WF121 Wi-Fi MODULE DATA SHEET Tuesday, 16 June 2015 Version 1.5.8 Copyright © 2000-2015 Bluegiga Technologies All rights reserved. Bluegiga Technologies assumes no responsibility for any errors which may appear in this manual. Furthermore, Bluegiga Technologies reserves the right to alter the hardware, software, and/or specifications detailed here at any time without notice and does not make any commitment to update the information contained here. Bluegiga’s products are not authorized for use as critical components in life support devices or systems. The WRAP, Bluegiga Access Server, Access Point and iWRAP are registered trademarks of Bluegiga Technologies. The Bluetooth trademark is owned by the Bluetooth SIG Inc., USA and is licensed to Bluegiga Technologies. All other trademarks listed herein are owned by their respective owners. Bluegiga Technologies Oy VERSION HISTORY Version Comment 1.0 First version 1.1 FCC and IC information added 1.2 WF121-N layout guide 1.3 Added power consumption measurements, regulatory info and some corrections 1.4 Added unassociated idle consumption and a chapter about power saving modes 1.4.1 Added CE information 1.4.2 Removed details from the regulatory info 1.4.3 Corrected typos in the pad function tables 1.4.4 Reduced the list of supported coexistence schemes 1.4.5 Added links to Microchip reference guide, some notes on the coexistence 1.4.6 Added inversion notices to RTS/CTS for unambiguity 1.4.7 Added notes on the USB data pins GPIO use being input only to pin function table 1.4.8 Added note on the engineering sample order codes 1.4.9 Additions to power supply description, rewrote power consumption section 1.4.10 Removed references to parallel port and C-libraries 1.4.11 Added recommendations for unconnected GPIO pins 1.4.12 Added notes on Ethernet PHY, various small edits 1.5 Design guidelines, supply voltage limitations 1.5.1 Fixed typos & support/sales contact information 1.5.2 CE info updated 1.5.3 Added possibility for different crystal frequencies Bluegiga Technologies Oy 1.5.4 Added USB example schematic 1.5.5 Corrections to Firmware section 1.5.6 Noted UART channel limitations, SPI BGAPI limitations 1.5.7 Correction to Reset chapter 1.5.8 Maximum SPI data rate updated Bluegiga Technologies Oy TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Design guidelines ..........................................................................................................................................8 2 Ordering Information......................................................................................................................................9 3 Pin-out and Terminal Descriptions ............................................................................................................. 10 4 Power control.............................................................................................................................................. 13 4.1 Power supply requirements ............................................................................................................... 13 4.2 Power saving functionality ................................................................................................................. 13 4.3 Reset.................................................................................................................................................. 14 5 Interfaces .................................................................................................................................................... 15 5.1 General Purpose I/O pins .................................................................................................................. 15 5.2 Serial ports ......................................................................................................................................... 15 5.3 I2C/SPI ............................................................................................................................................... 16 5.4 USB .................................................................................................................................................... 16 5.5 Ethernet ............................................................................................................................................. 17 5.6 Analog inputs ..................................................................................................................................... 18 5.7 Microcontroller programming interface .............................................................................................. 18 5.8 RF Debug Interface ........................................................................................................................... 19 5.9 Bluetooth co-existence ...................................................................................................................... 19 5.10 Antenna switch for Bluetooth coexistence ......................................................................................... 19 5.11 CPU Clock ......................................................................................................................................... 20 5.12 32.768 kHz External Reference Clock ............................................................................................... 21 6 Block diagram ............................................................................................................................................. 22 7 Example schematics................................................................................................................................... 23 8 802.11 Radio .............................................................................................................................................. 24 8.1 Wi-Fi Receiver ................................................................................................................................... 24 8.2 Wi-Fi Transmitter ............................................................................................................................... 24 8.3 Regulatory domains ........................................................................................................................... 24 9 Firmware ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 10 Host interfaces ....................................................................................................................................... 26 10.1 UART ................................................................................................................................................. 26 10.2 USB .................................................................................................................................................... 26 10.3 SPI ..................................................................................................................................................... 26 11 Electrical characteristics ........................................................................................................................ 27 11.1 Absolute maximum ratings ................................................................................................................ 27 11.2 Recommended operating conditions ................................................................................................. 27 11.3 Input/output terminal characteristics .................................................................................................. 28 11.4 Digital ................................................................................................................................................. 28 11.5 Reset.................................................................................................................................................. 28 Bluegiga Technologies Oy 11.6 Power consumption ........................................................................................................................... 