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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 [http://www.lsr.com/embedded-wireless-modules/wifi-plus-bluetooth-module/tiwi-ble LSR site] for detailed product information.
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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.

Latest revision as of 10:18, 21 November 2019

The TS-4900 releases prior to E 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 E 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.

On startup, the WIFI driver will print something like this in dmesg:

[   17.486980] wlan: loading driver v4.5.25.34
[   17.494255] hifDeviceInserted: Dumping clocks (50000000,198000000)
[   17.694671] ol_download_firmware: chip_id:0x5020001 board_id:0x0
[   17.703277] ar6k_wlan mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for bdwlan30.b00 failed with error -2
[   17.711952] __ol_transfer_bin_file: Failed to get bdwlan30.b00:-2
[   17.723468] __ol_transfer_bin_file: Trying to load default bdwlan30.bin
[   17.733833] Board extended Data download address: 0x0
[   17.759032] __ol_transfer_bin_file: Loading setup file qsetup30.bin
[   17.766946] ar6k_wlan mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for qsetup30.bin failed with error -2
[   17.775554] __ol_transfer_bin_file: Failed to get qsetup30.bin:-2
[   18.288434] R0: wlan: [347:E :SAP] dfs_init_radar_filters[217]: Unknown dfs domain 0 
[   18.303731] Target Ready! : transmit resources : 3 size:1792, MaxMsgsPerHTCBundle = 32
[   18.315633] Payload Length Error : header reports payload of: 28 (256) endpoint buffer size: 64 
[   18.344251] ar6k_wlan mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for wlan/wlan_mac.bin failed with error -2
[   18.356820] target uses HTT version 3.50; host uses 3.28
[   18.362148] DEBUGFS PEER MAC = 0x86:0x25:0x3f:0xe4:0xdf:0x46
[   18.362149] *** Warning: host/target HTT versions are different, though compatible!
[   18.377192] Host SW:4.5.25.34, FW:0.0.1.1047, HW:QCA93x7_REV1_1
[   18.383696] ENTER sme_set_btc_coex_dutycycle = 30
[   18.388932] ENTER sme_set_btc_coex_dutycycle =30
[   18.394806] ath_hif_sdio: HIF (Atheros/multi-bss)
[   18.399589] wlan: driver loaded in 912000

The missing files are optional firmware files that are not used in this use case.

TI WIFI (Rev D 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.