Wi-Fi development boards

31 October 2012 Design Automation

Microchip has leveraged its recent acquisition of Roving Networks by integrating Roving’s Wi-Fi modules into its flexible, modular Explorer development systems supporting all of its 8-, 16- and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers.

The RN-131 and RN-171 PICtail/PICtail Plus daughter boards are the first two products developed by Microchip based on Roving Networks modules. These modules use a simple serial interface to connect with any PIC microcontroller, and expand Microchip’s wireless portfolio with low power consumption combined with an integrated TCP/IP stack in a certified Wi-Fi solution.

The fully certified RN-171 and RN-131 modules are networking solutions that include a 802.11 b/g radio, baseband processor, TCP/IP stack and a host of networking application features. No external processor drivers are required, enabling Wi-Fi connectivity for 4-, 8-, 16- and 32-bit processors.

This onboard-stack approach aims to reduce customers’ integration time and development effort in a small form factor, while offering power consumption down to 4 μA in sleep, 35 mA in receive and 120 mA in transmit mode.

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