2 ATWILC Release Content

The article microchipsupport.force.com/s/article/How-to-upgrade-WILC1000-3000-RTOS-to-v4-8-release-of-ASF3-52-applications captures the procedure to upgrade the Driver and WLAN firmware of ASF3.52 applications to v4.8 release.

Table 2-1. ATWILC Release Content
Folder NameDescription
DocumentsSoftware design guide and release notes
Firmware Binary

wilc1000_wifi_firmware.h: Wi-Fi station-P2P-AP

concurrency firmware for ATWILC1000 module.

wilc3000_ble_firmware.h: BTDM firmware for ATWILC3000.

wilc3000_wifi_firmware.h: Wi-Fi station-P2P-AP

concurrency firmware for ATWILC3000 CA module(default)

wilc3000_wifi_firmware_ua.h: Wi-Fi station-P2P-AP concurrency firmware for ATWILC3000 for the UA module.( Rename this file to wilc3000_wifi_firmware.h when you use on ATWILC3000 UA modules)

Alternatively, you can generate a new WILC3000 FW for the UA module using the gain builder from tools and the UA module gain sheet to patch the existing default wifi FW.

For ex: 

gain_builder.exe
          -hp wilc3000_UA_gain_setting_zones.csv
          -fh wilc3000_wifi_firmware.h
Host DriverHost driver source code
Tools
  • Characterization GUI – GUI used for RF testing.
  • Gain builder – tool used to patch firmware header files with custom digital gains.