SIMCOM SIM8918 Series LTE Cat4 Smart Module

SIMCOM SIM8918 series is the LTE Cat 4 smart module with Android system, it adopts Qualcomm 4-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 processor, with frequency up to 2.0GHz and AdrenoTM 702 GPU. It supports multiple high resolution camera and single screen display, and has powerful high data transfer and multimedia processing capability. With smart module operation system and high performance advantage, the module is ideal for rapid development of multimedia wireless communication products and applications.

SIMCOM SIM8918 series highly integrates wireless communication, short distance communication and multiple satellite positioning receiver function. It supports multiple communication modes such as GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA+, LTE-FDD and LTE-TDD. It supports GNSS multi-mode satellite positioning and short distance communication including Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac and BT5.0.

SIMCOM SIM8918 series has abundant interfaces, it can be connected with camera, display screen, audio, sensors and other equipments. It supports multi-dimensional data collection and man-machine interaction. The interfaces including MIPI_DSI/CSI/UART/SPI/I2C/GPIO/USB greatly expand smart module applications, and make the module suitable for smart POS, advertising media, automotive electronics, smart diagnostics, smart security devices and industry.

SIMCOM SIM8918 Module Specifications：

* Product type: 4G LTE Cat4 Smart Module

* Package： LCC+LGA

* Dimensions: 40.5*40.5*2.85(mm)

* CPU: QCM2290, 4 core 64-bit ARM, Cortex-A53 CPU @ 2.0 GHz

* GPU: Adreno 702 GPU

* Memory
- 8GB eMMC + 1GB LPDDR3
- 16GB eMMC + 2GB LPDDR4X

* Supply Voltage: 3.4V ~ 4.4V

* Temperature: -35 °C ~ +75 °C

* Weight: Approx. 10.5g

* Variant models: SIM8918CE, SIM8918E, SIM8918EA, SIM8918SA, SIM8918NA, SIM8918W

* Frequency Bands:

SIMCOM SIM8918CE:
- LTE-FDD Bands: B1/B3/B5/B8
- LTE-TDD Bands: B34/B38/B39/B40/B41
- WCDMA Bands: B1/B8
- GSM 900/1800 MHz

SIMCOM SIM8918E:
- LTE-FDD Bands: B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28
- LTE-TDD Bands: B38/B40/B41
- WCDMA Bands: B1/B5/B8
- GSM 850/900/1800 MHz

SIMCOM SIM8918EA:
- LTE-FDD Bands: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28
- LTE-TDD Bands: B38/B40/B41
- WCDMA Bands: B1/B2/B4/B5/B8
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

SIMCOM SIM8918SA:
- LTE-FDD Bands: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B28/B66
- LTE-TDD Bands: B40
- WCDMA Bands: B1/B2/B5/B8
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

SIMCOM SIM8918NA:
- LTE-FDD Bands: B2/B4/B5/B7/B12/B13/B14/B17/B25/B26/B66/B71
- LTE-TDD Bands: B41
- WCDMA Bands: B2/B4/B5
- GSM N/A

SIMCOM SIM8918W:
- LTE-FDD Bands: N/A
- LTE-TDD Bands: N/A
- WCDMA Bands: N/A
- GSM N/A

* WLAN: 2.4G/5G Hz, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

* BT: BT5.0

* GNSS: Beidou/GPS/GLONASS or GPS/BeiDou/Galileo

* Data transfer:
- LTE(Mbps): 150(DL)/50(UL)
- HSPA+(Mbps): 42(DL)/5.76(UL)
- WCDMA(Kbps): 384(DL)/384(UL)
- GSM(Kbps): 107(DL)/85.6(UL)

* USB Drive: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7/Win8/Win10/Linux

* Operating System: Android 11/12

* Video encoding and decoding
- Encode：1080p 30fps(H.264,MPEG4,H.263)
- Decode：1080p 30fps(H.264,MPEG4,VP8)
- Encode+Decode：1080p 30 decode + 720p 30 encod

* Audio encoding and decoding
- Voice codec: EVS, EVRC, EVRC-B, EVRC-WB G.711 and G.729A/AB GSM-FR, GSM-EFR, and GSM-HR AMR-NB and AMR-WB
- Audio codec: MP3; AAC; HE AAC v1, v2; FLAC; APE; ALAC; AIF

* Firmware Upgrade: USB/OTA/TF card

* Interface
- LCM: One 4-Lane MIPI_DSI interface, the highest resolution is 720*1680, HD+
- Camera: MIPI_CSI * 2 ; Primary camera:4-lane MIPI_CSI, up to 13MP ; Secondary camera: 4-lane MIPI_CSI, up to 13MP
- UIM Card: Support Dual Card Dual Standby: 1.8V/3.0V Dual Voltage Adaptive
- UART: Support up to 3 Serial Ports
- USB: USB 3.1/2.0 ，Support Type-C，USB OTG
- Audio: 3 input & 3 output ; 4-Channel Digital Microphone Input
- ADC: *1 16bits ADC
- GPIO: ≥ *25
- SD Card: SDC2 external interface supports SD3.0 TF card (Maximum 256G), hot-join support
- SPI: Support up to 2*SPI interfaces, support master mode, the highest rate 50MHz
- I2C: Support up to ten I2C for touch screen, camera, sensor and other peripherals
- I2S: *2
- Antenna: Main & Diversity & GNSS & Wi-Fi/BT

* Certification: RoHS/REACH/FCC*/GCF*/PTCRB*/IC*/3C