Monarch Adapter Click-Platine

Monarch GO and Monarch GO-GPS are certified for use on the Verizon network (LTE band 13) with roadmap for global band support. Monarch module is not delivered as part of the Click board package. For more information about module features please read Monarch GO module specification.

How Does The Monarch Adapter Click Board™ Work?

The Monarch Adapter Click Board™ is intended to help customers to successfully integrate and test their application based on Monarch Go. This Click adapter communication with your device through a serial UART interface and can exchange data with a cloud server using Verizon LTE network. The UART and GPIO pins of Monarch Go LTE-M modem is connected to one side of the level shifter, while the other side (Shifted) is connected to the respective mikroBUS™ UART and GPIO pins. However, the Monarch Go LTE-M modem series module is designed as the traditional DCE device (Data Communication Equipment) offering the full UART pin count, including the hardware flow control pins (CTS, RTS). These pins are routed to the mikroBUS™ CS (RTS) and the INT pin (CTS) and can be used in the MCU software if the hardware flow control is needed.

Digital sections of the Monarch Go LTE-M modem are internally supplied by 1.8V, so it is necessary to condition the communication bus lines which connect the host MCU with the module. The Monarch Adapter Click provide internal 1.8V via BH18PB1WHFV-TR LDO regulator from Rohm Semiconductor, output from its internal LDO regulator, providing a needed reference voltage for one side of the TXB0106, a 6bit bidirectional level shifting and voltage translator with automatic direction sensing, from Texas Instruments. The reference voltage for the other side of the level shifter is taken from the onboard SMD jumper, labelled as I/O Level This jumper is used to select between 3.3V and 5V from the mikroBUS™, depending on the used MCU type and its logic voltage level requirements.

SPECIFICATIONS

PINOUT DIAGRAM

This table shows how the pinout of the Monarch Adapter Click Board™ corresponds to the pinout on the mikroBUS™ socket (the latter shown in the two middle columns).

Notes	Pin					Pin	Notes
Ring signal	RNG	1	AN	PWM	16	NC
Reset	RST	2	RST	INT	15	INT	Clear to Send
Ready to Send	RTS	3	CS	RX	14	TX	UART TX (transmit)
NC	4	SCK	TX	13	RX	UART RX (receive)
NC	5	MISO	SCL	12	NC
NC	6	MOSI	SDA	11	NC
Power Supply	3.3V	7	3.3V	5V	10	5V	Power Supply
Ground	GND	8	GND	GND	9	GND	Ground

ONBOARD SETTINGS AND INDICATORS