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laforge, 05/03/2017 07:03 AM

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h1. Hardware
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h2. Physical Setup / Board Stacking
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The hardware consists of two circuit boards:
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* Top board: AC/DC power supply and Ethernet switch
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* Bottom board: Actual Femtocell mainboard
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The two boards are sandwiched together by the following connections:
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* 6-pin fine-pitch connector (most likely for DC power)
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* flexible printed circuit cable (most likely for Ethernet MII/RMII)
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* two large sheet metal parts for ground and/or thermal connection
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It is thus not very straight forward to operate the opened device in a safe way (i.e. without live AC line voltage present).
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We will be working on a way to operate it with injected safe low DC voltage, but that is still TBD.
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h2. Major Components
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h3. Femtocell SoC (U3)
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Broadcomm BCM61610KFB1G (formerly Percello)
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* no information found anywhere
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* probably derivative of PRC6100
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** http://www.node-h.com/en/news/article/Node-H_3GPP_Iu-h_Femtocell_Software_is_Standards_Compliant.php
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** https://www.s3group.com/semiconductor-solutions/s3-percello-collaborate-produce-latest-femtocell-baseband-processor/
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* probably derivative of PRC6000
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** https://www.bdti.com/InsideDSP/2008/10/15/Percello
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* contains MIPS24Kc core
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h3. NAND Flash (U40)
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Hynix H27U1G8F2BTR
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* 1Gbit (128MByte) NAND Flash, x8 data bus, 3.3V, 2k page size, 128k erase block, 48pin TSOP1
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* http://natisbad.org/NAS/refs/Hynix_NAND_128Mo_H27U1G8F2BT.pdf
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h3. RF Transceiver
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Maxim MAX2550
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* Band I, V, and VIII WCDMA Femtocell Transceiver with GSM Monitoring
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* https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/products/comms/wireless-rf/MAX2550.html
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* https://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/MAX2550.pdf
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* https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/5364
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h3. Ethernet Switch
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Atheros AR8236-AL1A
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* 6-port Fast Ethernet Switch
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* https://wikidevi.com/files/Atheros/specsheets/AR8326.pdf
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* http://jhongtech.com/DOWN/ATHEROS--AR8236.pdf
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h3. AC/DC switching power supply controller
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* https://www.power.com/sites/default/files/product-docs/linkcv_family_datasheet.pdf
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h3. RF LDO
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* AP2318 ULDO in DFN3x3-8 (Mainboard WU1)
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** https://www.diodes.com/assets/Datasheets/AP2318.pdf
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h2. Connectors
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h3. Mainboard J2
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* 12pos 2x6 1.27mm pitch header
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* unpopulated
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* likely (MIPS) JTAG and/or console
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h3. Mainboard J3
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* 30pos 0.5mm pitch FPC
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* connects to PSU Board CON1
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* likely LED + AR8236 (R)MII + AR8236 SPI + AR8236 UART
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h3. Mainboard J4
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* 3pos 2.54mm pitch hader, center pos missing
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* used to supply 230V AC from mainboard to PSU board
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* connects to PSU Board J4
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h3. Mainboard J5
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* 8pos 2x4 1.27mm pitch SMD header
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* DC power input
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* connects to PSU-Board J
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|_.Pin|_.Function|
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|1|4V DC (supply for LDOs on mainboard)|
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|2|4V DC (supply for LDOs on mainboard)|
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|3|GND|
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|4|GND|
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|5|GND|
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|6|GND|
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|7|3.3V DC (regulated on PSU board for Ethernet Switch)|
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|8|3.3V DC (regulated on PSU board for Ethernet Switch)|
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h3. PSU-Board U9
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Yellow RJ45 mag-jack, connected to Port 0 of AR8236
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h3. PSU-Board U8
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Grey RJ45 mag-jack, connected to Port 3 of AR8236
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