1.1 Reference Documentation
Microchip offers a set of collateral documentation to ease integration and device ramp. The following list of documents is available on the Microchip website or integrated into development tools.
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Title |
Content |
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Data Sheet |
This document |
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Design Files |
User Guide, Schematic, PCB layout, Gerber, BOM and System notes on: RF/Radio Full Test Report, radiation pattern, design guidelines, temperature performance, ESD. |
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Package |
How to use package: Out of the Box starting guide, hardware limitations and notes, software Quick start guidelines. |
| Platform Getting started Guide |
Best practices and recommendations to design a board with the product, including: Antenna Design for Wi-Fi (layout recommendations, types of antennas, impedance matching, using a power amplifier, etc.), SPI/UART protocol between Wi-Fi SoC and the Host MCU. |
| Hardware Design Guide |
Integration guide with a clear description of: High level Arch, overview on how to write a networking application, list all API, parameters and structures. Features of the device, SPI/handshake protocol between device and host MCU, with flow/sequence/state diagram, timing. |
| Software Design Guide |
Explains in detail the flow chart and how to use each API to implement all generic use cases (e.g., start AP, start STA, provisioning, UDP, TCP, http, TLS, p2p, errors management, connection/transfer recovery mechanism/state diagram) – usage and sample application note. |
| ATSAM D21 |
Product page: www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/ATsamd21e18 Data Sheet: ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/SAMD21-Family-DataSheet-DS40001882D.pdf |
| ATWINC1500B |
Product page: www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/ATWINC1500B Data Sheet: ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/devicedoc/atmel-42487-atwinc1500b-mu_datasheet.pdf |
| SAM W25 Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit |
Product Page: www.microchip.com/DevelopmentTools/ProductDetails/PartNO/ATSAMW25-XPRO User Guide: ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/Atmel-42463-SAM-W25-Xplained-Pro_UserGuide.pdf |
For a complete listing of development-support tools and documentation, visit http://www.microchip.com/ or contact the nearest Microchip field representative.