2.

Soldering the headers

Before using your click board, make sure
to solder 1x8 male headers to both left
and right side of the board. Two 1x8 male
headers are included with the board in
the package.

GSM click

1. Introduction

4. Essential features

Turn the board upside down so that

bottom side is facing you upwards. Place
shorter parts of the header pins in both
soldering pad locations.

GSM click is an add-on board in mikroBUS

form factor. Its a compact and easy solution
for adding GSM/GPRS mobile phones standard
to your design. It features a GL865-QUAD
GSM/GPRS module, a TXB0106 6-bit
bidirectional voltage-level translator and a
SIM CARD socket. GSM click communicates
with the target board microcontroller via
seven mikroBUS lines (RX, TX, INT, PWM,
CS, RST and AN). The board is designed to use
3.3V and 5V I/O voltage levels. A LED diode
indicates the presence of power supply.

Turn the board upward again. Make sure

to align the headers so that they are
perpendicular to the board, then solder the
pins carefully.

3. Plugging the board in

Once you have soldered the headers your
board is ready to be placed into desired
mikroBUS socket. Make sure to align the
cut in the lower-right part of the board
with the markings on the silkscreen at
the mikroBUS socket. If all of the pins are
aligned correctly, push the board all
the way into the socket.

GSM click with its Telit GL865-QUAD IC is

ideal for mobile devices. It features GSM/GPRS
protocol stack 3GPP (release 4 compliant) and
supports GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/ 1900
MHz Quad-band frequency. Additional features
such as integrated TCP/IP protocol stack
(including UDP, SMTP, ICMP and FTP), serial
multiplexer, remote AT commands and many
more, extend the functionality of the board.

click

BOARD
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GSM click Manual

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6. SMD Jumper

5. GSM click board schematic

TX_LED

PWM
INT
TX
RX
SCL
SDA
+5V
GND

There is one zero-ohm SMD jumper J1 which is

used to select whether 3.3V or 5V I/O voltage
level is used. Jumper J1 is soldered in 3.3V
position by default.

1
2
3
4
5
6

30
29
28
27
26
25

R4
100K

U1

NC
NC
NC
DAC_OUT
AN2
AN1

24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13

MIC+

Q2
BC846

R5

STAT_LED

C1
100nF EAR+

1K
R6
100K

7. Code examples

+2V8

AGND

R7
2K2
MIC+
EAR+

E1

10uF

4
3
2

E2

10uF

CN3

ST-328B-3
AGND
Vgsm

1K

33pF

Q4
BC846

R12

C5

!RST

33pF

R11
100K

1
2
3
7

C4

SIM_VCC
SIM_RST
SIM_CLK
SIM_IO
33pF

1K

C3

U3
VCC
RST
CLK
IO

CD1
CD2
GND

8
4
5

Once you have done all the necessary

preparations, its time to get your click board
up and running. We have provided examples
for mikroC, mikroBasic and mikroPascal
compilers on our Libstock website. Just
download them and you are ready to start.

FERRITE BEAD
J1
R13
2K2 +5V

E5 10uF

C7 100nF

R9

+2V8

E4 470uF/10V

Q3
BC846

C6 100nF

PWRMON
+2V8

+3V3
FP1

E3 470uF/10V

!RTS
!CTS

R8
4K7

VCC

!TXD
!RXD
SIM_VCC
SIM_RST
SIM_CLK
SIM_IO

VCC

RST

LD3

Q1
BC846

R3

TX_LED

MIC+
AGND
MICEAR+
EARNC

GL865-QUAD

!RST

V_AUX/PWRMON
RXD_AUX
TXD_AUX
GND
RESET#
NC

TXB0106

C8
100nF

LD2

VRTC
RFTXMON
ALARM
BUZZER
STAT_LED
NC

36
35
34
33
32
31

RXD
TXD
CTS
RTS
GPIO2

43
44
45
46
47
48

Vbat
Vbat
GPIO04
GPIO03
GPIO02
GPIO01

DCD
RING
DSR
DTR
RTS
CTS

16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9

B1
VCCB
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
GND

100nF

A1
VCCA
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
OE

+2V8

C2

U2

TXB0106

!RXD
!TXD
!CTS
!RTS
!GPIO2

!GPIO2
GPIO1

VCC

37
38
39
40
41
42

GND
GND
ANTENNA
GND
GND
NC

Vgsm

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

R2
2k2

1K

MIKROBUS DEVICE CONN.

+2V8

VCC

R1
2k2

TXD
RXD
SIMVCC
SIMRST
SIMCLK
SIMIO

AN
RST
CS
SCK
MISO
MOSI
+3.3V
GND

VCC

CN1
ANTENNA

GPIO2
CTS
RXD
TXD

7
8
9
10
11
12

PWRMON
RST
RTS

+5V

STAT_LED

+3V3

R10
10K

.com

LD1
PWR
GPIO1

8. Support

SIM_CARD

R14
100K

Pin Number

Description

Left Audio

Right Audio

Microphone

Common/GND

MikroElektronika assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in the present document.
Specification and information contained in the present schematic are subject to change at any time without notice. Copyright 2014 MikroElektronika. All rights reserved.

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