Device compatibility and dev languages with CAT-M1

securigy · September 13, 2019, 11:06pm

I was looking at the device compatibility spreadsheet at GIT and being on US West Coast and using T-Mobile 4G I tried to see what works with CAT M1 (which is supposed to covered by 4G?)… Well, not much hardware out there with US Coverage:

github.com

HologramEducation/cellular-board-tracker/blob/master/Cellular Hardware Comparison.csv

Manufacturer,Model Name,Category,Lifecycle Status,Retail Cost,Alt Currency,SKU/Link,Modem Manufacturer,Modem Name,2G?,3G?,Cat M1?,NB-IOT?,GPS included?,US Coverage,Europe Coverage,Asia Coverage,Works with Hologram SIM?,SDK Available? ,Library Available?,Battery life (idle),Battery life (SMS sent once per day),Manufacturer Description,Voltage levels,I/O voltages,Ready to integrate in manufacturing?,What's the interface?,Features onboard,Direct modem passthrough?,Other thoughts
Adafruit,FONA808,Add-on Module,Active,$50,,https://www.adafruit.com/product/2542,SIMCOM,SIM808,Y,N,N,N,N,Y,Y,Y,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Adafruit,Adafruit FONA - Mini Cellular GSM Breakout uFL Version,Add-on Module,Active,$40,,https://www.adafruit.com/product/1946,SIMCOM,SIM800H,Y,N,N,N,N,Y,Y,Y,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Adafruit,Adafruit FONA 3G Cellular Breakout - European version,Add-on Module,Active,$80,,https://www.adafruit.com/product/2691,SIMCOM,SIM5320E,Y,Y,N,N,Y,N,Y,N,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Adafruit,Adafruit FONA - Mini Cellular GSM Breakout - SMA Version - v1,Add-on Module,Active,$45,,https://www.adafruit.com/product/1963,SIMCOM,SIM800H,Y,N,N,N,N,Y,Y,Y,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Adafruit,Adafruit FONA 3G Cellular Breakout - American version,Add-on Module,Active,$80,,https://www.adafruit.com/product/2687,SIMCOM,SIM5320A,Y,Y,N,N,Y,Y,N,N,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Altitude Tech,IoT Bit 4G HAT,Add-on Module,Active,$422,,https://www.mouser.com/new/altitude-technology/altitude-tech-iot-bit-4g-hat/,SIMCOM,SIM7100E,Y,Y,N,N,N,N,Y,N,?,,,,,,,,,,,,
Altitude Tech,IoT Bit 3G HAT,Add-on Module,Active,$281,,https://www.mouser.com/new/altitude-technology/altitude-tech-iot-bit-3g-hat/,SIMCOM,SIM5360E,Y,Y,N,N,N,N,Y,N,?,,,,,,,,,,,,
Arduino,MKR 1400,Embedded board,Active,$69,,https://store.arduino.cc/usa/mkr-gsm-1400,UBLOX,SARA U201,Y,Y,N,N,N,Y,Y,Y,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Botletics,SIM7000A Shield (US Version),Add-on Module,Active,$79,,https://www.botletics.com/products/sim7000-shield,SIMCOM,SIM7000A,N,N,Y,Y,Y,Y,N,N,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Botletics,SIM7000C Shield (China Version),Add-on Module,Active,$79,,https://www.botletics.com/products/sim7000-shield,SIMCOM,SIM7000C,Y,N,Y,Y,Y,N,N,Y,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Botletics,SIM7000E Shield (Europe Version),Add-on Module,Active,$79,,https://www.botletics.com/products/sim7000-shield,SIMCOM,SIM7000E,Y,N,Y,Y,Y,N,Y,N,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Botletics,SIM7000G Shield,Add-on Module,Active,$79,,https://www.botletics.com/products/sim7000-shield,SIMCOM,SIM7000G,Y,N,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Digi,"Digi XBee3 Cellular Smart Modem, LTE CAT M, North America",Add-on Module,Active,$99,,https://www.digi.com/products/models/xb3-c-a2-ut-001,TELIT,LE866,N,N,Y,N,N,Y,N,N,?,,,,,,,,,,,,
Digi,Digi XBee® Cellular 3G,Add-on Module,Active,$89,,https://www.digi.com/products/xbee-rf-solutions/embedded-cellular-modems/digi-xbee-cellular-3g,UBLOX,SARA U201,Y,Y,N,N,N,Y,Y,Y,?,,,,,,,,,,,,
Embedded Artists,Cellular and positioning shield 3G/UMTS,Add-on Module,Obsolete,$110,€89,http://www.embeddedartists.com/products/acc/cell_3g_pos_shield.php,UBLOX,SARA U270,Y,Y,N,N,N,N,Y,N,?,,,,,,,,,,,,
Hologram,Dash,Embedded board,Active,$69,,https://hologram.io/store/hologram-global-dash/,UBLOX,SARA-U201,Y,Y,N,N,N,Y,Y,Y,Y,,,,,,,,,"AT Commands, API calls",,,
Hologram,Nova,Modem,Active,$49,,https://hologram.io/store/nova-global-cellular-modem/36/,UBLOX,SARA-U201,Y,Y,N,N,N,Y,Y,Y,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Hologram,Dash Pro,Embedded board,Obsolete,$79,,https://hologram.io/docs/reference/dash/pro-datasheet/,UBLOX,LISA-U200,Y,Y,N,N,N,Y,Y,Y,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,
Huawei,E303,Modem,Obsolete,$30,,https://www.hackster.io/hologram/connect-raspberry-pi-to-cellular-with-huawei-e303-modem-d870fc,HUAWEI,??,Y,Y,N,N,N,Y,Y,Y,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Only 2 devices: SIM5320A and SIM808. While the former can be dealt with C/C++ it is not clear to me how you develop on SIM808…In any case seems like Python/MicroPython is not supported on either…

Am I wrong about device compatibility and that spreadsheet is simply not updated? Any recommendation for [preferably] Raspi-compatible board that has CAT-M1 and has US coverage?
Or, any other device that I can use Python/MicroPython with CAT-M1 and has US coverage?
I could use C# on Raspi but that will require installation of Mono.

system · October 13, 2019, 11:06pm

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