Charlie IoT Kit

In the world of IoT, everything starts at the edge, with the devices and the data they generate: that’s The First Mile of IoT™. Start your IoT journey from The First Mile with Charlie, the complete, ready-to-use Telit evaluation kit.

The next generation of Telit IoT evaluation kits, Charlie is an Arduino-based MKR form factor board. It combines a low power ARM® Cortex®-M0 32-bit SAMD21 microprocessor with a Telit ME310 cellular module, providing global narrowband connectivity and a highperformance GNSS receiver.

Charlie includes a Bosch Sensortec high-performance motion smart sensor chip and an embedded GNSS antenna to make it a complete yet extremely compact IoT development platform.

Charlie can be used either alone or expanded with Arduino-compatible shields and provides all building blocks to develop, prototype and deploy IoT applications.

Key Benefits: 

• Ideal for rapid IoT application design; all hardware building blocks are readily available
• Standard Arduino MKR form factor board, including a microprocessor, cellular module with GNSS receiver, motion sensor and battery charger
• Can be expanded with Arduino MKR shields • Mounts ME310G1-WW, one of the most compact and power-efficient cellular modules available on the market, featuring LTE Cat M1/NB2 connectivity and 2G fallback
• High-performance, ultralow-power Bosch Sensortec acceleration sensor
• Fully compatible with the Arduino software development environment
• Embedded high-performance patch antenna for GNSS receiver

Product Features:

• Powered either from a computer USB port or Li-ion battery (3.7 V, minimum capacity 700 mAh)
• High-efficiency battery charger circuit*
• SMA receptacle for external cellular antenna
• Built-in high-performance GNSS antenna with a low-noise preamplifier
• External GNSS antenna connector with LNA supply
• High-performance, ultralow-power and low-noise Bosch BMA400 triaxial acceleration sensor with 12-bit resolution and typical 5.8 µA current consumption
• Microprocessor interfaced to the cellular module through UART interface; additional dedicated USB port for cellular module
• SIM holder
• User pushbutton and LED

*Battery pack not included

ME310G1-WW Key Features: 

• 3GPP Rel. 14 compliant module supporting LTE Cat M1/NB2 and 2G
• Power Saving Mode (PSM) and extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX) allowing longer battery operation
• LTE bands (MHz): B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (AWS 1700), B5 (850), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25(1900), B27 (800), B28 (700), B71 (600), B85 (700)
• 2G Bands: 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz
• Approvals: PTCRB, GCF, AT&T, Verizon, RED, FCC/IC, Sprint
• IPv4/IPv6 stack with TCP and UDP protocol
• OMA Lightweight M2M (LwM2M)
• Firmware Over-the-Air (FOTA) update
• Embedded GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo)
• Interfaces: USB 2.0, UART, SPI, I2C, 1.8 V SIM interface
• Power supply voltage: 3.8 V nominal (range: 3.4–4.2 V)

Documents

 Telit Charlie Datasheet

 Charlie Schematics

 Charlie HW User Guide