SWRA685 December   2020 WL1801MOD , WL1805MOD , WL1807MOD , WL1831MOD , WL1835MOD , WL1837MOD

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Generic Features Desired for Connectivity Applications
    1. 1.1 Acronyms Used in This Document
    2. 1.2 Ease-of-Use
    3. 1.3 Network Topology
    4. 1.4 Security
    5. 1.5 Low Power
    6. 1.6 Longer Range
  3. 2Software Offering
  4. 3Summary
  5. 4References

2 Software Offering

Another key advantage of WiLink8 is the ease of system integration. The modules also offer seamless integration with TI Sitara microprocessors and other host microprocessors. The NLCP drivers that are provided for Wi-Fi are pre-integrated with the TI Sitara microprocessor SDK. These drivers are based on a Linux open-source package. The NLCP driver releases are Wi-Fi Alliance pre-certified and support IEEE: 802.11 a,b,g,n, 2X2 MIMO @ 2.4 GHz and antenna diversity @ 5 GHz, STA, AP, P2P, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Mesh. TI Bluetooth 4.2 Stack Add-On for Linux Platforms with WL183x and CC2564C provides a TI Bluetooth Stack add-on package for Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy.

Additionally, the MCU-based drivers are provided through a third party network. This provides scalability for application development that need the same connectivity with both microcontrollers and microprocessors, thus reducing the overhead involved with connectivity solution validation.