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==== SIM7000 SIM CARD COMMUNITCATION ISSUE ====
 
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There has been an issue where some of our boards aren't recognising the SIM cards, and so can't upload any data. To detect is if the issue is present the following AT command sequence can be sent.
 
There has been an issue where some of our boards aren't recognising the SIM cards, and so can't upload any data. To detect is if the issue is present the following AT command sequence can be sent.
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We did some probing around with an oscilloscope to see if there were any electrical differences between the good and bad boards. Both had identical measured crystal frequencies of 7.9 - 8.1 MHz and SIM7000 - ATmega382p baud rates of about 9540.
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The one difference which was found was in the signals issued from the SIM 7000 to the SIM card on pins SIM_VDD, SIM_RST, SIM_CLK, and SIM_DATA.
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===== for boards with a SIM inserted =====
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{| class="wikitable"
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! PIN !! Good Board !! Bad Board
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| SIM_VDD|| Example || Example
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| SIM_RST || Example || Example
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| SIM_CLK || Example || Example
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| SIM_DATA|| Example || Example
 
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Revision as of 22:45, 20 November 2019

BOSL BOARD - THE ULTRA LOW POWERED IOT LOGGING DEVICE

This little beauty costs less than an Arduino and Sim5320a put together, yet it comes already assembled, runs on 4v, is ultra low power consuming (we removed all the overheads of the off the shelf arduinos) and can send data via the CAT-M1 or NB-IoT networks! We estimate that these things can log each minute for over 12months!


SIM7000 SIM CARD COMMUNITCATION ISSUE

2019/11/21:

There has been an issue where some of our boards aren't recognising the SIM cards, and so can't upload any data. To detect is if the issue is present the following AT command sequence can be sent.

GOOD RESPONSE
Command Response
AT+CFUN=0
+CPIN: NOT READY
OK
AT+CFUN=1
OK
+CPIN = READY
SIM READY
BAD RESPONSE
Command Response
AT+CFUN=0
+CPIN: NOT READY
OK
AT+CFUN=1
OK
+CPIN: NOT INSERTED

We did some probing around with an oscilloscope to see if there were any electrical differences between the good and bad boards. Both had identical measured crystal frequencies of 7.9 - 8.1 MHz and SIM7000 - ATmega382p baud rates of about 9540.

The one difference which was found was in the signals issued from the SIM 7000 to the SIM card on pins SIM_VDD, SIM_RST, SIM_CLK, and SIM_DATA.

for boards with a SIM inserted
PIN Good Board Bad Board
SIM_VDD Example Example
SIM_RST Example Example
SIM_CLK Example Example
SIM_DATA Example Example