29 12 RF Characteristics ................................................................................................................................. 31 13 Physical dimensions .............................................................................................................................. 33 14 Layout guidelines ................................................................................................................................... 34 14.1 WF121-E ............................................................................................................................................ 34 14.2 WF121-N............................................................................................................................................ 34 14.3 WF121-A ............................................................................................................................................ 35 14.4 Thermal considerations ..................................................................................................................... 36 14.5 EMC considerations ........................................................................................................................... 36 15 Soldering recommendations .................................................................................................................. 38 16 Certifications .......................................................................................................................................... 39 16.1 CE ...................................................................................................................................................... 39 16.2 FCC and IC ........................................................................................................................................ 39 16.2.1 FCC et IC ................................................................................................................................... 41 17 Qualified Antenna Types for WF121-E .................................................................................................. 44 18 Contact information ................................................................................................................................ 45 Bluegiga Technologies Oy DESCRIPTION KEY FEATURES: WF121 is a self-contained Wi-Fi module providing a fully integrated 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n radio and a 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) platform, making it an ideal product for embedded applications requiring simple, lowcost and low-power wireless TCP/IP connectivity. WF121 also provides flexible interfaces for connecting to various peripherals. WF121 allows end user applications to be embedded onto the on-board 32-bit microcontroller using a simple BGScriptTM scripting. This cuts out the need of an external MCU and allows the development of smaller and lower-cost products. However WF121 can also be used in modem-like mode in applications where the external MCU is needed. With an integrated 802.11 radio, antenna, single power supply, and regulatory certifications, WF121 provides a low-risk and fast time-to-market for applications requiring Internet connectivity. This combined with Bluegiga’s excellent customer service will turn your Internet-of-Things applications into reality. 2.4GHz band IEEE 802.11 b/g/n radio Excellent radio performance: TX power: RX sensitivity: -97 dBm +16 dBm Host interfaces: 20Mbps UART SPI USB device Ethernet Peripheral interfaces: GPIO, ADC and timers I2C, SPI and UART Ethernet Embedded TCP/IP and 802.11 MAC stacks: IP, TCP, UDP, DHCP and DNS protocols BGAPI host protocol for modem like usage APPLICATIONS: PoS terminals RFID and laser scanners Wi-Fi internet radios streaming products Wireless cameras Video streaming Portable navigation devices Portable handheld devices Wi-Fi medical sensors Wireless picture frames 32-bit embedded microcontroller and BGScriptTM scripting language audio 80MHz, 128kB RAM and 512kB Flash MIPS architecture Temperature range: -40oC to +85oC Fully CE, FCC, IC, South Korea and Japan qualified PHYSICAL OUTLOOK: WF121-A Bluegiga Technologies Oy 1 Design guidelines Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 8 of 45 2 Ordering Information Product code Description WF121-A WF121 module with integrated antenna WF121-E WF121 module with U.FL connector WF121 module with RF pin. WF121-N Non-standard product, so minimum order quantity applies. Please contact Bluegiga sales through: www.bluegiga.com DKWF121 WF121 development kit Note: Modules with order code ending in –v1 are sold as engineering samples, while those with code –v2 are production units. The difference between the two is in the microcontroller version used, the –v2 version fixes a hardware bug that in some circumstances may cause rare bit errors. The modules differ in outlook in that the –v1 only has the Bluegiga logo and text “WF121” while –v2 versions also have FCC/IC ID codes and CE logo. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 9 of 45 3 Pin-out and Terminal Descriptions Figure 1: WF121 pinout Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 10 of 45 Pad number Function Description 9 VDD_3.3V Module power supply 8 VDD_PA 1, 16, 26, 45, 48, 50 GND 51 GNDPAD Thermal ground pad, should be connected to a solid ground plane with multiple vias for improved thermal conductance 40 BT_RF Bluetooth coexistence antenna connection, leave floating or connect to ground through a 51ohm resistor for slightly reduced unwanted emissions if coexistence is not used 49 ANT 25 VBUS USB VBUS input 13 MCLR Module reset, also used for programming using a Microchip tool. Internal pull-up, can be left floating or connected to ground through a 100nF capacitor for delayed power-up reset (note: Microchip ICSP programming tools will not work with a capacitor) RF power amplifier power supply Ground, connected together internally but should all be connected directly to a solid ground plane Antenna connection pad in N variant of the module, in other variants not connected Table 1: Single function pad descriptions Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 11 of 45 PAD# GPIO Ethernet Timer 2 RB15 CN12 I2C SPI UART EMDC OCFB 3 RE0 ERXD1 4 RE1 ERXD0 5 RE2 ECRSDV 6 RE3 EREFCLK 7 RE4 ERXERR 10 RE5 ETXEN 11 RE6 ETXD0 12 RE7 ETXD1 14 15 USB Analog 17 RB8 18 RF3 SS4 SCK4 nU2RTS U5TX* Other AN15 RB1 CN3 RB0 CN2 nU2CTS U5RX* Prog. C1OUT AN1 PGEC1 AN0 PGED1 AN8 OTG_ID 19 RB14 20 RB13 AN13 TDI 21 RB12 AN12 TCK 22 RB11 AN11 TDO 23 RB10 AN10 TMS 24 RB5 CN 7 VBUSON 27 RG3 (input) D- 28 RG2 (input) 29 RD3 30 RC12 OSC1 31 RC15 OSC2 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 RD2 RC13 CN 1 RC14 CN0 RF4 CN17 RF5 CN18 RD11 INT4 RD0 INT0 39 RD4 41 RD5 42 43 44 46 47 RD6 CN15 RD7 CN16 RD9 INT2 RD10 INT3 RD1 AN14 AN5 D+ SCL3 SDA3 SDO3 SDI3 U1TX OC4 U1RX OC3 SOSCI SDA5 SDI4 U2RX SCL5 SDO4 U2TX T1CK SOSCO IC4 BT_PERIODIC OC1 WLAN_DENY IC5/OC5 BT_STATUS BT_ACTIVE ETXERR SDA1 SS3 nU1CTS U4RX* SCK3 nU1RTS U4TX* IC2 SCL1 IC3 EMDIO OC2 Table 2: Multifunction pad descriptions Note: 5V tolerant pads are marked with orange. CN pins support pull-up, pull-down and GPIO notifications Note: Unused pins should be set up as outputs to reduce leakage currents *Note: UART 4 and UART 5 are not supported by the current Wifi SDK Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 12 of 45 4 4.1 Power control Power supply requirements WF121 consists of two separate internal blocks, the microcontroller and the radio part. The blocks have separate supply voltage inputs and the microcontroller can disable the radio part supply internally. WF121 is designed to operate with a 3.3V nominal input voltage supplied to the two supply inputs. The VDD_3.3V pad can be fed with a voltage between 2.3V and 3.6V and is used to power the internal microcontroller. However, when the VDD_3.3V line is below 3.0V, the microcontroller can no longer write to its internal flash memory, and is incapable of updating any settings. The VDD_PA pad can be supplied