ATWINC1500B-MU
IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Network Controller SoC
DATASHEET
Description
Atmel ATWINC1500B is a single chip IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Radio/Baseband/MAC
network controller optimized for low-power mobile applications. ATWINC1500B
supports single stream 1x1 802.11n mode providing up to 72Mbps PHY rate.
ATWINC1500B features fully integrated Power Amplifier, LNA, Switch, and
Power Management. ATWINC1500B also features an on-chip microcontroller
and integrated Flash memory for system software. Implemented in 65nm CMOS
technology, the ATWINC1500B offers very low power consumption while
simultaneously providing high performance and minimal bill of materials.
The ATWINC1500B supports 2- and 3-wire Bluetooth coexistence protocols.
The ATWINC1500B provides multiple peripheral interfaces including UART, SPI,
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I C the only external clock source needed for the ATWINC1500B is a high-speed
crystal or oscillator with a wide range of reference clock frequencies supported
(12-40MHz). The ATWINC1500B is available in QFN packaging.
Features
IEEE 802.11 b/g/n 20MHz (1x1) solution
Single spatial stream in 2.4GHz ISM band
Integrated PA and T/R Switch
Superior Sensitivity and Range via advanced PHY signal processing
Advanced Equalization and Channel Estimation
Advanced Carrier and Timing Synchronization
Wi-Fi Direct and Soft-AP support
Supports IEEE 802.11 WEP, WPA, and WPA2 Security
Supports China WAPI security
Superior MAC throughput via hardware accelerated two-level A-MSDU/A-
MPDU frame aggregation and block acknowledgement
On-chip memory management engine to reduce host load
Integrated Flash memory for system software
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SPI, UART, and I C host interfaces
2- or 3-wire Bluetooth coexistence interface
Operating temperature range of -40C to +85C
Power save modes:
<4A Power Down mode typical @3.3V I/O
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380uA Doze mode with chip settings preserved (used for beacon monitoring)
On-chip low power sleep oscillator
Fast host wake-up from Doze mode by a pin or host I/O transaction
Fast boot options:
On-Chip Boot ROM (firmware instant boot)
SPI Flash boot (firmware patches and state variables)
Low-leakage on-chip memory for state variables
Fast AP re-association (150ms)
On-Chip Network Stack to offload MCU:
Integrated Network IP stack to minimize host CPU requirements
Network features: TCP, UDP, DHCP, ARP, HTTP, SSL, and DNS
Hardware accelerators for Wi-Fi and SSL security to improve connection time
Hardware accelerator for IP checksum
Hardware accelerators for OTA security
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