AI-Thinker EC-01F-kit Development Board

EC-01F-Kit is an NB-IoT development board developed by Ai-Thinker. The main chip scheme used in the NB-IoT part is EC616S. The ultra-integrated NB-IoT SoC development board supports ultra-low power consumption and fully supports the 3GPP Rel14 NB-IoT standard, making it an ultra-cost-effective NB-IoT chip.
It has the following characteristics (NB-IoT):

• Are integrated with RF transceivers, PA, RF filters, antenna switches, and power management.
• Excellent communication performance and stability in a variety of wireless environments.
• Excellent power performance in various modes (PSM, DRX, eDRX, connected mode).
• Unique MCU mode, providing lower operating current and shorter wake up time.

Features:

Processor:

• Cortex-M3,Support MPU
• Configurable CPU frequency,Max 204MHz
• 8-Channel DMA

Memory:

• 4MB NOR Flash on chip
• 272KB WIW SRAM,divided into 256KB and 16KB
• 16KB instruct cache

System:

• Flexible Configuration Support 1.8/2.8/3.3V IO
• Clock source: 26MHz TCXO or DCXO, 32.768khz crystal oscillator
• 1 external wake up source (interrupt)
• Unique MCU mode, in this mode, internal RC oscillator as the clock, lower power consumption
• LOG,UNILOG
• Debug port,SWD

Peripheral:

• 8 GPIO(Include TX0\RX0 AND TX1\RX1)
• 2 UART,2 I2C
• 5 PWM
• 4 Channel12-bit AUXADC
• 1 SIM Booth

Low power consumption:

• Unique low power architecture, level 4 sleep mode
• PSM: 800nA
• DRX (2.56s): typical value 110uA
• RX: typical value 10mA
• TX: typical value 24mA

Communication:

• Fully support 3GPP R14 NB-IoT
• Category NB2, 2-HARQ
• Multi-tone NPUSCH
• Anchor and non-anchor carrier
• In-band same/different PCI, guardband, standalone
• Multi-carrier paging, NPRACH
• Positioning: OTDOA & ECID
• ROHC, RAI, multiple-DRB, RRC connection re-establish
• SC-PTM (need SW upgrade)

Radio frequency:

• Support the spectrum: Band3, Band5, Band8
• Chip integrates PA and supports APT function
• Chip integrated RF transceiver filter and antenna switch
• Power level 3

Safety:

• Hardware Encryption and decryption module (AES, SHA)Secure boot
• Flash encryption
• True random number generator

Application:

• Support Open-CPU
• software conforms to the CMSIS architecture
• Supports mainstream cloud services
• IPv4, IPv6 and non-IP
• UDP, TCP
• DTLS, TLS, SSL
• MQTT, CoAP, HTTP(S)
• LWM2M
• Support FOTA

Power supply voltage:

• Support 5V Micro USB or 3.3V pin supply

Specifications:

• Development Board Model: EC-01F-Kit
• Adaptive Pattern Combination: EC-01F
• Packaging: DIP-14(2.54Spacing standard row needle)
• Size: 33.9*28.4*13(±0.2)mm
• Antenna Form: NB:External SMA antenna
• Spectral Range: Band3, Band5, Band8
• Working Temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C
• Storage Environment: -40 °C ~ 125 °C, < 90%RH
• Supply District: 5V Micro USB or pin 3.3V power supply
• Support Interface: UART/I2C/PWM/ADC/GPIO
• IO Quantity: 8(contain TX0\RX0 TX1\RX1)
• Series Rate: Support 110 ~ 4608000 bps ,Default9600 bps
• Bluetooth: Nonsupport
• Security: AES/SHA
• Flash: 4MB NOR Flash
• Module Power Consumption: Sleep mode(PSM):0.9uA (Single Module); Standby mode(DRX):120uA (Single Module); Full load mode (TX:23Bm): 240mA (Single Module)