with a voltage between 2.7V and 4.8V and supplies the RF power amplifier and the internal switch-mode converter powering the Wi-Fi digital core. In lithium battery powered applications, VDD_PA can be connected directly to the battery, while a regulator is needed to supply the VDD_3.3V with a lower voltage, as needed by the design. The VDD_PA supply should be capable of providing at least 350mA, though the average consumption of the module will be much less than that. The VDD_3.3V supply will draw a peak current of less than 100mA, not including current drawn from the GPIO pins. The PA supply should preferably be bypassed with a 10 to 100µF capacitor to smooth out the current spikes drawn by the Wi-Fi power amplifier, unless powered by a sufficiently fast regulator. Other bypass capacitors are not needed for either supply line, the module contains the needed supply filtering capacitors. Note that there are about 20µF worth of ceramic capacitors on the VDD_PA line inside the module. When using low drop linear regulators (LDO) to generate a regulated supply for the VDD_PA line, the stability of the regulator with the low ESR provided by these capacitors should be checked. Many linear regulators (and some switched mode ones) are not stable with ceramic output capacitors. 4.2 Power saving functionality In Wi-Fi client mode, the WF121 radio core automatically powers on the RF circuitry only when needed. The Wi-Fi core processors support automatic sleep modes when not communicating actively, allowing very low idle consumption. When used as an access point, the radio core must receive constantly and cannot enter sleep modes. The WF121 main processor automatically enters an idle mode after a timeout period whenever it is not actively executing anything, lowering its consumption to about a third of the full while allowing instant wakeup. When the power saving functions are enabled in the hardware configuration script, the processor will after a pre-set timeout enter a deeper sleep mode to lower the consumption to much lower levels, but will take a few milliseconds to wake up from and needs an interrupt to wake up. In applications where small amounts of data are transferred often, consumption can be optimized by collecting data into bigger packages and transferring it in a single burst. As every data transfer is followed by a timeout before sleep modes are entered, reducing the number of individual transfers will reduce average consumption. Keeping the WF121 associated with an access point with the power saving modes enabled will allow relatively fast response times with a low power consumption, but in some applications the consumption can be reduced further. Unassociating the Wi-Fi will allow fast re-association with lower idle consumption in applications where the module needs to transfer data only occasionally, while for applications where the absolute minimum consumption is desired and the communication intervals are long, the Wi-Fi section of the module can be fully powered off by disabling the module internal switch mode converter feeding the Wi-Fi core. Powering the WiFi down fully will require a full reinitialization of the Wi-Fi core, and will take several seconds before associating with an access point. The power saving modes are user configurable and controllable. For more information see the firmware documentation. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 13 of 45 4.3 Reset WF121 can be reset by the MCLR-pin (active low), system power up or the internal brown-out detector. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 14 of 45 5 5.1 Interfaces General Purpose I/O pins To see which GPIOs are multiplexed with which features, please refer to Table 2. WF121 contains a number of pads that can be configured to be used as general purpose digital IO’s, analog inputs or for various built-in functions. Provided functions include a Full Speed USB-OTG port, three I2C-ports, two SPI-ports, two to four UART’s, Ethernet MAC with RMII connection and various timer functions. Some of the pads are 5V tolerant. All GPIO pads can drive currents of up to +/- 25 mA. Four pins are available for implementing a coexistence scheme with a Bluetooth device. The exact order and function as well as the coexistence system desired is software configurable, with the default pad bindings shown in Table 3 for a Unity-3e coexistence scheme. If the pads are bound to WiFi chip pins, the CPU pins associated with the pads must be set to inputs. Note: In any application, GPIO pins not reserved for a certain function and not driven to some known state by outside circuitry should be set up as outputs by the application software. Only the Change Notice (CN) capable pins have pullup capability, and if the rest of the pins are left as inputs, they will be floating at a voltage between ground and supply voltage, causing increased module power consumption due to leakages. 5.2 Serial ports Pad number UART 1 UART 2 UART 4 UART 5 17 nCTS RX* 19 nRTS TX* 29 TX (output) 32 RX (input) 35 RX 36 TX 44 nCTS (input) RX* 47 nRTS (output) TX* Table 3: Serial port pads Two UARTs are provided with RTS/CTS-handshaking. Wired speeds up to 20 Mbps are possible, but the higher bit rates (above 115200 bps) will require the use of an external crystal on OSC1/OSC2 for sufficient clock accuracy. The serial ports can also be used as host connections when using an external microcontroller. *Note: UART 4 and UART 5 are not supported by the current Wifi SDK. While the hardware itself includes four separate UARTs, only UART 1 and UART 2 can be used at this time, regardless of whether flow control is required or not. To see what other functions are present on the same pins, please refer to Table 2. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 15 of 45 5.3 I2C/SPI I2C Pad number SPI 17 SS4 – Slave select SPI 4 19 SCK4 - Clock SPI 4 29 SCL3 – Clock I2C 3 SDO3 – Data out SPI 3 32 SDA3 – Data I2C 3 SDI3 – Data in SPI 3 35 SDA5 – Data I2C 5 SDI4 – Data in SPI 4 36 SCL5 – Clock I2C 5 SDO4 – Data out SPI 4 44 SDA1 – Data I2C 1 SS3 – Slave select SPI 3 46 SCL1 – Clock I2C 1 SCK3 – Clock SPI 3 47 Table 4: Pads for I2C and SPI Up to three I2C-ports and up to two SPI ports can be implemented, mostly multiplexed on the same pins together and with the UART signals. The I 2C ports support 100 kHz and 400 kHz speed specifications including automatic clock stretching, while the SPI can be operated at up to 20 Mbps. The SPI ports are also available for use as a host connection for use with an external microcontroller. The SPI bus can be configured for any clock phase combination. For details on the SPI/I2C hardware, please refer to Microchip documentation on SPI and I2C. To see what other functions are present on the same pins, please refer to Table 2. 5.4 USB Pad number Function Description 18 OTG_ID USB-OTG mode identify line (not used) 25 VBUS USB bus supply input 27 D- Data - 28 D+ Data + 24 VBUSON USB bus supply switch enable (not used) Table 5: USB pads The module contains a USB-OTG system with an integrated transceiver. Full Speed (12 Mbps) USB 2.0 standard is supported in device mode. The current firmware has no support for the host mode. Using the USB connection requires an external crystal on OSC1/OSC2 for sufficient clock accuracy. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 16 of 45 Other functions are present on the same pins; please refer to Table 2 for details. 5.5 Ethernet Pad number Function Description 2 EMDC Management bus clock 3 ERXD1 Receive data 1 4 ERXD0 Receive data 0 5 ECRSDV Receive data valid 6 EREFCLK Reference clock 7 ERXERR Receive error 10 ETXEN Transmit enable 11 ETXD0 Transmit data 0 12 ETXD1 Transmit data 1 42 ETXERR Transmit error 47 EMDIO Management bus data Table 6: Ethernet pads An RMII interface to an external Ethernet PHY is available. The PHY should supply EREFCLK with a 50 MHz RMII reference clock. Other functions are present on the same pads; please refer to Table 2 for details. The current firmware contains support for using a Micrel PHY type KSZ8081RNA (the evaluation board schematic shows the fully compatible but now obsolete KSZ8031RNL) to implement a 10/100Mbps Ethernet connection and using it as an endpoint, allowing data to be streamed from and to the Wi-Fi interface or other end points. