WIB250A5 Series PC/ b/g/a/h WLAN Modules

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WIB250A5 Series PC/104+ 802.11b/g/a/h WLAN Modules

Datasheet March 2008 File Number WIB250A5-DS04 Product Overview

WIB250A5 series are full-featured wireless devices that use the PC/104 Plus form factor. WIB250A5 works with

PC/104 Plus and PCI-104 CPU modules and upgrades

your embedded system into a wireless network. WIB250A5 provides connectivity to a WLAN network and eliminates the need for Ethernet wiring. The WIB250A5 modules function at 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz, with a band-width of up to 108 Mbps. WIB250A5 is supported by a complete set of drivers and networking tools to support operating systems including Windows ME, 98SE, NT, 2000, XP, Vista and Linux. Software AP (Access Point) is available with MadWifi Linux driver.

WIB250A5 series use Atheros 6th generation AR5006XS chipset and replace the WIB250A1 series products. Now both 5V and 3.3V operation!

Ordering Information Type Connectors Description P I ST NST ST

WIB250EA5z X X Evaluation Kit

WIB250ProA5z X O X

WIB252ProA5z X O X Dual Antenna

WIB250LCA5z X O

WIB252LCA5z X O Dual Antenna

The basic versions have one or two antennas connected to both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands requiring either dual-band antennas or 2.4/5 GHz antenna splitters.

Main Features and Benefits

♦ WIB250A5 has up to +19 dBm Tx power

♦ Auto fallback for eXtended Range (XR)

♦ IEEE 802.11a/h and 802.11b/g standards

♦ 5 GHz/108 Mbps and 2.4 GHz/11 Mbps and

108 Mbps bandwidths

♦ Dual antenna diversity

♦ Shock resistant

♦ Easy installation

♦ Evaluation kit for easy start-up

♦ Operate in high altitudes

♦ Flexible PC/104 and PC/104+ connector

op-tions (e.g. for below CPU board installation)

♦ All signal connections are through PC/104+

bus only.

♦ Up to 152-bit WEP data encryption with

TKIP Powerful data security. WPA, WPA2

♦ Access Point Mode with Linux driver

♦ Weight 90g – 130g depending on version

Main Specifications

PC/104Plus V2.0 form factor

♦ Dimensions 90,2 mm * 95,9 mm (3.55” * 3.78”) ♦ RoHS compliant

♦ PCB version 4.0 includes from August 2006 onwards also 3.3V jumper-selectable operat-ing voltage

A5 = Chipset version code

z = Antenna connector and orientation.E.g. Empty = SMA, R = Reverse Polarity SMA, B = SMB Pro = Includes both PC/104+ and PC/104 Stackthrough

connectors LC = No PC/104 connector P = PC/104Plus Connector I = PC/104 Connector ST = StackThrough NST = Non-StackThrough X = Standard O = Optional

E = Evaluation Kit. 250EA5 includes one antenna cable (1 m) ,one dual-band antenna and two an-tenna connectors.

Notes: 1 PC/104 Connector is only to pass signal through. 2 Optional Non-StackThrough (NST) connectors

can be either on top or bottom of the module de-pending on e.g. direction of the stack (above or below the CPU board). Custom versions only. 3 Use T1 suffix for extended temperature range -20

°C - +70 °C and T2 suffix for industrial tempera-ture range -40 °C - +85 °C. E.g. WIB250ProA5T1

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WIB250A5 Series PC/104+ 802.11b/g/a/h WLAN Modules

Datasheet March 2008 File Number WIB250A5-DS04

Antenna connectors

♦ SMA standard connectors. Alternative orientation upwards or sideways.

♦ Optional connectors include SMB and RSMA for FCC certification (Reverse Polarity SMA).

Operating Conditions

Other operating temperature range specifications are possible depending on chipsets, chipset versions and applied moulding and testing methods.

