Texas Instruments WL18xxMOD WiLink™ Single Band Combo Modules
Texas Instruments WL18xxMOD WiLink Single Band Combo Modules offer high throughput and extended range along with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth coexistence (WL1835MOD only) in a power-optimized design. The WL18xxMOD device is a single band 2.4GHz module solution with two antenna supporting Industrial temperature grade. The device is FCC, IC, ETSI/CE, and TELEC certified for AP and client. Texas Instruments offers drivers for high-level operating systems such as Linux®, Android™, WinCE, and RTOS.
Features
- General
- Integrates RF, power amplifiers (PAs), clock, RF switches, filters, passives, and power management
- Quick hardware design with TI module collateral and reference designs
- -20°C to +70°C operating temperature range
- 13.3mm × 13.4mm × 2mm small form factor
- 100-pin MOC package
- FCC, IC, ETSI/CE, and TELEC certified with chip antennas
- Wi-Fi
- WLAN baseband processor and RF transceiver support of IEEE Std 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n
- 20MHz and 40MHz SISO and 20MHz 2 x 2 MIMO at 2.4GHz for high throughput: 80Mbps (TCP), 100Mbps (UDP)
- 2.4GHz MRC support for extended range
- Fully calibrated
- 4-Bit SDIO host interface support
- Wi-Fi® direct concurrent operation (multichannel, multirole)
- BLUETOOTH® and BLE (WL183xMOD Only)
- Bluetooth 4.1 and CSA2 support
- Host Controller Interface (HCI) transport for Bluetooth over UART
- Dedicated audio processor support of SBC encoding + A2DP
- Dual-mode Bluetooth and BLE
- Bluetopia + LE certified stack provided by TI
- Key Benefits
- Reduces design overhead
- Differentiated use-cases by configuring WiLink 8 simultaneously in two roles (STA and AP) to connect directly with other Wi-Fi devices on different RF channel (Wi-Fi networks)
- Best-in-Class Wi-Fi with high-performance audio and video streaming reference applications with up to 1.4X the range versus a single antenna
- Different provisioning methods for in-home devices connectivity to Wi-Fi in one step
- Lowest Wi-Fi power consumption in connected idle (<800µA)
- Configurable wake on WLAN filters to only wake up the system
- Wi-Fi Bluetooth single antenna coexistence
Applications
- Internet of Things
- Multimedia
- Home electronics
- Home appliances and white goods
- Industrial and home automation
- Smart gateway and metering
- Video conferencing
- Video camera and security
Associated Development Tools
Texas Instruments TMDXEVM3358 AM335x Evaluation Module
Enables developers to write software and develop hardware around an AM335x processor subsystem.
Texas Instruments TMDSEVM437X Evaluation Module (EVM)
Enables developers to immediately start evaluating the AM437x processor family.
Texas Instruments WL1835MODCOM8 WiLink™ Evaluation Kit
Enables customers to add Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® to embedded applications based on TI's Sitara MPUs.
Texas Instruments WL18XXCOM82SDMMC WiLink SDIO Adapter Board
Easy to use connector between a WiLink COM8 evaluation module and a generic SD/MMC card slot.
BeagleBoard BeagleBone Black
Lower-cost, high-expansion focused BeagleBone w/ Sitara AM3359 ARM Cortex-A8 32-Bit RISC MPU from TI
Functional Block Diagram
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Texas Instruments WiLink™ 8 Combo Solutions
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Bundles
TI Reference Designs Library
