LigoWave WBD-500-V1

WBD-500 is a powerful, 500mW (27dBm) integrated radio platform offering seamless wireless performance on the 2.4 GHz spectrum. The embedded chipset-radio design enables robust performance at an affordable price point by eliminating the need for additional mini-PCI radio hardware. With its small form factor, the WBD-500 can integrate into a variety of enclosures, both indoor and outdoor, and can be used in a variety of wireless applications, including 802.11b/g customer premise equipment, access points, as well as point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless bridges. AR5006AP-G Solution Highlights ƒ Highly integrated single chip access point solution, including integrated 32-bit MIPS R4Kc-class processor, multiprotocol MAC/baseband, and Radio ƒ Support for IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g ƒ Uses digital CMOS technology exclusively, minimizing power consumption and cost while maximizing reliability ƒ Power-saving design improvements reduce power consumption by 98% ƒ Next-generation OFDM radio provides best-in-class range, throughput and power consumption ƒ Atheros XR™ eXtended Range technology to give Wi-Fi products twice the range of existing designs ƒ Hardware encryption for the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and IEEE 802.11i security specifications – provides Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) without performance degradation ƒ Wireless multimedia Quality of Service support (QoS) AR2315 Single-Chip 2.4 GHz Access Point Solution ƒ Operates from 2.300 to 2.500 GHz ƒ Advanced wideband receiver with best path sequencer for better range and multipath resistance than conventional equalizer-based designs ƒ Eliminates all IF filters and most RF filters; no external voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) or surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters needed ƒ Enhanced transmit and receive chains ƒ Integrated 32-bit MIPS R4Kc-class processor ƒ Wireless MAC and baseband processing engine ƒ 10/100 Ethernet MAC ƒ High speed UART ƒ 16-bit configurable local bus ƒ Integrated analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters ƒ SDRAM and serial FLASH memory interface ƒ PCI 2.3 host interface RAM 256Mbit (32MB) of 16-bit 166MHz SDRAM. Flash 64 Mbit (8MB) of 3V supply Flash memory For serial console connection TTL level to RS-232 converter is required. Generic cell phone USB data cable based on Prolific PL2303HX chip may be used. Parameters for WBD-500 serial console access are: ƒ 115200/8-N-1. Connect data cables: ƒ RX wire to Serial in (2) pin, ƒ TX wire to Serial out (3) pin, ƒ GND ground wire to Ground pin on WBD-500 device. Disassembly of data cable connector may be required to find out the wiring. Wires are color coded and TX, RX, GND marks should be printed on a cable's PCB. Generally RX signal wire is white, TX is blue and GND is black. Generic data cable schematics show TX wire connected to pin #1 and RX wire to pin #5 of Prolific PL2303HX chip.