WL18x1MOD, WL18x5MOD WiLink™ 8 Single-Band Combo Module –
Wi-Fi
®
,
Bluetooth
®
, and
Bluetooth
Low Energy (LE)
1 Features
• General
– Integrates RF, power amplifiers (PAs), clock,
RF switches, filters, passives, and power
management
– Quick hardware design with TI module
collateral and reference designs
– Operating temperature: –20°C to +70°C
– Small form factor: 13.3 × 13.4 × 2 mm
– 100-pin MOC package
– FCC, IC, ETSI/CE, and TELEC certified with
PCB, dipole, chip, and PIFA antennas
• Wi-Fi
®
– WLAN baseband processor and RF transceiver
support of IEEE Std 802.11b, 802.11g, and
802.11n
– 20- and 40-MHz SISO and 20-MHz 2 × 2 MIMO
at 2.4 GHz for high throughput: 80 Mbps (TCP),
100 Mbps (UDP)
– 2.4-GHz MRC support for extended range
– Fully calibrated: production calibration not
required
– 4-bit SDIO host interface support
– Wi-Fi direct concurrent operation (multichannel,
multirole)
• Bluetooth
®
and Bluetooth low energy
(WL183xMOD only)
– Bluetooth 5.1 secure connection compliant and
CSA2 support (declaration ID: D032799)
– Host controller interface (HCI) transport for
Bluetooth over UART
– Dedicated audio processor support of SBC
en A2DP
– Dual-mode Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy
– TI's Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy
certified stack
• Key benefits
– Reduces design overhead
– Differentiated use cases by configuring
WiLink
™
8 simultaneously in two roles (STA
and AP) to connect directly with other Wi-
Fi devices on different RF channel (Wi-Fi
networks)
– Best-in-class Wi-Fi with high-performance
audio and video streaming reference
applications with up to 1.4× the range versus
one antenna
– Different provisioning methods for in-home
devices connectivity to Wi-Fi in one step
– Lowest Wi-Fi power consumption in connected
idle (< 800 µA)
– Configurable wake on WLAN filters to only
wake up the system
– Wi-Fi and Bluetooth single antenna coexistence
2 Applications
• Internet of things (IoT)
• Multimedia
• Home electronics
• Home appliances and white goods
• Industrial and home automation
• Smart gateway and metering
• Video conferencing
• Video camera and security
3 Description
The certified WiLink™ 8 module from TI offers high throughput and extended range along with Wi-Fi
®
and
Bluetooth
®
coexistence (WL1835MOD only) in a power-optimized design. The WL18x5MOD device is a 2.4-GHz
module, two antenna solution. The device is FCC, IC, ETSI/CE, and TELEC certified for AP and client. TI offers
drivers for high-level operating systems such as Linux
®
and Android
™
. Additional drivers, such as WinCE and
RTOS, which includes QNX, Nucleus, ThreadX, and FreeRTOS, are supported through third parties.
Device Information
PART NUMBER
PACKAGE
BODY SIZE
WL1801MOD
QFM (100)
13.3 mm × 13.4 mm × 2 mm
WL1805MOD
QFM (100)
13.3 mm × 13.4 mm × 2 mm
WL1831MOD
QFM (100)
13.3 mm × 13.4 mm × 2 mm
WL1835MOD
QFM (100)
13.3 mm × 13.4 mm × 2 mm
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For more information, see
.
WL1801MOD, WL1805MOD, WL1831MOD, WL1835MOD
SWRS152N – JUNE 2013 – REVISED APRIL 2021
Copyright © 2021 Texas Instruments Incorporated
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WL1801MOD, WL1805MOD, WL1831MOD, WL1835MOD
SWRS152N – JUNE 2013 – REVISED APRIL 2021
An IMPORTANT NOTICE at the end of this data sheet addresses availability, warranty, changes, use in safety-critical applications,
intellectual property matters and other important disclaimers. PRODUCTION DATA.