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 17 of 45 5.6 Analog inputs Pad number Function 2 AN15 14 AN1 15 AN0 17 AN8 19 AN14 20 AN13 21 AN12 22 AN11 23 AN10 24 AN5 Table 7: ADC pads The microcontroller provides a 10-bit Analog to digital converter (ADC) with sampling speeds up to 1MSps. The measurement can be done on any of the input pins listed in the table above. 5.7 Microcontroller programming interface Pad number Pad function Description 13 MCLR Reset 14 PGEC1 Programming Clock 15 PGED1 Programming Data 20 TDI JTAG Test Data In 21 TCK JTAG Test Clock 22 TDO JTAG Test Data out 23 TMS JTAG Test Machine State Table 8: Programming and JTAG pads An ICSP (In-Circuit Serial Programming) interface (PGEC1, PGED1, MCLR) is provided to allow device reflashing using a Microchip tool. A JTAG connection is also provided which can be used for system debugging purposes or device programming. For information on JTAG operation, please refer to Microchip documentation. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 18 of 45 5.8 RF Debug Interface Pad number Pad function Description 52 SPI_MISO RF Debug data out 53 SPI_CLK RF Debug clock 54 SPI_MOSI RF Debug data in 55 SPI_CS RF Debug chip select Table 9: RF Debug SPI pads Four pads are provided for the debug interface of the WiFi chipset in the module bottom. This is meant for RF calibration and testing during module production and product certification measurements. These should in most applications be left unconnected, but should be taken into account when doing the application board layout. Avoid placing vias or signals without a solder mask under these pads. If separate radiated emission compliance measurements need to made for the application, these should be connected to a header. More information on the certification measurements can be obtained from Bluegiga support via www.bluegiga.com. 5.9 Bluetooth co-existence Bluetooth coexistence systems allow co-located WiFi and Bluetooth devices to be aware of each other and to avoid simultaneous transfers that would degrade link performance. The most common coexistence schemes combine host driver-side prioritizing with hardware connections between the different radio devices where the hardware interface is used to communicate the exact timings for driver pre-defined events. WF121 has up to 4 pins available for implementing the hardware connection, but as the internal host processor is not running the Bluetooth stack too, it is not possible to implement any priorities for the separate radio devices. The hardware connections by themselves will still enable a crude form of coexistence, with the Wi-Fi side controlling the communications. Wi-Fi data will always have priority over Bluetooth data, and with high duty cycle Wi-Fi transfers (low bit rate, high throughput) the Bluetooth might not be able to transfer any data. Mostly however the Wi-Fi duty cycle will be less than 100% and the Bluetooth device may be able to transfer significant amounts of data. A long Bluetooth scan may cause the Wi-Fi connection to time out when sharing the same antenna. 5.10 Antenna switch for Bluetooth coexistence WF121 supports sharing the integrated antenna or antenna connector with a Bluetooth device through the BT_RF pad. The module contains a bypass switch to route the Bluetooth signal directly to the antenna, and supports using the internal LNA for Bluetooth reception. The switch is controlled through the coexistence interface. Use of the antenna switch requires the use of Unity-3e scheme, as there are not enough pins available to implement a separate antenna control which requires two extra signals. While antenna sharing will ease antenna placement and general application design, it will also cause a number of problems. There will be additional losses on the Bluetooth path due to the switch, reducing range. Throughput reductions due to the coexistence operation will be increased and there may occur Wi-Fi timeouts due to Bluetooth scans reserving the full use of the antenna. Wi-Fi power-off may also cause poor ranges for the Bluetooth device. Sharing a single antenna will require a re-certification for at least FCC of both modules as the RF paths will have changed significantly from the scheme specified in the original certification setups. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 19 of 45 For use with CSR-based Bluetooth (BC4 to BC6 with firmware version 21 or later, BC7 and onwards with all versions), Unity-3e is recommended as the coexistence scheme. Unity-3e is an enhanced version of the traditional 3-wire Unity-3 –scheme that uses tighter timings and uses the three control lines also for antenna switch control, removing the need for the two separate switch control signals. The BT_PERIODIC signal is related to the Unity+ -standard, which allows more reliable audio throughputs, but it is not currently supported for WF121. Pad number Function 37 BT_PERIODIC 38 WLAN_DENY 39 BT_STATUS 41 BT_ACTIVE Table 10: Bluetooth co-existence interface Industry standard 3-wire and 4-wire, as well as Unity-3, Unity-4, and Unity-3e coexistence schemes are supported and the associated signals can be assigned to the GPIO pads. In default mode these pins are tied to CPU GPIO functions. Antenna sharing is possible with the Unity-3e scheme. For more detailed information about implementing co-existence, see WF111 datasheet. 5.11 CPU Clock Pad number Function Description 30 OSC1 External crystal input 31 OSC2 External crystal output Table 11: Clock crystal pads WF121 uses an internal 26 MHz crystal as the WiFi reference clock. The internal processor uses an integrated 8 MHz RC oscillator and associated phase locked loop (PLL) to create its clock signals, but cannot share the internal crystal-stabilized WiFi clock. The internal CPU uses a PLL to create an 80 MHz core clock. To use the USB functionality or when using the UART with speeds above 115.2 kbps, an external crystal and the associated capacitors must be connected to pads OSC1 and OSC2 to provide a sufficiently accurate clock. Typically the load capacitors should be 22 to 33 pF. If an external crystal is not needed, these pads are available for GPIO use. For firmware versions lower than 1.3, the external crystal frequency must be 8 MHz, for version 1.3 and later, the frequency should be a multiple of 4 MHz, with a maximum frequency of 24 MHz. The desired frequency can be set in the hardware configuration file and programmed to the module with the firmware. Due to the protected nature of the oscillator divider settings, the crystal frequency cannot be programmed using the DFU interface. A PICkit3 or other PIC32 compatible programmer is required. The WF121 with the default settings will detect the presence of an 8 MHz crystal and will use that, or if missing, will automatically use the internal RC oscillator. If the crystal frequency is set to a different frequency in the hardware configuration file, the autodetect will be disabled. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 20 of 45 The Ethernet connection requires the external PHY to provide the 50 MHz RMII reference clock. A separate external crystal is not required for the module CPU for Ethernet operation, the internal RC oscillator is sufficient. 5.12 32.768 kHz External Reference Clock Pad number Function Description 33 SOSCI External 32.768 kHz crystal input 34 SOSCO External 32.768 kHz crystal output Table 12: Slow clock crystal pads The module contains integrated RC oscillators for sleep timing, one in the WiFi chipset, one in the CPU. The sleep clocks are used to periodically wake up the module while in power save modes. If more accurate timing is required, an external 32.768 kHz crystal and the associated capacitors can be placed to pads SOSCI and SOSCO. If an accurate sleep clock is not needed, the pads are available for GPIO use. An external oscillator can also be used to generate the sleep clock. The voltage levels should be 3.3V logic level. This low frequency clock is shared for both the CPU and the WiFi chipset. The default WiFi configuration uses only the internal oscillator, if support for a crystal stabilized WiFi sleep clock is required, please contact Bluegiga technical support. The Wi-Fi packet timing during active data transfer is derived from the internal 26MHz crystal and so is unaffected by the tolerances of the sleep clock. