Features

  • IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, Single Stream (1x1) 20 MHz Bandwidth WLAN Link
    • Compatible with Wi-Fi® 6/7 2.4 GHz band
  • Single Spatial Stream in 2.4 GHz ISM Band
  • Integrated Transmit/Receive Switch
  • Integrated PCB Antenna or U.FL micro co-ax Connector for External Antenna
  • Superior Sensitivity and Range via Advanced PHY Signal Processing
  • Advanced Equalization and Channel Estimation
  • Advanced Carrier and Timing Synchronization
  • Soft-AP Support
  • Supports IEEE 802.11 WEP, WPA, WPA2 Security
  • Support Enterprise Security with WPA/WPA2 (802.1X)(1)
    • EAP-TLS
    • EAP-PEAPv0/1 with TLS
    • EAP-TTLSv0 with MSCHAPv2
    • EAP-PEAPv0/1 with MSCHAPv2
  • Superior MAC Throughput Through Hardware Accelerated Aggregate A-MPDUs/A-MDSU Frame Reception and Block Acknowledgment
  • On-chip Memory Management Engine to Reduce Host Load
  • SPI Host Interface
  • Operating Temperature Range from -40°C to +85°C. RF Performance at Room Temperature of 25oC with a 2-3 dB Change at Boundary Conditions
  • Power supply for I/O (VDDIO) Rages from 2.7V to 3.6V
  • Power Supply for DC/DC Converter (VBAT) Ranges from 3.0V to 4.2V
  • Built-in 26 MHz Crystal
  • Integrated Flash Memory for System Software
  • Power Save Modes
    • 4 µA Power-Down mode typical at 3.3V I/O
    • 380 µA Doze mode with chip settings preserved (used for beacon monitoring) (2)
    • On-chip low power sleep oscillator
    • Fast host wake-up from Doze mode by a pin or SPI transaction
  • Fast Boot Options
    • On-chip boot ROM (Firmware instant boot)
    • SPI flash boot
    • Low-leakage on-chip memory for state variables
    • Fast AP re-association (150 ms)
  • On-Chip Network Stack to Offload MCU
    • Network features TCP, UDP, DHCP, ARP, HTTP, TLS and DNS
    • Hardware accelerators for Wi-Fi and TLS security to improve connection time
  • Hardware Accelerator for IP Checksum
  • Hardware Accelerators for OTA Security
  • Small Footprint Host Driver
  • Wi-Fi Alliance® Certifications for Connectivity and Optimizations
Note:
  1. For more information on the software features, refer to the Wi-Fi Network Controller Software Design Guide at ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/00002389A.pdf.
  2. For more information on the module power modes, refer to Power Consumption.