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1 Product Overview
1.1 Key Features
The Iridium 9523 is a voice and data transceiver module for the Iridium global satellite network. It is
designed to be integrated with field application (FA) hardware and software to produce a solution
designed for a specific application or vertical market. These solutions drive a wide range of applications
in industries such as Oil and Gas, Rail, Maritime, Aeronautical, Utilities and Government/Military.
The 9602 is designed to meet the regulatory requirements for approval for FCC, Canada, and CE
assuming an antenna with a gain of ~3 dBi and adequate shielding.
The Iridium 9523 supports all Iridium’s voice and data services. Applications can be built to use one or
multiple services using the voice and data interfaces. The product provides the core transceiver module.
All other functions and hardware such as SIM card reader, keypad, display, power supply antenna etc.
must be provided by the Product Developer. The Iridium 9523 consists of the following:
 Iridium radio transceiver with 8 watt transmitter and dual receivers
 Call Processor function that implements the Iridium L-Band AIS protocol
 Iridium speech Vocoder
 Coaxial RF connector for the antenna
 40-way inter-PCB connector with the following interfaces:
o Digital audio interfaces
o DPL serial asynchronous control port
o Serial asynchronous interface for SIM
o Data/Fax port – serial asynchronous data plus 6 control signals
o GPIO control signals
o Power
1.2 Iridium 9523 Packaging and Regulatory Certification
The Iridium 9523 is a regulatory approved daughter module transceiver that can be fitted within an
enclosed host system. With appropriate external connections, the host system can be designed to meet
full transceiver regulatory tests and sold as a Regulatory Certified product that meets CE, FCC and IC
requirements.
The Iridium 9523 is tested to the regulatory and technical certifications shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Regulatory and Technical Certifications
Regulatory
Approvals
Radio Tests EMC Tests
Electrical /
Mechanical /
Operational
Safety Tests
CE
ETSI EN 301 441 V1.1.1
(2000-05)
ETSI EN 301 489-20 V1.2.1(2002-11)
ETSI EN 301 489-1 V1.8.1(2008-04)
ETSI EN 301 489-20 V1.2.1(2002-11)
EN60950-1:2006
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