Cavli puts its P16QS cellular module inside a payment terminal concept
Cavli Wireless plans to demonstrate a payment terminal in Munich with its P16QS module running the application as well as providing the cellular connection. The module gives the terminal’s software a 325 MHz, 32-bit RISC-V processor, with separate firmware handling the modem. That puts the application, the links to the readers and the connection carrying transaction data on the same module. [1][2]
To build out the terminal, the P16QS can connect to a smart card reader, a magnetic stripe reader and external NFC hardware, with further connections for the display and tamper switches. A secure element sits alongside those interfaces. Cavli describes the hardware it is showing as a concept and has not announced payment certification for it. [1][2]
Outside the payment hardware, the module supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4 for local links and LTE Cat 1bis for the wide area connection, with quoted peaks of 10 Mbit/s down and 5 Mbit/s up. The 40 × 30 × 2.7 mm LGA package can also include GNSS and an eSIM as options. Cavli lists bands 1, 3, 5, 8, 38, 40 and 41 for the IN configuration; the same table does not specify a European version. [1][2]
The concept is due on Cavli’s stand in Hall C2, Booth 628, from 10 to 13 November. The show announcement does not give a production date. [1][3]
