Wiring SIM900 GSM/GPRS Shield with TTL / UART Serial Bus

Wired Developer

9 years ago

In this illustration we will going to wire the SIM900 GSM/GPRS Shield using USB to TTL / UART and Arduino Microcontroller. The SIM900 an ultra-compact and reliable wireless module a complete Dual-Band GSM/GPRS module in a SMT type device. This SIM900 delivers GSM/GPRS 900/1800MHz performance for voice, SMS, data, and Fax in a small form factor and with low power consumption and perfect for your prototyping projects, like sending an SMS or automated call. As you can see the wiring below there are two types of schematics one is for TTL UART and the other one it is wired with Arduino UNO board. Please refer to this link for the AT command reference.

Required Components

Arduino UNO/MEGA/NANO
TTL UART USB Communication
SIM900 GSM/GRPS Shield
Jumper Wires / DuPont Wires
SIM CARD

Software Required

Arduino IDE
CoolTerm or PuTTy

Sending Message AT Command via serial communication.

You can use Putty or CoolTerm serial communication software to send an instruction via serial communication port. If you don’t have this tools you can download it below.

Start AT Command

Select SMS Message Format

AT+CMGF = 1

Send SMS Message by placing your Phone number

AT+CMGS = \”0123456789”

> This is a test SMS from 14CORE

Another example how to send SMS via serial communication using function serial.println(); in Arduino.

Wiring Diagram for USB TTL UART