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1.11 General purpose input / output (GPIO)
SARA-R5 series modules include pins which can be configured as general purpose input/output or to
provide custom functions via u-blox AT commands (for more details see the SARA-R5 series AT
commands manual [2], +UGPIOC, +UGPIOR, +UGPIOW, +UTEST AT commands), as summarized in
Table 9.
Output to set the high or the low digital level
GPIO1, GPIO2, GPIO3,
GPIO4, GPIO5, GPIO6
Input to sense high or low digital level
GPIO1, GPIO2, GPIO3,
GPIO4, GPIO5, GPIO6
Network status
indication
Output indicating cellular network status: registered, data
transmission, no service
GPIO1, GPIO2, GPIO3,
GPIO4, GPIO5, GPIO6
External GNSS supply
enable
4
Output to enable/disable the supply of an external u-blox
GNSS receiver connected to the cellular module by I2C
External GNSS data
ready
4
Input to sense when an external u-blox GNSS receiver
connected to the module is ready for sending data over I2C
Input for SIM card physical presence detection, to optionally
enable / disable SIM interface upon detection of external SIM
card physical insertion / removal
Output indicating module status: power-off or deep-sleep
mode versus idle, active or connected mode
GPIO1, GPIO2, GPIO3,
GPIO4, GPIO5, GPIO6
Module operating
mode indication
Output indicating module operating mode: power-off,
deep-sleep or idle mode versus active or connected mode
GPIO1, GPIO2, GPIO3,
GPIO4, GPIO5, GPIO6
Output providing events indicator
GPIO1, GPIO2, GPIO3,
GPIO4, GPIO5, GPIO6
Input to trigger last gasp notification
GPIO1, GPIO2, GPIO3,
GPIO4, GPIO5, GPIO6
Output providing accurate time reference, as a sequence
with 1 PPS or as single time pulse, based on the GNSS
system or the LTE system (CellTime®)
Time stamp of
external interrupt
input
Input triggering via interrupt the generation of an URC time
stamp over AT serial interface
Input to trigger emergency fast shutdown of the module
GPIO1, GPIO2, GPIO3,
GPIO4, GPIO5, GPIO6
External GNSS time
pulse
4
Input to receive an accurate time reference, as a sequence
with 1 PPS from an external GNSS system
External GNSS time
stamp of external
interrupt
4
Output triggering via interrupt the generation of an URC
time stamp from an external GNSS system
Tri-state with an internal active pull-down enabled
GPIO1, GPIO2, GPIO3,
GPIO4, GPIO5, GPIO6,
EXT_INT, SDIO_CMD
GPIO1, GPIO2, GPIO3,
GPIO4, GPIO5, GPIO6,
EXT_INT, SDIO_CMD
Output for real time control of an antenna tuning IC
according to the LTE band used by the module
Table 9: SARA-R5 series modules GPIO custom functions configuration
1.12 Reserved pin (RSVD)
SARA-R5 series modules have a pin reserved for future use, marked as RSVD. This pin is to be left
unconnected on the application board.
SARA-R500S and SARA-R510S modules only.