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 21 of 45 6 Block diagram Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 22 of 45 7 Example schematics Figure 2: Minimal system required for UART host connection Figure 3: Recommended connections as a USB device. If permanently connected to a hub on the same board, the ESD protection and ferrite can be left out and VUSB can be permanently tied to a supply voltage Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 23 of 45 8 8.1 802.11 Radio Wi-Fi Receiver The receiver features direct conversion architecture. Sufficient out-of-band blocking specification at the Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) input allows the receiver to be used in close proximity to GSM and WCDMA cellular phone transmitters without being desensitized. High-order baseband filters ensure good performance against in-band interference. 8.2 Wi-Fi Transmitter The transmitter features a direct IQ modulator. Digital baseband transmit circuitry provides the required spectral shaping and on-chip trims are used to reduce IQ modulator distortion. Transmitter gain can be controlled on a per-packet basis, allowing the optimization of the transmit power as a function of modulation scheme. The internal Power Amplifier (PA) has a maximum output power of +15dBm for IEEE 802.11g/n and +17dBm for IEEE 802.11b. The module internally compensates for PA gain and reference oscillator frequency drifts with varying temperature and supply voltage. 8.3 Regulatory domains WF121 uses the IEEE 802.11d standard to select the available channels based on the regulatory domain setting of the access point, if enabled. If no domain information is available, WF121 will default to using FCC channel list. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 24 of 45 9 Firmware WF121 incorporates firmware which implements a full TCP/IP stack and Wi-Fi management. Exact features will depend on the firmware version used. Please see the documentation of the firmware for exact details. There are two main ways to use the module: Host controlled and script controlled. Host controlled means an external host is physically connected to the module and it sends simple commands to the module and one of several different host interfaces can be used. The module provides high level APIs for managing Wi-Fi as well as data connections. Bluegiga provides a thin API layer (BGLib) written in ANSI C for the host which can take care of creating and parsing the messages sent over the transport. For evaluation purposes GUI tools and a library for python are also provided. Host Application BGLib (implements BGAPI) BGAPI UART / USB / SPI HTTP, FTP, SMTP etc. DHCP, TFTP, DNS etc. TCP UDP MLME IP 802.2 LLC 802.11 MAC 802.11 PHY Figure 4: WF121 software Data can be routed either through the API or through another physical interface. For example if the first UART is used for sending and receiving command events, a TCP/IP socket can be bound to the second UART and data written to the UART will seamlessly be passed to the TCP/IP socket. For information about the latest capabilities of the firmware, please refer to the WF121 API reference documentation accompanying it. The module can also be controlled by a script running on the module. This is especially useful for simple applications as it eliminates the need for a host controller and can drastically cut development time. In combination with a host it can also be used automate certain features such as the serial to TCP/IP functionality described above. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 25 of 45 10 10.1 Host interfaces UART The module can be controlled over the UART interface. In order for the communication to be reliable, hardware flow control signals (RTS and CTS) must be present between the host and the module. When using high UART transfer speeds (between 1 and 20Mbps), an external crystal is required on OSC1/OSC2 for sufficient clock accuracy. 10.2 USB When using the USB host interface, the module will appear as a USB CDC/ACM device enumerating as virtual COM port. The same protocol can be used as with the UART interface. 10.3 SPI Please refer to the Bluegiga WF121 API reference documentation supplied with the firmware regarding using SPI as the host interface. BGAPI over SPI requires the use of an additional “notify” pin which allows the module to notify the host that an outgoing response or event packet is available. Note: The SPI protocol does not have flow control signaling like UART does, and it is therefore impossible under some circumstances (such as sending very large quantities of data to the module during poor network conditions) to avoid potential data loss due to limited buffer space. If available, the UART interface with hardware RTS/CTS handshaking is recommended for the simplest reliable host control implementation. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 26 of 45 11 Electrical characteristics 11.1 Absolute maximum ratings Rating Min Max Unit Storage Temperature -40 85 °C VDD_PA -0.3 6 V VDD_3.3V -0.3 3.6 5V tolerant GPIO Voltages -0.3 5.5 V VSS-0.3 VDD_3.3V+0.3 V Maximum output current sourced or sunk by any GPIO pad 25 mA Maximum current on all GPIO pads combined 200 mA Other Terminal Voltages Table 13: Absolute maximum ratings 11.2 Recommended operating conditions Rating Min Max Unit Operating Temperature Range * -40 85 °C VDD_3.3V 2.3 3.6 V VDD_3.3V while capable of writing internal flash 3.0 3.6 V VDD_PA 2.7 4.8 V Table 14: Recommended operating conditions *Note: The module may heat up depending on use, at high constant transmit duty cycles (high throughput, low bitrate for more than a few seconds) the maximum operating temperature may need to be derated to keep below the maximum ratings. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 27 of 45 11.3 Input/output terminal characteristics 11.4 Digital Digital terminals Min Typ Max Unit VIL input logic level low 1.7V ≤ VDD ≤ 3.6V VSS-0.3V - 0.15VDD V VIH input logic level high 1.7V ≤ VDD ≤ 3.6V 0.8VDD - VDD+0.3V V - - 0.4 V 2.4 - VDD V Input voltage levels Output voltage levels VOL output logic level low, Vdd = 3.6 V, Iol = 7 mA VOH output logic level high Vdd = 3.6 V, Ioh = -12 mA Table 15: Digital terminal electrical characteristics Frequency Min Typ max 32.748 32.768 32.788 kHz Deviation @25oC -20 +20 ppm Deviation over temperature -150 +150 ppm Duty cycle 30 50 Rise time 70 % 50 ns Input high level 0.625Vdd Vdd+0.3 V Input low level -0.3 0.25Vdd V Table 16: External Wi-Fi sleep clock specifications 11.5 Reset Power-on Reset Min Typ Max Unit Power on reset threshold 1.75 - 2.1 V VDD rise rate to ensure reset 0.05 - 115 V/ms Table 17: Power on reset characteristics Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 28 of 45 11.6 Power consumption Consumption type Current Unit Supply domain Total maximum 400 mA both CPU average 100 mA VDD_3.3V Typical average program execution consumption CPU idle 35 mA VDD_3.3V Idle mode, instant wakeup CPU sleep 60 µA VDD_3.3V Sleep mode, clocks off, WDT on, wakeup in milliseconds Wi-Fi core active 68 mA Wi-Fi core idle 110 µA Wi-Fi PA 240 Wi-Fi LNA Wi-Fi total sleep VDD_PA Description Absolute peak current during packet transmission (<5µs) Receiving, transmitting, idle out of deep sleep, AP mode VDD_PA Idle, between packet transfers, automatic deep sleep enabled (in client mode) mA VDD_PA Peak during packet transmission 12 mA VDD_PA Peak during packet reception 10 µA VDD_PA Leakage when fully powered off Table 18: Power consumption for different operating modes Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 