TS-7970 WIFI
The TS-7970 releases prior to F included the LSR TIWI-BLE using the TI wl1271 chipset. When this went end of life the rev E boards were changed to support the Silex SX-SDMAC2832S+ module based on the QCA9377 chipset.
Silex WIFI (Rev F or later)
This board uses the Silex SX-SDMAC2832S+ based on the Qualcomm QCA9377 chipset.
Key Features:
- FCC/IC/CE/MIC Modular Certification
- Dual band, 2.4GHz and 5GHz
- Station, AP, and Monitor mode
- 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
- Bluetooth 4.2 (BD/EDR/LE)
- -40 to 85C operation
Linux uses the "wireless-tools", "wpa-supplicant", and "hostapd" packages to support most of the functionality in this module. Refer to the distribution support for #Yocto, #Debian, or #Android for more information.
The module can be put in monitor mode where it can capture packets. The driver must be loaded with connection mode 4 to support this:
modprobe -r wlan
modprobe wlan con_mode=4
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwpriv wlan0 setMonChan 36 2
tcpdump -i wlan0 -w test.pcap
This will generate a test.pcap that includes raw wireless frames.
TI WIFI (Rev E or earlier)
This board includes a TiWi-BLE SDIO module that uses the Texas Instruments WL1271L Transceiver. Linux provides support for this using the wl12xx driver. See the LSR site for detailed product information.
Summary Features:
- IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
- 2.4GHz
- Linux drivers include support for client and AP mode
- Host up to 8 clients on AP
- Industrial temp, -40 to 85C
- Certifications
- FCC Bluetooth® Grant
- FCC WLAN Grant
- IC
- CE
- SAR Testing
- SAR Testing EU
Linux uses the "wireless-tools", "wpa-supplicant", and "hostapd" packages to support most of the functionality in this module. Refer to the distribution support for #Yocto, #Debian, or #Android for more information.