Altair

The Altair board is an industrial-grade IoT multi-radio solutions (Wi-Fi 6, qualified against Bluetooth® Core 5.4 technology, Thread, LTE, Camera) using standard interfaces and hostless mode.

To facilitate rapid IoT application development, Altair is backed by the same open-source SDK available on CodeLinaro for Qualcomm® QCC74xM EVKs, coupled with a VS Code extension and the Qualcomm® Connectivity Integrated
Development Environment.

Altair consist of a main board with Rpi® standard connector and 3 USBC connectors that can deliver the power to the board.

Please note the board cannot be powered from the Rpi® standard connector.
Altair is based on the QCC748M module with the tri-radio wireless MCU QCC748-2/-3/-6 chipset.

Multi-radio Integration

Build wireless IoT applications with multiple radio options including Wi-Fi 6, qualified against Bluetooth® Core 5.4, and Thread.

High Computing Power

Gain high compute performance for your demanding edge applications with the powerful 32-bit RISC-V microcontroller with a DSP and FPU.

Built-in Security

A built-in security acceleration engine supports encryption algorithms, secure boot, and secure debugging. QCC74xM modules are PSA Certified Level 1.

Rich Peripheral Interfaces

The EVK provides a wide range of standard physical interfaces for better compatibility with most external IoT devices and sports a camera connector. When the camera is not used the pins are available as GPIO.

Open-source Development Environment

The development is accelerated by the open-source SDK available on CodeLinaro, the Qualcomm® Connectivity Integrated Development Environment (QCCIDE), and a VS Code extension plug-in.

Rich Multimedia Support

The EVK's camera and display interfaces, along with its MIC audio input and MJPEG 720p codec, allow applications to capture and display multimedia at the edge.

Details

Processor QCC748M 32-bit RISC-V @ 325MHz
Onboard Memory 128KB ROM, 484KB SRAM
FLASH – NOR Memory IC 128Mbit SPI – Quad I/O, QPI 133 MHz
Wi-Fi Standard 1×1 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax (Wi-Fi 6)
Bluetooth Low Energy v5.4 , 802.15.4 Standard
Thread and Zigbee-ready
Matter support
Matter over Wi-Fi and Thread supported, with BLE commissioning
Operating Temperature -40C to +85C
Input Power USB or 12V
RF Connectors WiFi/ Bluetooth , GPS and LTE

Altair Physical interfaces

Power supply ( optional ) : PJ-082BH or Phoenix 5.08mm wire connector with polarity inversion protection, VIN from 4.2V to 18V limited by a 12V TVS.

Power can be delivered through one of the 3 USBC connectors:

a) USBC Debug connector for debug through FT2232HQ-TRAY ( uart + JTAG )
b) USBC port for the QCC748M module
c) USBC port for the Telit LE910Cx module
d) Rpi® standard 40 pin male connector

GPIO Capabilities

These are the GPIO capabilities of the QCC748M , some of these pins cannot be used due to the routing.
RMII
Audio Codec
1x DAC (Speaker) / 1x ADC (Mic) via GPIO
Video Codec
MJPEG Encoding
Camera Interface
DVP (via GPIO)
Display Interface
DBI (via GPIO)
Up to 19 GPIO
SDIO 2.0 Secondary
SD Card Interface
2x UART
USB 2.0
ISO 11898 (CAN Bus)
SPI
I2C
I2S
1x PWM (4 channels)
XiP QSPI (Flash) ( used for on board flash )
RTC 2x 32-bit + 1x 16-bit RTC
IR Controller Receiver
General Purpose 12/14/16 bits ADC
General Purpose 12-bit DAC
JTAG.

LTE module

The LTE module is based on a Telit LE910Cx
This is a brief summary of the LE910Cx capabilities, for additional informations please
refer to the appropriate data sheet from the manufacturer.

Product Features

Band 14 support
LTE FDD Cat 4, 3GPP Release 10 compliant
LTE FDD Cat 1, 3GPP Release 9 compliant
Rx Diversity and MIMO DL 2×2
Single Rx option
VoLTE support
SMS over IMS
Built in UDP/TCP/FTP/SMTP stack
IPv4/IPv6 stack
Control via AT commands according to 3GPP
Simultaneous support of GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS

Certifications

FCC/ISED, PTCRB, MNOs (North America)
RCM (Australia)
RED/GCF (Europe)
JRL/JTBL (Japan)
Enacom, Anatel, CRC, MTC (Latin America)
CCC/SRRC (China)

Physical specifications

Dimensions: 28.2 x 28.2 x 2.2mm
LGA form factor
Extended temperature range: -40 °C to +85 °C

Supply voltage range

Logic : 3.3V
RF section: 3.8 VDC