29 of 45 Curre nt Unit Description Transmit consumption 143 mA Typical average module consumption during full rate data transfer, system does not enter deep sleep due to constant data traffic (Ethernet MAC enabled for testing) Receive consumption 127 mA Typical average module consumption during full rate data transfer, system does not enter deep sleep due to constant data traffic Access point mode 108 mA Typical average idle current when configured as an AP, does not enter deep sleep due to AP mode requirements Consumption type Idle, associated 1.7-10 mA Typical average with DTIM=1, beacon interval=100ms, including keep-alive traffic and CPU timed wakeups, power saving enabled (typically 1.7mA when no broadcast traffic is present) Idle, associated 37 mA Typical average with DTIM=1, beacon interval=100ms, including keep-alive traffic and CPU timed wakeups, power saving disabled µA Typical sleep current with Wi-Fi chip on and initialized but unassociated. Associating to an access point from this state usually happens in less than a second, depending on DHCP/static IP settings and security options. Peripherals disabled. µA Deep sleep (Wi-Fi power supply disabled internally, CPU sleeping, all peripherals except watchdog and GPIO interrupts off). Waking the Wi-Fi from this state requires reinitialization of the Wi-Fi core and the time from wakeup to access point association can take up to 10 seconds Idle, unassociated Deep Sleep 226 70 Table 19: Typical power consumption, module total All average readings are made with a 3.3V power supply, using the DKWF121 board and comparing Fluke 289 True RMS multimeter average readings with oscilloscope derived mode-specific consumption profiles. Measuring currents varying several orders of magnitude within microseconds may give varying results with different instruments and the measurement method should be considered carefully. Associated idle consumption is heavily dependent on the access point used, the local broadcast traffic, power save timeouts set by the user and enabled peripherals. Transmit and receive consumptions are heavily dependent on the RF field strength and thus the over-air bitrate, which determines the time taken to transfer the required data. WF121 automatically enters power saving modes when not actively transferring data, and the shorter the time taken to transfer data over the Wi-Fi, the more time it can spend in power saving modes. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 30 of 45 12 RF Characteristics min max 1 11 (default), 13 (ETSI) 2412 2472 Channel Frequency MHz Table 20: Supported frequencies Standard Supported bit rates 802.11b 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps 802.11g 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps 802.11n, HT, 20MHz, 800ns 6.5, 13, 19.5, 26, 39, 52, 58.5, 65Mbps 802.11n, HT, 20MHz, 400ns 7.2, 14.4, 21.7, 28.9, 43.3, 57.8, 65, 72.2Mbps Table 21: Supported modulations 802.11b Typ 802.11g Typ 802.11n short GI Typ 802.11n long GI Typ 1 Mbps -97 dBm 6 Mbps -92 dBm 6.5 Mbps -91 dBm 7.2 Mbps -92 dBm 2 Mbps -95 dBm 9 Mbps -91 dBm 13 Mbps -87 dBm 14.4 Mbps -90 dBm 5.5 Mbps -93 dBm 12 Mbps -89 dBm 19.5 Mbps -85 dBm 21.7 Mbps -87 dBm 11 Mbps -89 dBm 18 Mbps -87 dBm 26 Mbps -82 dBm 28.9 Mbps -84 dBm 24 Mbps -84 dBm 39 Mbps -78 dBm 43.3 Mbps -80 dBm 36 Mbps -80 dBm 52 Mbps -74 dBm 57.8 Mbps -75 dBm 48 Mbps -75 dBm 58.5 Mbps -71 dBm 65 Mbps -72 dBm 54 Mbps -73 dBm 65 Mbps -68 dBm 72.2 Mbps -69 dBm Table 22: Typical receiver sensitivity Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 31 of 45 Modulation type Min Typ Max 802.11b +16 +17 +17.6 dBm 802.11g +14 +15 +15.6 dBm 802.11n +14 +15 +15.6 dBm Table 23: Transmitter output power at maximum setting Modulation type Min Typ Max TX loss -2.5 -3 -3.5 dB RX gain (using internal LNA) 8 10 12 dB 2.0 2.5 dB Internal LNA noise figure Table 24: BT antenna sharing interface properties Typ Max 802.11 limit (total error) Variation between individual units +/-5 +/-10 +/-25 ppm Variation with temperature +/-3 +/-10 +/-25 ppm Table 25: Carrier frequency accuracy Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 32 of 45 13 Physical dimensions Figure 5: Physical dimensions Figure 6: WF121-A recommended PCB land pattern Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 33 of 45 14 14.1 Layout guidelines WF121-E RF output can be taken directly from the U.FL connector of the module, and no antenna clearances need to be made for the module. 14.2 WF121-N The RF output is taken from the ANT pin at the end of the device. In other variants this pin is not connected. The antenna trace should be properly impedance controlled and kept short. Figure 6 shows a typical trace from the RF pin to a SMA connector. A transmission line impedance calculator, such as TX-Line made by AWR, can be used to approximate the dimensions for the 50 ohm transmission line. Figure 7 show cross sections of two 50 ohm transmission lines. Figure 7: Typical 50 ohm trace from the RF pin to an antenna connector Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 34 of 45 CPW Ground W = 0.15 mm G = 0.25 mm RF GROUND Prepreg, εr = 3.7 RF GROUND h = 0.076 mm RF GROUND FR4, εr = 4.6 GND stitching vias MICROSTRIP W = 1.8 mm FR4, εr = 4.6 h = 1 mm RF GROUND Figure 8: Example cross section of two different 50 ohm transmission line 14.3 WF121-A Figure 9: Example layouts, board edge placement on left, board corner on right The impedance matching of the antenna is designed for a layout similar to the module evaluation board. For an optimal performance of the antenna the layout should strictly follow the layout example shown in the above figures and the thickness of FR4 should be between 1 and 2 mm, preferably 1.6mm. Any dielectric material close to the antenna will change the resonant frequency and it is recommended not to place a plastic case or any other dielectric closer than 5 mm from the antenna. Close proximity of a plastic case can be somewhat compensated by using a thinner PCB. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 35 of 45 ANY metal in close proximity of the antenna will prevent the antenna from radiating freely. It is recommended not to place any metal or other conductive objects closer than 20 mm to the antenna except in the directions of the ground planes of the module itself. For optimal performance, place the antenna end of the module outside any metal surfaces and objects in the application, preferably on the device corner. The larger the angle in which no metallic object obstructs the antenna radiation, the better the antenna will work. The ANT pad on the antenna end of the WF121-A can be connected to the ground or left unsoldered. 14.4 Thermal considerations The WF121 module may at continuous full power transmit consume up to 1.3 W of DC power, most of which is drawn by the power amplifier. Most of this will be dissipated as heat. In any application where high ambient temperatures and constant transmissions for more than a few seconds can occur, it is important that a sufficient cooling surface is provided to dissipate the heat. The thermal pad in the bottom of the module must be connected to the application board ground planes by soldering. The application board should provide a number of vias under and around the pad to conduct the produced heat to the board ground planes, and preferably to a copper surface on the other side of the board in order to dissipate the heat into air. The module internal thermal resistance should in most cases be negligible compared to the thermal resistance from the module into air, and common equations for surface area required for cooling can be used to estimate the temperature rise of the module. Only copper planes on the circuit board surfaces with a solid thermal connection to the module ground pad will dissipate heat. For an application with high transmit duty cycles (low bit rate, high throughput, long bursts or constant streaming) the maximum allowed ambient temperature should be reduced due to inherent heating of the module, especially with small fully plastic enclosed applications where heat transfer to ambient air is low due to low thermal conductivity of plastic. The module measured on the evaluation board exhibits a temperature rise of about 25 oC above ambient temperature when continuously transmitting IEEE 802.11b at full power with minimal off-times and no collision detection (a worst case scenario regarding power dissipation). An insufficiently cooled module will rapidly heat beyond operating range in ambient room temperature. 