Comparison of 4G modules Quectel or Simcom
In India 4G Modules and functionality of modules to be used for embedded platforms are a constant queries with the professionals and product manufacturers. Today we are going to do comparison for two such modules which are available in market and Argus has capability and have done IoT hardware design based on both the company’s modules and as per customer requirement.The comparison of 4G Modules Quectel or Simcom is done below.
Quectel 4G Module (EC25)
EC25 is one of Quectel module which is part of LTE Cat 4 module series optimized specially for M2M and IoT applications. The data rates for these modules are 150Mbps downlink and 50Mbps uplink. EC25 is compatible with Quectel multi-mode LTE Standard EC21/EC20 R2.0/EC20 R2.1/EG25-G modules and UMTS/HSPA+ UC20/UC200T modules.
SIMCOM 4G Module (SIM7100E)
SIMCom’s SIM7100E is based on Qualcomm MDM9215 multiple mode LTE platform. SIM7100E has multi-band capability and supports TDD-LTE/FDD-LTE/WCDMA/GSM/GNSS SMT . It has application core:Cortex A5(550MHz) and three QDSP6 cores (Up to 500Mhz). Also it supports rich interfaces including UART, USB2.0, SPI, I2C,Keypad & PCM, etc. The support application includes capability to integrate TCP/UDP/FTP/FTPS/HTTP/HTTPS/SMTP/POP3 and MMS.
Comparison of 4G modules Quectel or Simcom
| FEATURE | SIMCOM (SIM7100E) | Quectel-EC25-E |
| FDD | Five-Band FDD-LTE B1/B3/B7/B8/B20 | Six-Band FDD-LTE B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20 |
| TDD | Dual-Band TDD-LTE B38/B40 | TDD :B38/B40/B41 |
| Communication | Dual-Band UMTS/HSDPA/HSPA+ B1/B8 | provides data connectivity on DC-HSPA+, HSPA+, HSDPA, HSUPA, WCDMA,(WCDMA:B1/B5/B8) |
| Dual-Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800 MHz | GSM:900/1800 MHz(also supports GPRS GNSS EDGE ) | |
| AT Commands | Control Via AT Commands | Control Via AT Commands |
| Supply voltage range | 3.4V~ 4.2V | 3.3V~ 4.3V (Typical supply voltage: 3.8V) |
| Operation temperature | -40℃ to +85℃ | Operation temperature: -35℃ to +75℃ Extended temperature range: -40℃ to +85℃ |
| Dimension | 30 X 30X 2.9 mm | 32.0±0.15 ×29.0±0.15 ×2.4±0.2mm |
| Weight | 5.8g | Approx. 4.9g |
| GNSS: | gpsOne Gen 8B;standalone;assisted,XTRA | GNSS: Gen8C Lite of Qualcomm Protocol: NMEA 0183 |
| LTE | Uplink up to 50Mbps Downlink up to 100Mbps | FDD: Max 50Mbps (UL), 150Mbps (DL) TDD: Max 35Mbps (UL), 130Mbps (DL) |
| HSPA+ | Uplink up to 5.76 Mbps Downlink up to 42 Mbps | DC-HSPA+: Max 42Mbps (DL) |
| EDGE | Class: Max. 236.8Kbps(DL),Max. 236.8Kbps(UL) | Support EDGE multi-slot class 12 (12 by default) Support GMSK and 8-PSK for different MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme) Downlink coding schemes: CS 1-4 and MCS 1-9 Uplink coding schemes: CS 1-4 and MCS 1-9 |
| GSM | GPRS Max. 85.6Kbps(DL), Max. 85.6Kbps(UL) | GPRS: Support GPRS multi-slot class 12 (12 by default) Coding scheme: CS-1, CS-2, CS-3 and CS-4 Maximum of four Rx time slots per frame |
| SMS | MT, MO, CB, Text and PDU mode , SMS storage: USIM card or ME(default) ,Transmission of SMS alternatively over CS or PS. | Text and PDU mode Point to point MO and MT SMS cell broadcast SMS storage: ME by default |
| CSD | GSM data rate 14.4Kbps WCDMA data rate 57.6Kbps WCDMA 64kbps CSD for Video cal | CSD: 9.6kbps, 14.4kbps WCDMA FeaturesSupport 3GPP R8 DC-HSPA+ Support 16-QAM, 64-QAM and QPSK modulation 3GPP R6 CAT6 HSUPA: Max 5.76Mbps (UL) 3GPP R8 CAT24 DC-HSPA+: Max 42Mbps (DL) |
| AUDIO feature | Support PCM interface, Only support PCM master mode and short frame sync, 16-bit linear data formats | Support one digital audio interface: PCM interface GSM: HR/FR/EFR/AMR/AMR-WB WCDMA: AMR/AMR-WB |
| Interfaces | USB2.0, UART, SIM card, SPI, I2C, Keypad(5*5), Constant current sink, GPIO, ADC, PCM *, SDIO | Support USIM/SIM card,USB interface, UART Interface( Main UART: Used for AT command communication and data transmission Support RTS and CTS hardware flow control Debug UART: Used for Linux console, log output),SGMII Interface, Wireless Connectivity Interfaces, Antenna Interface |
| Rx-diversity | NA | Support LTE/WCDMA Rx-diversity |
| Other features | ● MMC/SD and SDIO Interfaces ● USIM Interface ● GPIO ● ADC ● LDO Power Output ● Current Sink Source ● PCM Interface ● SPI Interface ● I2C Interface | ● GPIO ● PCM Interface ● ADC interface ● SGMII ● I2C Interface ● SD card interface, PCM and I2C Interfaces ,ADC |
| Antenna | ● Main ● GNSS ●Auxilary | ● Main ● GNSS ●Diversity |
| Countries | UK,SRI LANKA USA,Russia,Japan,India,Austria,Brazill ,Canada, | UK,SRI LANKA USA,Russia,Japan,India,Austria,Brazill ,Canada, |
| No.of pins | 87 | 140 |
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