel EC21 module board, Quectel BG96 module board and ZTE
ME3630 module board. Table 3-1 shows the pin assignment for mini PCIe interface.

Table 3-1 Pin Assignment for mini PCIe interface


Pin No. PCIe Pin Name Pin No. PCIe Pin Name

1 WAKE# 2 3VCC

3 - 4 GND

5 - 6 -

7 - 8 SC_PWR

9 GND 10 SC_DAT

11 UART_RXD 12 SC_CLK

13 UART_TXD 14 SC_RST

15 GND 16 -

17 UART_RI 18 GND

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19 - 20 W_DISABLE

21 GND 22 PERST#

23 UART_CTS 24 -

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25 UART_RTS 26 GND

27 GND 28 -

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29 GND 30 -

31 UART_DTR 32 -

33 UART_DCD 34 GND

35 GND 36 PCIe_USB_DM

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37 GND 38 PCIe_USB_DP

39 3VCC 40 GND

41 3VCC 42 LED_WWAN#

43 GND 44 -

45 - 46 -

47 - 48 -

49 - 50 GND

51 - 52 3VCC

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Arduino UNO Compatible Interface

Figure 3-3 shows the Arduino UNO compatible interface.


The Table 3-2 shows the mapping tables on these connector headers of NuMaker-IoT-M487 board
and NK-980IoT board.
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Figure 3-3 Arduino UNO Compatible Interface

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Table 3-2 Arduino UNO Interface of NuMaker-IoT-M487 board and NK-980IoT board Mapping with
UNO to PCIe Board

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Header Header
Compatible to Compatible to
Arduino UNO
UNO to PCIe Board Arduino UNO
UNO to PCIe Board

NU2.1 NC NU1.10 I2C_SCL

NU2.2 VDD NU1.9 I2C_SDA


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NU2.3 MCU_RESET NU1.8 VREF

N NU2.4 3VCC NU1.7 GND


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2 NU2.5 5VCC N NU1.6 D13 UART_RXD_480
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NU2.6 GND 1 NU1.5 D12 UART_CTS_480

NU2.7 GND NU1.4 D11 UART_RTS_480

NU2.8 VIN NU1.3 D10 UART_TXD_480

NU4.1 A0 LED1 NU1.2 D9 UART_CTS_980

NU4.2 A1 LED2 NU1.1 D8 UART_RTS_980

N NU4.3 A2 LED3 NU3.8 D7 WAKE#


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4 NU4.4 A3 - NU3.7 D6 PERST#

NU4.5 A4 - NU3.6 D5 UART_DTR

NU4.6 A5 W_DISABLE N NU3.5 D4 UART_RI


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NU5.3 D2 -

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PCB Placement

Figure 3-4 and Figure 3-5 show the front and rear placement of UNO to PCIe board.
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Figure 3-4 Front Placement


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Figure 3-5 Rear Placement

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4 UNO TO PCIE BOARD SCHEMATICS

Interface Connectors

Figure 4-1 shows the all the interface connecters NU1~NU4 that should be connected to the interface
connectors NU1~NU4 of NuMaker-IoT-M487 board and NK-980IoT.

NU1
10
I2C_SCL 9 3VCC TVCC
I2C_SDA 8
VREF 7 GND
NU2
1 VSS 6 UART_RXD_480 CB1 CB2
2 NC D13 5 UART_CTS_480
VDD D12 0.1u 0.1u
3 4 UART_RTS_480
MCU_RESET D11 C0603 C0603
4 3 UART_TXD_480 GND
3VCC 5 3VCC D10 2 UART_CTS_980
GND 6 5VCC D9 1 UART_RTS_980 3VCC U1 TVCC
7 VSS D8 SN74LV2T45DCUR
8 VSS 1 8
HEADER 2.54 10X1 male
VIN UART_TXD_3VCC 2 VCCA VCCB 7 UART_TXD
UART_RTS_3VCC 3 A1 B1 6 UART_RTS
HEADER 2.54 8X1 male
GND 4 A2 B2 5 LS_DO_DIR1
GND DIR
NU3
8 WAKE#
D7 SSOP-8
7 PERST#
3VCC D6 6 UART_DTR
NU4
A0 1 D5 5 UART_RI 3VCC TVCC
A1 2 A0 D4 4 UART_DCD R2
A2 3 A1 D3 3
R1 100K
4 A2 D2 2 UART_TXD_980 CB3 CB4
10K 5 A3 D1 1 UART_RXD_980 0.1u 0.1u
W_DISABLE 6 A4 D0
A5 C0603 C0603
HEADER 2.54 8X1 male GND
HEADER 2.54 6X1 male
3VCC U2 TVCC

