BDE-BW3551P2 module series is a 2.4GHz and 5GHz dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 Low Energy wireless MCU module based on TI's SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi SoC (system-on-chip) CC3551E. The module series support antenna diveristy with dual antenna ports.
The module series offers the latest standards from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy while maintaining compatibility with Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n) and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 ac).
The module series is an excellent choice to use in cost-sensitive embedded applications with RTOS software, bringing the efficiency of Wi-Fi 6 to embedded device applications for the Internet of Things (IoT), with a small PCB footprint and highly optimized bill of materials.
In order to meet different integration requirements, BDE offers different variants
for this module series. They are listed in below table.
Microcontroller
• Powerful 160MHz Arm®Cortex®-M33 processor with FPU, TrustZone®, and AI acceleration
• High-speed quad-SPI for XiP flash with on-the-fly decryption
• Flexible configuration of low-latency TCM (up to 32KB) and Cache (32KB or 64KB) for improved code execution performance
• 1.1MB embedded SRAM including 128KB TCM for Wi-Fi™, Bluetooth® Low Energy, networking, and ap plication data
Peripherals
• Up to 29 I/Os with flexible multiplexing options
• 8 × general-purpose timers and pulse-width modulation (PWM)
• 3 × universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter (UART)
• 2 × Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
• 2 × inter-integrated circuit (I2C)
• Inter-IC sound (I2S)
• Pulse density modulation (PDM)
• Secure digital and multimedia card (SD/MMC)
• Secure digital input output (SDIO) 2.0
• Controller area network (CAN) 2.0
• 8-channel, 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
System Services
• Direct memory access (DMA)
• One-time-programmable memory (OTP)
• Real-time clock (RTC) and watchdog timer (WDT)
Radio
• Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
◦ 2.4GHz and 5GHz, single-stream 20MHz channels with application throughput up to 20Mbps (UDP)
◦ Compatible with IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ax
▪ Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA)
▪ Target wake time (TWT)
▪ Trigger frames
▪ Basic service set (BSS) color
◦ Integrated PA for a complete WLAN system with up to 18 dBm output power at 1 DSSS
◦ Role support: STA, softAP , Wi-Fi direct, multi-role AP + STA
◦ Support for personal and enterprise Wi-Fi security: WPA and WPA2 PSK, WPA2 Enterprise, WPA3 personal or enterprise
◦ Wi-Fi TX Power:
▪ 18 dBm at 1DSSS
▪ 16 dBm at 54OFDM
◦ Wi-Fi RX Sensitivity:
▪ –97 dBm at 1DSSS
▪ –75dBm at 54OFDM
• Bluetooth® Low Energy
◦ Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4 certified stack
◦ Supports long-range and high-speed PHYs (up to 2Mbps)
Security Features
• ARM TrustZone
• Hardware security module supporting all of the following:
◦ ECC, RSA, AES, SHA2/3, MD5, CRC 16/32, and TRNG
◦ Secure key storage
• Initial secure programming
• Secure boot
• Software IP and cloning protection
• Debug security through JTAG and debug port lock
• OTP with the ability to program root-of-trust public key
• Secure over-the-air (OTA) updates
• Anti-rollback protection
Clock Source
• Fast clock: 52MHz XTAL
• Slow clock: Internal low-frequency oscillator, external 32.768kHz XTAL, or external slow clock source
Power Management
• Support for 3.3V and 1.8V on multiple I/O domains
• Supplies:
◦ VDD_3V3: 3.3V
◦ VDD_1V8: 1.8V
◦ VIO1: 1.8/3.3V
◦ VIO2: 1.8/3.3V
Key Benefits
• Complete software development kit with open-source TCP/IP and TLS stacks
• Operating temperature: –40°C to +85°C
• Support for 3-wire PTA coexistence interface for use with external 2.4GHz radios (for example Thread or Zigbee®)
• Antenna selection capability
Memory
• Up to 32MB XiP flash
• Up to 8MB optional PSRAM
Antenna Options
• U.FL connector
• ANT pin
Package
• LGA-101, 15mm x 23.5mm x 3.3mm, U.FL connector variants
• LGA-101, 15mm x 19mm x 3.3mm, ANT pin variants
Certifications - In-progress
• Bluetooth SIG
• FCC
• IC
• MIC
• CE-RED