RS-SAM3S-220X Redpine Signals, RS-SAM3S-220X Datasheet
RS-SAM3S-220X
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... RS-SAM3S-220X Datasheet Redpine Signals, Inc. 2107 N. First Street, #680 San Jose, CA 95131. Tel: (408) 748-3385 Fax: (408) 705-2019 Email: info@redpinesignals.com Website: www.redpinesignals.com Redpine Signals, Inc ...
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... Overview Overview The RS-SAM3S-220x is a IEEE 802.11bgn Wi-Fi add-on card that can be interfaced with Atmel’s SAM3S-EK Evaluation Kit. It integrates a MAC, baseband processor, RF transceiver with power amplifier, a frequency reference, and an antenna in hardware; and all WLAN protocol and configuration functionality, networking stack in embedded firmware to make a fully self- contained 802 ...
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... Performance Specifications ............................................... 13 5.1 Wireless Specifications ......................................................13 5.2 Receive Sensitivity .............................................................13 6 Software Architecture Overview ........................................ 14 6.1 Host ..................................................................................15 6.1.1 Host SPI Interface ......................................................................... 15 6.1.2 Host SPI Driver ............................................................................. 15 6.1.3 RS-SAM3S-220X SPI Interface ........................................................ 15 6.1.4 Host Abstraction Layer (HAL) .......................................................... 15 6.1.5 Wireless Control Block (WCB) .......................................................... 15 6.1.6 Wi-Fi Control Frames ..................................................................... 15 6.1.7 TCP/IP Control Frames ................................................................... 15 6.1.8 Station Management Entity (SME) ................................................... 15 6.1.9 WPA Supplicant ............................................................................. 16 7 Creating Custom Hardware Designs ................................... 17 8 Ordering Information ...
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... Figure 1:Top View of the Module .................................................................. 8 Figure 2: Pinout of the SPI Connector .......................................................... 9 Figure 3:Interface Timings – SPI Interface ................................................ 12 Figure 4: Software Architecture Block Diagram .......................................... 14 Redpine Signals, Inc ...
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... Table 1: Pin Description ............................................................................. 10 Table 2: Recommended Operating Conditions ............................................ 11 Table 3: Input/Output DC Characteristics .................................................. 11 Table 4: AC Characteristics – SPI Interface ................................................ 11 Table 5: Wireless Specifications ................................................................. 13 Table 6: Receive Characteristics – Sensitivity ............................................ 13 Redpine Signals, Inc ...
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... UDP ARP ICMP DHCP Client 1.4 Configuration The RS-SAM3S-220X module can be configured by the Host using the SPI interface. The following are some of the commands that can be given to the 1 This frequency depends on the external delays also. Redpine Signals, Inc ...
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... TCP, UDP, ARP, ICMP, DHCP client. Redpine Signals, Inc www.redpinesignals.com/Atmel/rs-sam3s.html 7 ...
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... Package Description 2.1 Top View Mother PCB Base Wi-Fi device Figure 1:Top View of the Module Note: The base Wi-Fi device is a Redpine Signals 802.11n module (RS9110-N-11-22-01, http://redpinesignals.com/Products/Modules/Connect-io- n/Wireless_Device_Server/RS9110-N-11-22.html mother PCB above to create the Wi-Fi add-on card. Redpine Signals, Inc ...
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... Note: For detailed description of the SAM3S-EK platform, please check http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4678 Redpine Signals, Inc RS-SAM3S- 220X- Wi-Fi add-on card SAM3S-EK kit 9 ...
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... Pin Name Direction 1 RESET_n Input 2 POWER_EN Input 3 SPI_INTR Output 4 Reserved Output 5 SPI_CS Input 6 SPI_MOSI Input 7 SPI_MISO Output 8 SPI_CLK Input 9 GND Input 10 VCC Input Redpine Signals, Inc ...
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... Table 3: Input/Output DC Characteristics 4.3 AC Characteristics – Digital I/O Signals 4.3.1 SPI Interface Parameter SPI_CLK Frequency SPI_CS to output valid SPI CS setup time SPI_MOSI setup time SPI_MOSI hold time SPI_MISO clock to output valid Tod Table 4: AC Characteristics – SPI Interface Redpine Signals, Inc ...
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... SPI_CLK SPI_CS SPI_MOSI SPI_MISO SPI_CS SPI_MISO Figure 3:Interface Timings – SPI Interface Redpine Signals, Inc ...
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... Feature Frequency Band Modulation Supported Data Rates 802.11n Features Typical Transmit Power (+/- 2 dBm) Table 5: Wireless Specifications 5.2 Receive Sensitivity Data Rate 1 Mbps 2 Mbps 11 Mbps 6 Mbps 54 Mbps 65 Mbps Table 6: Receive Characteristics – Sensitivity Redpine Signals, Inc ...
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... Software Architecture Overview The following figure depicts the software architecture of the RS-SAM3S-220X module. Interrupt Station WPA/WPA-2 Figure 4: Software Architecture Block Diagram Redpine Signals, Inc ...
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... Host to send/receive the data to/from the RS-SAM3S-220X module and also to configure the same over the SPI interface. 6.1.3 RS-SAM3S-220X SPI Interface The SPI on the RS-SAM3S-220X acts the SPI slave standard 4-wire SPI and can support a maximum frequency of 25MHz. 6.1.4 Host Abstraction Layer (HAL) The HAL abstracts the lower layers in the host interface with which the RS- SAM3S-220X module is connected ...
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... Infrastructure mode. It interacts with the WPA supplicant if Security is enabled in the Wi-Fi network. 6.1.9 WPA Supplicant The WPA supplicant is used to initiate the 802.1x/E Access Point authentication if WPA/WPA2-PSK is used as the security parameter. It also plays a major part in performing the 4-way handshake to derive the PTK in WPA/WPA2-PSK modes. Redpine Signals, Inc ...
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... PCB above to create the Wi-Fi add-on card. This module can be added as a Wi-Fi component in any other custom designs using the RS9110-N-11-22-01 module and the Atmel SAM3 Host processor. For guidance on integration of the module on an application board, please visit http://www ...
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... North First Street, Suite 680, San Jose, CA 95131 USA Phone: +1 408 748 3385 E-mail: sales@redpinesignals.com Website: http://www.redpinesignals.com/atmel 8.2 Resources included with RS-SAM3S-220X The following documentation and software are available along with the RS- SAM3S-220X, downloadable from Documentation Wi-Fi add-on card datasheet ...