14.5 EMC considerations Following recommendations helps to avoid EMC problems arising in the design. Note that each design is unique and the following list do not consider all basic design rules such as avoiding capacitive coupling between signal lines. Following list is aimed to avoid EMC problems caused by RF part of the module. Do not remove copper from the PCB more than needed. For proper operation the antenna requires a solid ground plane with as much surface area as possible. Use ground filling as much as possible. Connect all grounds together with multiple vias. Do not leave small floating unconnected copper areas or areas connected by just one via, these will act as additional antennas and raise the risk of unwanted radiations. Do not place a ground plane underneath the antenna. The grounding areas under the module should be designed as shown in Figure 4. When using overlapping ground areas use conductive vias separated max. 3 mm apart at the edge of the ground areas. This prevents RF from penetrating inside the PCB. Use ground vias extensively all over the PCB. All the traces in (and on) the PCB are potential antennas. Especially board edges should have grounds connected together at short intervals to avoid resonances. Avoid current loops. Keep the traces with sensitive, high current or fast signals short, and mind the return current path, having a short signal path is not much use if the associated ground path between the ends of the signal trace is long. Remember, ground is also a signal trace. The ground will conduct the same current as the signal path and at the same frequency, power and sensitivity. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 36 of 45 Split a ground plane ONLY if you know exactly what you are doing. Splitting the plane may cause more harm than good if applied incorrectly. The ground plane acts as a part of the antenna system. Insufficient ground planes or large separate sensitive signal ground planes will easily cause the coupled transmitted pulses to be AM-demodulated by semiconductor junctions around the board, degrading system performance. Overlapping GND layers without GND stitching vias Overlapping GND layers with GND stitching vias shielding the RF energy Figure 10: Use of stitching vias to avoid emissions from the edges of the PCB Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 37 of 45 15 Soldering recommendations WF121 is compatible with industrial standard reflow profile for Pb-free solders. The reflow profile used is dependent on the thermal mass of the entire populated PCB, heat transfer efficiency of the oven and particular type of solder paste used. Consult the datasheet of particular solder paste for profile configurations. Bluegiga Technologies will give following recommendations for soldering the module to ensure reliable solder joint and operation of the module after soldering. Since the profile used is process and layout dependent, the optimum profile should be studied case by case. Thus following recommendation should be taken as a starting point guide. Refer to technical documentations of particular solder paste for profile configurations Avoid using more than one flow. Reliability of the solder joint and self-alignment of the component are dependent on the solder volume. Minimum of 150m stencil thickness is recommended. Aperture size of the stencil should be 1:1 with the pad size. A low residue, “no clean” solder paste should be used due to low mounted height of the component. If the vias used on the application board have a diameter larger than 0.3mm, it is recommended to mask the via holes at the module side to prevent solder wicking through the via holes. Solders have a habit of filling holes and leaving voids in the thermal pad solder junction, as well as forming solder balls on the other side of the application board which can in some cases be problematic. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 38 of 45 16 Certifications WF121 is compliant to the following specifications: 16.1 CE WF121 is in conformity with the essential requirements and other relevant requirements of the R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC). The product is conformity with the following standards and/or normative documents. EMC (immunity only) EN 301 489-17 V.1.3.2 in accordance with EN 301 489-1 V1.8.1 Radiated emissions EN 300 328 V1.8.1 16.2 FCC and IC This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. End users must follow the specific operating instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. This transmitter is considered as mobile device and should not be used closer than 20 cm from a human body. To allow portable use in a known host class 2 permissive change is required. Please contact Bluegiga support at www.bluegiga.com for detailed information. IC Statements: This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. Under Industry Canada regulations, this radio transmitter may only operate using an antenna of a type and maximum (or lesser) gain approved for the transmitter by Industry Canada. To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) is not more than that necessary for successful communication. If detachable antennas are used: This radio transmitter (identify the device by certification number, or model number if Category II) has been approved by Industry Canada to operate with the antenna types listed below with the maximum permissible gain and required antenna impedance for each antenna type indicated. Antenna types not included in this list, having a gain greater than the maximum gain indicated for that type, are strictly prohibited for use with this device. See table 25 for the approved antennas for WF121-E and WF121-N. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 39 of 45 OEM Responsibilities to comply with FCC and Industry Canada Regulations The WF121 Module has been certified for integration into products only by OEM integrators under the following conditions: The antenna(s) must be installed such that a minimum separation distance of 20cm is maintained between the radiator (antenna) and all persons at all times. The transmitter module must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. As long as the two conditions above are met, further transmitter testing will not be required. However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their end-product for any additional compliance requirements required with this module installed (for example, digital device emissions, PC peripheral requirements, etc.). IMPORTANT NOTE: In the event that these conditions cannot be met (for certain configurations or co-location with another transmitter), then the FCC and Industry Canada authorizations are no longer considered valid and the FCC ID and IC Certification Number cannot be used on the final product. In these circumstances, the OEM integrator will be responsible for re-evaluating the end product (including the transmitter) and obtaining a separate FCC and Industry Canada authorization. End Product Labeling The WF121 Module is labeled with its own FCC ID and IC Certification Number. If the FCC ID and IC Certification Number are not visible when the module is installed inside another device, then the outside of the device into which the module is installed must also display a label referring to the enclosed module. In that case, the final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following: “Contains Transmitter Module FCC ID: QOQWF121” “Contains Transmitter Module IC: 5123A-BGTWF121” or “Contains FCC ID: QOQWF121 “Contains IC: 5123A-BGTWF121” The OEM of the WF121 