ATWIN Quad-band GPRS/GSM Shield for Arduino

Introduction

This LinkSprite ATWIN Quad-band GPRS/GSM shield has PCB etched antenna, so no need for external antenna.

ATWIN Quad-band GPRS/GSM shield is an ultra compact and high quality wireless module base on infineon UCL2 platform with industy-standard interface.

This is a SMT package with small dimension, low power consumption, quad-band (AT139) and dual-band (AT139D) GSM/GPRS module.

It can provide with voice, SMS, Fax, data applicationgs for customers.

Description:Video Intro

Model: ATGPRS_SHIELD

Features

Features	Description
Network	GSM/GPRS
Frequency Bands	AT139: GSM850/GSM900/DCS1800/PCS1900MHz	AT139D:GSM900/DCS1800MHz
RF Output Power	AT139: GSM850/GSM900: 33dBm, DCS1800/PCS1900: 30dBm	AT139D:GSM900: 33dBm, DCS1800: 30dBm
RF Receive Sensitivity	<-108dBm
Speech codec modes	FR、EFR、HR、AMR
SMS	TEXT/PDU
GPRS Connectivity	GPRS Class 10
	Coding Scheme：CS1，CS2，CS3，CS4
Physical Characteristics
Package	SMT
Dimensions	24(±0.1)*24(±0.1)*3(±0.1)mm
Weight	4g
Performance
Power Supply	3.3V~4.5V
Antenna	External Antenna
MCP	64Mb NOR + 32Mb PSRAM
Audio	Two input/output Audio channels
SIM Card Application	Support SIM Card:1.8V/3.0V
Pin Amounts	38 PINs
Firmware
Operating System	OSE

Application Ideas

Arduino Passthrough Sample Code for LinkSprite ATWIN GPRS/GSM Shield

<syntaxhighlight lang="c">

1. include <SoftwareSerial.h>

char incoming_char=0; //Will hold the incoming character from the Serial Port. SoftwareSerial cell(2,3); //Create a 'fake' serial port. Pin 2 is the Rx pin, pin 3 is the Tx pin. void setup() {

 //Initialize serial ports for communication.

Serial.begin(9600); cell.begin(9600); Serial.println("Starting ATWIN Communication..."); } void loop() { //If a character comes in from the cellular module... if(cell.available() >0) { incoming_char=cell.read(); //Get the character from the cellular serial port. Serial.print(incoming_char); //Print the incoming character to the terminal. } //If a character is coming from the terminal to the Arduino... if(Serial.available() >0) { incoming_char=Serial.read(); //Get the character coming from the terminal cell.print(incoming_char); //Send the character to the cellular module. } } </syntaxhighlight>

This sample code requires

• Arduino SoftwareSerial Library

Cautions

The warnings and wrong operations possible cause dangerous.

Schematic

• ATWIN Quad-band GPRS/GSM shield Schematic

Specification

May include key specification and other specifications.

Usage

Hardware Installation

The shield must be powered by a wall adapter with 12V, 1A, like this one: PW-12VDC-1A_X3

• RX jump to MRX, TX jump to MTX, and remove the atmega328P from arduino. By doing this, we can directly monitor serial port output using the USB port.The default baud rate is 115200.

• Install X-CTU serial terminal console:setup_xctu_5100.exe

• Now we are going to use atmega328P's UART to talk to USB, and soft serial of atmega328P to talk to ATWIN.

• Before we do that, we have to change ATWIN's data rate to 9600 as soft serial can't go to 119200.In first tutorial setup, do: AT+IPR=9600 to set the baud rate to 9600

• Now set the jumper RX to D3, and TX to D2. SO that atmega328P's UART to talk to USB and soft serial of atmega328P to talk to ATWIN.

Programming

#include   //Include the NewSoftSerial library to send serial commands to the cellular module.
#include          //Used for string manipulations
char incoming_char=0;      //Will hold the incoming character from the Serial Port.
NewSoftSerial cell(2,3);  //Create a 'fake' serial port. Pin 2 is the Rx pin, pin 3 is the Tx pin.
void setup()
{
  //Initialize serial ports for communication.
Serial.begin(9600);
cell.begin(9600);
Serial.println("Starting ATWIN Communication...");
}
void loop()
{
//If a character comes in from the cellular module...
if(cell.available() >0)
{
incoming_char=cell.read();    //Get the character from the cellular serial port.
Serial.print(incoming_char);  //Print the incoming character to the terminal.
}
//If a character is coming from the terminal to the Arduino...
if(Serial.available() >0)
{
incoming_char=Serial.read();  //Get the character coming from the terminal
cell.print(incoming_char);    //Send the character to the cellular module.
}
}

FAQ

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Support

If you have questions or other better design ideas, you can go to our forum to discuss or creat a ticket for your issue at linksprite support.

Resources

• ATWIN Hardware Design Manual

• AT commands for AT137/139

• AT137/139_TCPIP_APPNOTE in PDF

• SMS app note for AT137/AT139 in PDF

How to buy

Here to buy ATWIN Quad-band GPRS/GSM Shield for Arduino ATGPRS_SHIELD on LinkSprite Cart

See Also

Other related products and resources.

Licensing

This documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 Source code and libraries are licensed under GPL/LGPL, see source code files for details.