EBV Elektronik Heracles 324 series embedded SIM card

EBV's Heracles 324 series is an integrated plug & play IoT solution in a compact LGA 99-pin form factor. It combines an application processor, a low power LTE/GPRS/EDGE modem, a global satellite localization system, and a pre-paid data package plan (Europe). There is also an option with the HW secure element for enhanced security (HERACLES 324S). The Heracles 324 series is designed for low latency, low throughput data communication in a variety of radio propagation conditions, providing extensive connectivity options. Due to the unique combination of performance, security, and flexibility, this module is ideally suited for M2M applications.

Key features

• Power Save Mode (PSM) and Extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX)
• The form factor and AT commands are compatible with Heracles 2G and Heracles 224G
• Ultra-low-power application processor with 512KB of Flash, 160 KB of SRAM, and 33 GPIOs
• Up to 500 MB prepaid data packages (Europe), for 10 years

Additional features

• LTE Technology: Rel.14 LTE Cat-M1, Rel.14 LTE Cat-NB2
• Cellular Technology: Rel.12 EGPRS MSC12
• Supported frequency bands:
  • CAT-M:
    • B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B8/B12/B13/B14/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B27/B28/B31/B66/B72/B85
  • CAT-NB:
    • B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B8/B12/B13/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B31/B66/B85
  • GSM/GPRS:
    • 850/900/1800/1900MHz
• Data transfer:
  • Cat-M: 1119 Kbps (UL)/589 Kbps (DL)
  • Cat-NB: 158 Kbps (UL)/127 Kbps (DL)
  • EGPRS: 236.8 Kbps (UL)/296 Kbps (DL) 
• Interfaces:
  • UART, SPI, I²C, GPIO
  • USB2.0 HS interface
  • PCM/I²S
  • SIM card interface (1.8 V only)
  • Embedded SIM 
  • Application MCU (not included in HERACLES-324G)
• GNSS:
  • GPS, Beidou, GLONASS, Galileo
• Prepaid options:
  • 50MB for Europe, for 5 years
  • 500MB for Europe, for 10 years
• Other Features:
  • TCP/UDP/HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/TLS/DTLS/PING/LWM2M/COAP/MQTT
  • Firmware update via USB
  • Firmware Over the Air (FOTA)
  • Embedded AT (EAT)
• Supply voltage range: 3.0 V to 4.6 V
• Power Consumption:
  • PSM: 4 μA
  • Sleep: 0.8 mA
  • Idle: 10 mA
• Operation temperature: -40 °C to +85 °C
• Dimensions: 24 X 22 X 2.3 mm
• Form factor: 99-pin LGA
• Certification: CE*/RoHS/REACH

Applications

• Metering
• Wearables
• Healthcare
• Rremote Monitoring
• Mobile POS terminals
• Tracking