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Full machine-readable index: https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt # Clipper 4G LTE Cellular Breakout Board - SP/CE **Type:** Product page · **SKU:** PIM716 · **Brand:** [Pimoroni](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/pimoroni-australia) · **GTIN:** 769894025789 **Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/clipper-4g-lte-cellular-breakout-board-pimoroni-raspberry-pi-integration.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/clipper-4g-lte-cellular-breakout-board-pimoroni-raspberry-pi-integration.html.md)) Connect your microcontroller to 4G LTE networks worldwide with the Clipper Cellular Breakout Board, featuring SP/CE compatibility, SMA antenna support, and seamless integration with Raspberry Pi and RP2040 devices. ## Pricing - **Price:** $36.70 (inc GST) — $33.36 AUD, exc GST - **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $32.03 (exc GST) · 25+ $31.03 (exc GST) ## Availability & dispatch - Available with a lead time — expect dispatch between Aug 31 and Sep 07. ## Restrictions **For use in Australia** - Operate only in bands and with settings that are permitted for your location and application. Check this product’s supported frequencies in the description/specs. - If you intend to operate outside shared/licence‑exempt conditions (e.g. in other bands, at higher power, with high‑gain antennas, or extended duty cycles), you must have the appropriate authorisation. **For use in other regions** - Follow the spectrum rules for your country/region and select frequencies and settings accordingly. A declaration of use will need to be submitted during checkout. ## How to buy - **Build a cart:** compose `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link?items=PIM716:1` (comma-separated SKU:qty pairs) and share the link. Opening it shows a confirmation page with live pricing and stock before anything is added to the cart. - **Verify the cart first:** fetch `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link/PIM716:1.md` for live line prices (inc & exc GST, quantity discounts applied), stock and dispatch estimates, and totals. Append `/to/{AU-postcode}` (or `/to/{country-code}:{postcode}`) before `.md` for delivery options and prices to that destination. Unknown, retired, or out-of-stock SKUs are flagged. (Query form `cart/link.md?items=...` also works but some robots parsers refuse query strings here.) - **Checkout** is completed on-site and includes a captcha at the payment step. Share the cart link; checkout takes it from there. - **Search the catalogue:** `https://core-electronics.com.au/search/{query}.md` (URL-encode the query; pages 2-3 at `search/{query}/{page}.md`; `search.md?q=` also works) - **Payment methods, purchase orders, policies and contact details:** https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt ## Description Clipper lets you receive and transmit data over 4G LTE cellular networks - perfect for remote or mobile projects. WiFi is great, but sometimes you want your connected project to Just Work, wherever in the world it is. Perhaps you're going to a festival and don't know if there will be wireless connectivity to control your weird LED art installation. Maybe you're trying to get the tech in your shed to talk to your home automation software, but the range of your wireless router won't quite reach. Possibly you're attaching sensors to a distant beehive, canal boat, bicycle or other object with a remote or transient location? Hooking your microcontroller up to **cellular / mobile data** could be your solution! Typically, transmitting sensor readings from or commands to microcontrollers doesn't consume much data compared to the needs of modern smartphones, so a small amount of pay-as-you-go data used like this goes a long way. There is an SMA connector for attaching an [antenna](https://core-electronics.com.au/quad-band-cellular-antenna-sma.html). Cables and antennae are **sold separately**, [or you can pick up a kit which includes them](https://core-electronics.com.au/clipper-4g-lte-iot-starter-kit-sp-ce-raspberry-pi-pimoroni.html) - just add a [microcontroller!](https://core-electronics.com.au/development-boards.html#category_2184)### Features - [SIMCom A7683E 4G LTE module](https://en.simcom.com/product/A7683E.html) - Frequency Bands: LTE-FDD B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28 - Control Via AT Commands ([SIMCom AT-Command Manual)](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/A7600_Series_AT_Command_Manual_V1_45119ce7c67.pdf) - Data transfer: LTE Cat 1 - Uplink up to 5Mbps, Downlink up to 10Mbps - SP/CE connector (8 pin JST-SH) - SIM card slot - SMA connector for attaching an antenna - No soldering required (if you connect using SP/CE). - Compatible with Raspberry Pi Pico / RP2040 / RP2350 - Compatible with Raspberry Pi computers - Dimensions: 35x29x5mm (Antenna connector is 11mm tall) **Regional compatibility** The 4G LTE module on Clipper supports the following frequency bands: B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28 If you're planning on using the breakout outside of Europe we'd suggest first checking your local carriers offer 4G LTE on these bands. Networks in North America in particular only use a couple of these frequency bands, and so coverage may be limited. ### Pinout and Schematic - [Schematic](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/lte_breakout_schematic_694375042b4.pdf) - Pin functions (these functions are available via the SP/CE connector, and as unpopulated headers on the breakout): - GND - Ground (this is pin 1 on the SP/CE connector, nearest the SIM card holder) - PWRKEY - Power key pin, needs to be toggled low and then high to power up the module - RX - UART input to breakout - RESET - Reset pin, pull high to keep breakout active - NETLIGHT - Output from LTE module, for blinking a LED when there is a network connection. It has a max output drive of 7mA and if you wire an external LED to this pin it should have a series resistor. - TX - UART output from the breakout - VDDIO - IO voltage input, 3.0 - 3.6V recommended for reliable IO. Low current consumption. - VDD - 3.7V - 6.0V power input to the breakout (scroll down for current consumption info) ![](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/wysiwyg/PIM716-2.png) ### Getting Started You can use Clipper with Raspberry Pi Pico (or other RP2040 or RP2350 based microcontrollers) using our custom MicroPython build, which has (experimental) LTE support built in: - [Download pirate brand MicroPython for RP2350 boards](https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico-rp2350/releases/tag/v0.0.10) - [Download pirate brand MicroPython for RP2040 boards](https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/releases) - [MicroPython example](https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico-rp2350/blob/feature/can-haz-ppp-plz/micropython/examples/pico_plus_2/breakouts/lte-breakout.py) You can also use it with a Raspberry Pi computer (if you wire it up to the correct pins) using Pi OS's built in `ppp` library - we found the article below helpful when setting it up: - [SIM7600E: Setup via ppp (4G/LTE Modem)](https://andino.systems/andino-4g-modem/ppp) **Notes** - VDD current consumption info from our testing: - Idle: 17mA - Sleep modes: 0.12mA - 1.63mA - Peak current consumption when transmitting: 700mA (the peak current is only reached for a brief moment, and the 440uF of capacitors on the breakout help to smooth the peaks) - The average currents we saw when actively using the module were in the 50mA - 100mA range. - The LTE module has quite a sensitive undervoltage circuit, so if your breakout keeps turning off randomly or when you try and do anything with it check your power supply and wiring is up to the task! ## Images - [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/P/I/PIM716-1.jpg)