Interface Connecter
SN74LV2T45DCUR
1 8
UART_RXD_3VCC 2 VCCA VCCB 7 UART_RXD
UART_CTS_3VCC 3 A1 B1 6 UART_CTS 3VCC
4 A2 B2 5 LS_DO_DIR2
GND DIR
SSOP-8
3VCC 3VCC 3VCC 3VCC

3VCC

UART 1.8V Level Shifter


R3 R4 R5 R6
220R 220R 220R 220R R7
R0603 R0603 R0603 R0603 10K
R0603
SW1
N7 N8 N9 N10
SMD按鍵開關6X6X5H(黑)卷代 SW2 SW3
PERST# UART_CTS_480 UART_RTS_3VCC UART_CTS_980
1

POWER1 LED1 LED2 LED3


SW4-SMD UART_RTS_480 UART_CTS_3VCC UART_RTS_980
Red(LED0805) Y ellow(LED0805) UART_TXD_480 UART_RXD_3VCC UART_TXD_980
Green(LED0805) Red(LED0805) UART_RXD_480 UART_TXD_3VCC UART_RXD_980
2

C1

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A0 A1 A2 C0603 2. mm DIP SWITCHES PONIES 4 SMD(HPS604-E) 2. mm DIP SWITCHES PONIES 4 SMD(HPS604-E)

LED RESET UART switch

Off-page Connector U3
ACE1117C18XM+H
SW4
3VCC TVCC

GND
OUT

OUT
3VCC 1V8 TVCC

IN
3VCC
1V8

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GND

3
1
2

4
GND 3VCC

2. mm DIP SWITCHES PONIES 4 SMD(HPS604-E)


CT1 CB5
10uF/10V 0.1uF
UART_CTS TANT-A
UART_CTS C0603
UART_RTS
UART_RTS UART_TXD
UART_TXD UART_RXD
UART_RXD UART_DTR
UART_DTR UART_RI
UART_RI UART_DCD
TVCC switch 3.3V to 1.8V

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UART_DCD

W_DISABLE
W_DISABLE WAKE#
WAKE# PERST#
PERST#
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Size Document Number Rev
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mini PCIe interface

Figure 4-2 shows the mini PCIe interface.

CON1
WAKE# 1 2 3VCC
3 1 2 4 GND
5 3 4 6
7 5 6 8 SC_PWR
GND 9 7 8 10 SC_DAT
UART_RXD 11 9 10 12 SC_CLK
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UART_TXD 13 11 12 14 SC_RST
GND 15 13 14 16
15 16 3VCC
3VCC
GND
3VCC GND
UART_RI 17 18 GND UART_CTS
19 17 18 20 W_DISABLE UART_CTS UART_RTS
GND 21 19 20 22 PERST# UART_RTS UART_TXD
UART_CTS 23 21 22 24 UART_TXD UART_RXD
R8 UART_RXD
UART_RTS 25 23 24 26 GND UART_DTR
330 UART_DTR
GND 27 25 26 28 UART_RI
R9

