Arduino GSM / GPRS / GPS Shield

Overview

GSM/GPRS/GPS Shield is an Arduino shield based on the Quad-band

GSM/GPRS/GPS module SIM908.

Features

General

• Arduino connectivity, connects to Arduino Board directly
• NOKIA speaker & mic, supports hands-free phone talk
• Onboard CP2102 for easily debugging through USB interfere
• Onboard 74HC125, for time-shared controlling GSM and GPS port through single serial port
• Earphone insert detection & call vibration
• Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900MHz
• GPRS multi-slot class 10
• GPRS mobile station class B
• Compliant to GSM phase 2/2+

          Class 4 (2 W @ 850/900 MHz)
          Class 1 (1 W @ 1800/1900 MHz)

• Control via AT commands (GSM 07.07, 07.05 and SIMCom enhanced AT Commands)

• SIM application toolkit

• Supply voltage range :

• GPRS: 3.2 ~ 4.8 V

• GPS: 3.0 ~ 4.5V

• Operation temperature : -40 °C to +85 °C

SMS

• Point-to-point MO and MT
• SMS cell broadcast
• Text and PDU mode

Audio

• Tricodec

         Half rate (HR)
         Full rate (FR)
         Enhanced Full rate (EFR)

• Hands-free operation
• Echo cancellation

GPRS

• GPRS class 8/10: max. 85.6 kbps (downlink)
• PBCCH support
• Coding schemes CS 1, 2, 3, 4
• PPP-stack

GPS

• Receiver type

         42-channel
         GPS L1 C/A code
         High-performance STE engine

• Sensitivity

         Tracking: -160 dBm
         Cold starts : -143 dBm

• Time-To-First-Fix

         Cold starts : 30s (typ.)
         Hot starts : 1s (typ.)

• Accuracy

         Horizontal position : <2.5m CEP

• Power consumption (GSM engine in idle mode)

         Acquisition : 77mA
         Tracking : 76mA

Package Contains

1. GSM/GPRS/GPS Shield x 1
2. GSM Antenna × 1
3. GPS External Antenna (B) × 1
4. Speaker chamber × 1
5. Mounting screws × 2
6. 9V power adapter × 1
7. USB type A plug to mini-B plug cable x 1