User's Manual
                                                                                                                                            Smart Machine Smart Decision 
SIM868_Hardware_Design_V1.00                                            6                                                                            2016-06-20 
Table Index 
TABLE 1: MODULE INFORMATION ......................................................................................................................10 
TABLE 2: SIM868 KEY FEATURES .........................................................................................................................10 
TABLE 3: GNSS ENGINE PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................................12 
TABLE 4: CODING SCHEMES AND MAXIMUM NET DATA RATES OVER AIR INTERFACE ...........................13 
TABLE 5: OVERVIEW OF OPERATING MODES....................................................................................................13 
TABLE 6: PIN DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................................................15 
TABLE 7: RECOMMENDED ZENER DIODE ..........................................................................................................20 
TABLE 8: THE CURRENT CONSUMPTION OF FUNCTION MODE .....................................................................25 
TABLE 9: SERIAL PORT AND USB PIN DEFINITION ...........................................................................................27 
TABLE 10: SERIAL PORT CHARACTERISTICS.....................................................................................................27 
TABLE 11: USB_VBUS OPERATION VOLTAGE ....................................................................................................31 
TABLE 12: RI BEHAVIORS......................................................................................................................................31 
TABLE 13: AUDIO INTERFACE DEFINITION........................................................................................................32 
TABLE 14: PERFORMANCE OF AUDIO AMPLIFIER ............................................................................................33 
TABLE 15: MICROPHONE INPUT CHARACTERISTICS .......................................................................................34 
TABLE 16: AUDIO OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................34 
TABLE 17: SIM PIN DEFINITION ...........................................................................................................................35 
TABLE 18: PIN DESCRIPTION (MOLEX SIM CARD HOLDER) ...........................................................................37 
TABLE 19: PIN DESCRIPTION (AMPHENOL SIM CARD HOLDER) ....................................................................38 
TABLE 20: SD MULTIPLEXING FUNCTION ..........................................................................................................39 
TABLE 21: PIN DEFINITION OF THE I2C ..............................................................................................................39 
TABLE 22: I2C MULTIPLEXING FUNCTION .........................................................................................................39 
TABLE 23: PIN DEFINITION OF THE ADC ............................................................................................................40 
TABLE 24: ADC SPECIFICATION ...........................................................................................................................40 
TABLE 25: PIN DEFINITION OF THE NETLIGHT .................................................................................................40 
TABLE 26: STATUS OF THE NETLIGHT PIN .........................................................................................................40 
TABLE 27: NETLIGHT MULTIPLEXING FUNCTION ............................................................................................41 
TABLE 28: PIN DEFINITION OF THE STATUS ......................................................................................................41 
TABLE 29: DEFINITION OF THE RF_SYNC PIN ...................................................................................................41 
TABLE 30: RF_SYNC MULTIPLEXING FUNCTION ..............................................................................................42 
TABLE 31: RECOMMENDED TVS COMPONENT .................................................................................................46 
TABLE 32: ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS ......................................................................................................50 
TABLE 33: RECOMMENDED OPERATING CONDITIONS ....................................................................................50 
TABLE 34: DIGITAL INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................................................50 
TABLE 35: SIM CARD INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS ....................................................................................50 
TABLE 36: SIM_VDD CHARACTERISTICS ...........................................................................................................51 
TABLE 37: VDD_EXT CHARACTERISTICS ...........................................................................................................51 
TABLE 38: CURRENT CONSUMPTION..................................................................................................................51 
TABLE 39: THE ESD CHARACTERISTICS (TEMPERATURE: 25℃, HUMIDITY: 45 %) ......................................52 
TABLE 40: GSM850 AND EGSM900 CONDUCTED RF OUTPUT POWER............................................................53 
TABLE 41: DCS1800 AND PCS1900 CONDUCTED RF OUTPUT POWER ............................................................53 
TABLE 42: CONDUCTED RF RECEIVE SENSITIVITY..........................................................................................54 
TABLE 43: OPERATING FREQUENCIES ................................................................................................................54 
TABLE 44: MOISTURE SENSITIVITY LEVEL AND FLOOR LIFE ........................................................................56 
TABLE 45: BAKING REQUIREMENTS...................................................................................................................56 
TABLE 46: RELATED DOCUMENTS ......................................................................................................................57 










