INTRODUCTION
NB-IoT (Narrow Band-Internet of Things) technology is a new IoT technical branch and supports cellular data network connection
of low power consumption device in WAN (Wide Area Network), which also called as LPWAN. NB-IoT operates in authorized
frequency spectrum. It can be directly deployed to GSM, UMTS, LTE without any interference of current networks, while the
bandwidth consumption is just about 180KHz.
This SIM7000C Arduino NB-IoT/LTE/GPRS expansion shield is a wireless communication module produced by DFRobot and the
design is based on SIMCom SIM7000C. This wireless communication module is designed for Arduino controllers, supporting multi-
frequency LTE-FDD communication, dual-frequency GPRS/EDGE communication, NB-IoT communication. No matter prototype
developments or small-batch productions, SIM7000C Arduino NB-IoT/LTE/GPRS expansion shield is the best solution to
applications of low power consumption, low latency and meddle-throughput. Besides onboard GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite
System), SIM7000C supports American GPS, Russian GLONASS, European Galileo, Japanese QZSS and Chinese BeiDou
Navigation Satellite System. It can be widely applied to IoT applications such as long-distance control, moving tracking, long
distance data uploading and shared bikes.
SIM7000 Series Frequency Table
Function SIM7000C SIM7000E SIM7000A
Quad-Band FDD-
LTE
B1/B3/B5/B8 B3/B8/B20/B28 B2/B4/B12/B13
Output power GSM900:2W
DCS1800:1W
GSM900:2W
DCS1800:1W
GSM900:2W
DCS1800:1W
Supply voltage
range
3.0V~4.3V 3.0V~4.3V 3.0V~4.3V
GNSS GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Compass
Galileo,QZSS
GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Compass
Galileo,QZSS
GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Compass
Galileo,QZSS
LTE CAT-
M1(eMTC)
375kbps(up),300kbps(down) 375kbps(up),300kbps(down) 375kbps(up),300kbps(down)
NB-IOT 66kbps(up),34kbps(down) 66kbps(up),34kbps(down) Not Support
EDGE Class 236.8kbps(up),236.8kbps(down) 236.8kbps(up),236.8kbps(down) 236.8kbps(up),236.8kbps(down)
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