Module must only use the approved antenna(s) described in table 25, which have been certified with this module. The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide information to the end user regarding how to install or remove this RF module or change RF related parameters in the user manual of the end product. To comply with FCC and Industry Canada RF radiation exposure limits for general population, the antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be installed such that a minimum separation distance of 20cm is maintained between the radiator (antenna) and all persons at all times and must not be colocated or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 40 of 45 16.2.1 FCC et IC Cet appareil est conforme à l’alinéa 15 des règles de la FCC. Deux conditions sont à respecter lors de son utilisation : (1) cet appareil ne doit pas créer d’interférence susceptible de causer un quelconque dommage et, (2) cet appareil doit accepter toute interférence, quelle qu’elle soit, y compris les interférences susceptibles d’entraîner un fonctionnement non requis. Déclaration de conformité FCC d’exposition aux radiofréquences (RF): Ce matériel respecte les limites d’exposition aux radiofréquences fixées par la FCC dans un environnement non contrôlé. Les utilisateurs finaux doivent se conformer aux instructions d’utilisation spécifiées afin de satisfaire aux normes d’exposition en matière de radiofréquence. Ce transmetteur ne doit pas être installé ni utilisé en concomitance avec une autre antenne ou un autre transmetteur. Ce transmetteur est assimilé à un appareil mobile et ne doit pas être utilisé à moins de 20 cm du corps humain. Afin de permettre un usage mobile dans le cadre d’un matériel de catégorie 2, il est nécessaire de procéder à quelques adaptations. Pour des informations détaillées, veuillez contacter le support technique Bluegiga : www.bluegiga.com. Déclaration de conformité IC : Ce matériel respecte les standards RSS exempt de licence d’Industrie Canada. Son utilisation est soumise aux deux conditions suivantes : (1) l’appareil ne doit causer aucune interférence, et (2) l’appareil doit accepter toute interférence, quelle qu’elle soit, y compris les interférences susceptibles d’entraîner un fonctionnement non requis de l’appareil. Selon la réglementation d’Industrie Canada, ce radio-transmetteur ne peut utiliser qu’un seul type d’antenne et ne doit pas dépasser la limite de gain autorisée par Industrie Canada pour les transmetteurs. Afin de réduire les interférences potentielles avec d’autres utilisateurs, le type d’antenne et son gain devront être définis de telle façon que la puissance isotrope rayonnante équivalente (EIRP) soit juste suffisante pour permettre une bonne communication. Lors de l’utilisation d’antennes amovibles : Ce radio-transmetteur (identifié par un numéro certifié ou un numéro de modèle dans le cas de la catégorie II) a été approuvé par Industrie Canada pour fonctionner avec les antennes référencées ci-dessous dans la limite de gain acceptable et l’impédance requise pour chaque type d’antenne cité. Les antennes non référencées possédant un gain supérieur au gain maximum autorisé pour le type d’antenne auquel elles Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 41 of 45 appartiennent sont strictement interdites d’utilisation avec ce matériel. Veuillez vous référer au tableau 25 concernant les antennes approuvées pour les WF121. Les responsabilités de l’intégrateur afin de satisfaire aux réglementations de la FCC et d’Industrie Canada : Les modules WF121 ont été certifiés pour entrer dans la fabrication de produits exclusivement réalisés par des intégrateurs dans les conditions suivantes : L’antenne (ou les antennes) doit être installée de façon à maintenir à tout instant une distance minimum de 20cm entre la source de radiation (l’antenne) et toute personne physique. Le module transmetteur ne doit pas être installé ou utilisé en concomitance avec une autre antenne ou un autre transmetteur. Tant que ces deux conditions sont réunies, il n’est pas nécessaire de procéder à des tests supplémentaires sur le transmetteur. Cependant, l’intégrateur est responsable des tests effectués sur le produit final afin de se mettre en conformité avec d’éventuelles exigences complémentaires lorsque le module est installé (exemple : émissions provenant d’appareils numériques, exigences vis-à-vis de périphériques informatiques, etc.) ; IMPORTANT : Dans le cas où ces conditions ne peuvent être satisfaites (pour certaines configurations ou installation avec un autre transmetteur), les autorisations fournies par la FCC et Industrie Canada ne sont plus valables et les numéros d’identification de la FCC et de certification d’Industrie Canada ne peuvent servir pour le produit final. Dans ces circonstances, il incombera à l’intégrateur de faire réévaluer le produit final (comprenant le transmetteur) et d’obtenir une autorisation séparée de la part de la FCC et d’Industrie Canada. Etiquetage du produit final Chaque module WF121 possède sa propre identification FCC et son propre numéro de certification IC. Si l’identification FCC et le numéro de certification IC ne sont pas visibles lorsqu’un module est installé à l’intérieur d’un autre appareil, alors l’appareil en question devra lui aussi présenter une étiquette faisant référence au module inclus. Dans ce cas, le produit final doit comporter une étiquette placée de façon visible affichant les mentions suivantes : « Contient un module transmetteur certifié FCC QOQWF121 » « Contient un module transmetteur certifié IC 5123A-BGTWF121 » ou « Inclut la certification FCC QOQWF121 » Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 42 of 45 « Inclut la certification IC 5123A-BGTWF121 » L’intégrateur du module WF121 ne doit utiliser que les antennes répertoriées dans le tableau 25 certifiées pour ce module. L’intégrateur est tenu de ne fournir aucune information à l’utilisateur final autorisant ce dernier à installer ou retirer le module RF, ou bien changer les paramètres RF du module, dans le manuel d’utilisation du produit final. Afin de se conformer aux limites de radiation imposées par la FCC et Industry Canada, l’antenne (ou les antennes) utilisée pour ce transmetteur doit être installée de telle sorte à maintenir une distance minimum de 20cm à tout instant entre la source de radiation (l’antenne) et les personnes physiques. En outre, cette antenne ne devra en aucun cas être installée ou utilisée en concomitance avec une autre antenne ou un autre transmetteur. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 43 of 45 17 Qualified Antenna Types for WF121-E This device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below, and having a maximum gain of 2.14 dB. Antennas not included in this list or having a gain greater than 2.14 dB are strictly prohibited for use with this device. The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms. Antenna Type Dipole Qualified Antenna Types for WT121-E Maximum Gain 2.14 dBi Table 26: Qualified Antenna Types for WF121-E Any antenna that is of the same type and of equal or less directional gain as listed in table 29 can be used without a need for retesting. To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) is not more than that permitted for successful communication. Using an antenna of a different type or gain more than 2.14 dBi will require additional testing for FCC, CE and IC. Please, contact Bluegiga support at www.bluegiga.com for more information. Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 44 of 45 18 Contact information Inquiries/ Support: www.bluegiga.com Head office, Finland Phone: +358-9-4355 060 Fax: +358-9-4355 0660 Bluegiga Technologies Oy Sinikalliontie 5A, 5th floor 02630 Espoo, FINLAND USA office Phone: +1 770 291 2181 Fax: +1 770 291 2183 Bluegiga Technologies, Inc. 3235 Satellite Boulevard, Building 400, Suite 300, Duluth, GA, 30096, USA Hong Kong office Phone: +852 3972 2186 Bluegiga Technologies Ltd. Unit 10-18, 32/F, Tower 1, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Bluegiga Technologies Oy Page 45 of 45