一、Introduction

Product introduction

RM500Q-GL


Detailed parameters

Model  RM500QGLAB-M20-SGASA

Supply voltage  3.135~4.4 V , Typical values: 3.7V

Transmitting power  WCDMA band：Class 3（24 dBm +1/-3 dB）  LTE band：
Class 3（23 dBm ±2 dB）  5G NR band：Class 3（23 dBm ±2 dB）  LTE
B38/B40/B41/B42/B43 band HPUE：Class 2（26 dBm ±2 dB）  5G NR
n41/n77/n78/n79 bands HPUE：Class 2（26 dBm +2/-3 dB)

5G NR characteristics  support 3GPP Release 15  modulation mode：
256QAM (UL)  256QAM (DL)  SCS supports 15 kHz and 30 kHz  the maximum
bandwidth of 5g NR band under development supports 20MHz  5G NR
n41/n77/n78/n79 , the maximum bandwidth is 100 MHz  support Option 3x
、3a and Option 2  NSA TDD：Max 2.5 Gbps (DL) Max 650 Mbps (UL)  SA
TDD： Max 2.1 Gbps (DL) Max 900 Mbps (UL)  n41/n77/n78/n79 bands
support 2 × 2 MIMO (UL)
n1/n2/n3/n7/25/n38/n40/n41/n48/n66/n77/n78/n79 bands support 4 × 4
MIMO (DL)  support SA and NSA networking mode, all 5G bands support SA
，n38*/n41/n77/n78/n79 bands support NSA

LTE characteristics  support CA Cat 16 FDD and TDD  modulation mode：
(UL) QPSK、16QAM、64QAM、256QAM*  (DL) QPSK、16QAM、64QAM、256QAM
support 1.4~20 MHz（3 × CA）RF bandwidth  LTE： Max 1.0 Gbps (DL) Max
200 Mbps (UL)  B1/B2/B3/B4/B7/B25/B30/B38/B39/B40/B41/B42/B43/B48/B66
bands support (DL) 4 × 4 MIMO

UMTS characteristics  support QPSK、16QAM and 64QAM modulation  DC-
HSDPA：Max 42 Mbps (DL)  HSUPA：Max 5.76 Mbps (UL)  WCDMA：Max (DL/UL)
384 kbps  support 3GPP R8 DC-HSDPA、HSPA+、HSDPA、HSUPA and WCDMA

Interface connector  USB interface： USB 3.1 and USB 2.0 standard
(U)SIM interface：support Class B（3.0 V）and Class C（1.8 V）
diversity receiving antenna interface ：support 5G NR/LTE/WCDMA
diversity receiving  PCIE interface：PCIe Gen3 standard, up to 8 Gbps
per channel  antenna interface：×4 (ANT0、ANT1、ANT2_GNSSL1 and ANT3)

Characteristics of network protocol  support QMI/NTP* protocol
support PAP and EIRP protocol, commonly used for PPP connections

Built-in GNSS  support GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo and QZSS

Structure size  (52.0 ±0.15) mm × (30.0 ±0.15) mm × (2.3 ±0.2) mm

Weight  about 8.6g

RoHS  EU RoHS standard

Note：

"*" indicates that Quectel is under development

二、Usage

Hardware connection

Module connection

SIM insertion


三、Firmware and Resource download

Related documents and firmware download, see the official website

Resource Download

。

四、Tutorial

Flash firmware

Compile the firmware

RK3568 platform

RK3588 系列

GNSS Function(optional)

GNSS is supported by public firmware, but disabled by default.

Parameters

Supports GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO and BEIDOU, and is compatible with
standard NMEA 0183 protocol. It can output NMEA information of 1Hz
frequency through USB NMEA interface. The default output serial port
is /dev/ttyUSB1 and baud rate is 115200 bit/s.

Antenna Requirements

Frequency range: 1559MHz~1609MHz

Polarization: RHCP or Linear

VSWR: < 2(Typical)

Passive antenna gain: > 0dBi

How to enable GPS and modify serial port Configuration

Reference EC20