TABLE OF CONTENTS
1INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................. 7
1.1 GETTING STARTED ..............................................................................................................................................7
1.2 WHY A SKYETEK MODULE? ..................................................................................................................................7
1.3 ADDITIONAL READING .........................................................................................................................................8
1.4 REVISION HISTORY ..............................................................................................................................................8
2DEFINITION OF TERMS ................................................................................................................................... 8
3ORDERING INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................9
3.1 NOVA STANDARD PART NUMBERS .........................................................................................................................9
3.2 HOW TO BUY.....................................................................................................................................................9
4SKYEMODULE NOVA OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 10
4.1
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ESCRIPTION
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4.2 BLOCK DIAGRAM ..............................................................................................................................................10
4.3 FEATURES........................................................................................................................................................11
4.4 APPLICATIONS..................................................................................................................................................11
4.5 AGENCY APPROVALS .........................................................................................................................................12
5MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 12
5.1 CONNECTOR DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................................................................................13
5.2 HOST INTERFACE CONNECTOR PIN MAPPING .........................................................................................................13
5.3 USING THE GPIO PINS ......................................................................................................................................14
6ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 15
6.1 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS .............................................................................................................................15
6.2 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS...........................................................................................................................16
7ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................................................................. 16
7.1 ELECTROSTATIC PRECAUTIONS.............................................................................................................................16
7.2 GENERAL RATINGS AND OPERATING CONDITIONS ...................................................................................................16
8SYSTEM PERFORMANCE............................................................................................................................... 17
8.1 SYSTEM RANGE ................................................................................................................................................17
9REGULATORY APPROVALS AND MODULE INTEGRATION GUIDELINES.......................................................... 17
9.1 AGENCY APPROVALS .........................................................................................................................................17
9.2 FCC/IC GUIDELINES (ENGLISH)...........................................................................................................................17
9.3 FCC/IC GUIDELINES (FRANÇAIS) .........................................................................................................................20
9.4 EU GUIDELINES................................................................................................................................................23
10 HOST INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................................ 24
10.1 USB 2.0.........................................................................................................................................................25