N3
GND 29 27 28 30 UART_RI UART_DCD
100K 31 29 30 32 UART_DCD
UART_DTR
UART_DCD 33 31 32 34 GND
GND 35 33 34 36 PCIe_USB_DM W_DISABLE
LED4 W_DISABLE
GND GND 37 35 36 38 PCIe_USB_DP WAKE#
Red WAKE#
3VCC 39 37 38 40 GND PERST#
3VCC 41 39 40 42 LED_WWAN# PERST#
GND 43 41 42 44
45 43 44 46 SC_PWR
47 45 46 48 SC_PWR SC_DAT
49 47 48 50 GND SC_DAT SC_CLK
51 49 50 52 3VCC SC_CLK SC_RST
51 52 SC_RST

mini PCIe
PCIe_USB_DM
mini PCIe PCIe_USB_DM PCIe_USB_DP
PCIe_USB_DP
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Title
UNO_to_PCIe
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mini PCIe
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Figure 4-2 mini PCIe interface

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SIM Card

Figure 4-3 shows the SIM Card circuit.

SC_PWR

R10
15K
CON2
SC_PWR 1 5
2 SIM_VCC SIM_GND 6
3 SIM_RST SIM_VPP 7
4 SIM_CLK SIM_IO 8
R11 22
SC_RST N4 C4 C8
SIM_Card_1 GND
R12 22
SC_CLK N5

R13 22
SC_DAT N6

C4
C2 C3 C5 C6 100nF
33pF 33pF 33pF 33pF C0603
C0603 C0603 C0603 C0603
6

4
6

1 3
1 3 GND
2

GND
U4
2

SMF15C

SIM Card
TSOP-6

GND

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3VCC
3VCC
GND

M
GND

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Title
SC_PWR
SC_PWR
SC_DAT
UNO_to_PCIe
SC_DAT SC_CLK Size Document Number Rev

-m
SC_CLK SC_RST A 1.2
SC_RST SIM Card
Date: Wednesday, April 03, 2019 Sheet 3 of 4

Figure 4-3 SIM Card Circuit

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USB Device

Figure 4-4 shows the USB device circuit.

U5
ACE1117C33XM+H
GND
OUT

OUT
IN

D1
SS24A
3
1
2

5V_IN 1 2 VIN 3VCC

DO-214AC
CT2 CB6
10uF/10V 0.1uF
TANT-A C0603

8
CON3
1
PCIe_USB_DM D- 2 V+
R14 0
PCIe_USB_DP D+ 3 D-
R15 0
4 D+
N1 5 ID
GND

7
Off-page Connector

N2 3VCC
3VCC
USB_MICRO_RECEP.
GND
GND
GND

PCIe_USB_DM
PCIe_USB_DM PCIe_USB_DP
PCIe_USB_DP

USB Device
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Title
UNO_to_PCIe
Size Document Number Rev
A 1.2
USB Device
Date: Wednesday, April 03, 2019 Sheet 4 of 4
Maker Nu-mbed NUC472 User Manual

Figure 4-4 USB Device Circuit

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5 REVISION HISTORY

Date Revision Description

2019.04.30 1.00 1. Initially issued.

2019.08.26 1.01 1. Add Quectel EC21 and BG96 description.

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M
-m
U

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Maker Nu-mbed NUC472 User Manual

Important Notice
Nuvoton Products are neither intended nor warranted for usage in systems or equipment, any
malfunction or failure of which may cause loss of human life, bodily injury or severe property
damage. Such applications are deemed, “Insecure Usage”.
Insecure usage includes, but is not limited to: equipment for surgical implementation, atomic
energy control instruments, airplane or spaceship instruments, the control or operation of
dynamic, brake or safety systems designed for vehicular use, traffic signal instruments, all
types of safety devices, and other applications intended to support or sustain life.
All Insecure Usage shall be made at customer’s risk, and in the event that third parties lay
claims to Nuvoton as a result of customer’s Insecure Usage, customer shall indemnify the
damages and liabilities thus incurred by Nuvoton.

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