Power Consumption and Voltage:

♦ Voltage: +5V or 3.3V – jumper-selectable or fixed

♦ Average power consumption depends on used band, data rate, distance, OS and driver ♦ Power consumption (typical):

MadWifi Linux driver’s key features:

♦ Operation modes:

• sta -- Station, a.k.a. infrastructure or managed. This device acting as typical WLAN client stati-on. This is the default mode if not otherwise specified.

• ap -- Access Point, a.k.a. master. This device acting as the Access Point for other WLAN client stations.

• adhoc -- Ad-hoc. a.k.a. IBSS mode. This device is in a peer-to-peer(s) WLAN, without the need for an Access Point.

• ahdemo -- Ad-hoc Demo. This is an older, non-802.11 compliant, proprietary ad-hoc mode. • monitor -- Monitor. This device can be used to "sniff" raw 802.11 frames.

• wds -- Wireless Distribution System. This device can be used to create large wireless net-works by linking several Access Points together.

♦ WDS support for transparent bridging over WLAN links. ♦ Supports Wireless Extensions API.

♦ One driver for miniPCI and cardbus devices. USB devices are not yet supported. ♦ Most of the current Atheros WLAN chipsets are supported.

♦ Supports WEP and WPA/802.11i.

♦ Support for 802.1x authentication in AP mode.

The most interesting new feature is probably the introduction of Virtual AP (VAP) mode, which allows the operation of multiple concurrent (virtual) access points, and concurrent running in both AP and station mode. VAPs sit on top of a base device (usually called wifi0). This base device will be the first device you see when the drivers load, and is not linked to the wireless extensions.

Read more at http://madwifi.org/wiki/ngFeatures

Standard Operating Temp. Range -10 °C - +70 °C +14 °F - +158 °F

T1 Operating Temp. Range -20 °C - +70 °C -4 °F - +158 °F

T2 Operating Temp. Range -40 °C - +85 °C -40 °F - +185 °F

Storage Temp. range -40 °C - +85 °C -40 °F - +185 °F

Relative Humidity 95% maximum

(noncondensing) +203 °F 802.11b: Continuous Tx: 380 mA Continuous Rx: 220 mA 802.11g: Continuous Tx: 400 mA Continuous Rx: 280 mA 802.11a/h: Continuous Tx: 510 mA Continuous Rx: 250 mA

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WIB250A5 Series PC/104+ 802.11b/g/a/h WLAN Modules

Physical Dimensions and Jumper Summary

The following tables list the appropriate jumper settings used for each module in the stack.

Initialization Device Select is used as a chip-select during configuration.

Request indicates to the arbitrator that this device desires use of the bus.

Jumper Function

(IDSEL) J1 (IDSEL0) To select slot 1

J2 (IDSEL1) To select slot 2

Jumper Function

(REQ#) J5 (REQ0#) To select slot 1

J6 (REQ1#) To select slot 2

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Grant indicates to the requesting device that access has been granted.

Clock provides timing for all transactions on the PC/104-Plus bus.

Interrupt is used to request interrupts

Operating voltage selection

Jumper Function (GNT#) J8 (GNT0#) To select slot 1 J9 (GNT1#) To select slot 2 J10 (GNT2#) To select slot 3 or 4 Jumper Function (CLK) J11 (CLK0) To select slot 1 J12 (CLK1) To select slot 2 J13 (CLK2) To select slot 3 J14 (CLK3) To select slot 4 Jumper Function

(INT#) J15 (INTA#) To select slot 1

J16 (INTB#) To select slot 2

J17 (INTC#) To select slot 3

J18 (INTD#) To select slot 4

5V supply 3,3V supply

V1-V3 V1 to V2 (Default setting) V2 to V3

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WIB250A5 Series PC/104+ 802.11b/g/a/h WLAN Modules

Datasheet March 2008 File Number WIB250A5-DS04 A5 Chipset RF Specifications Frequency Bands 802.11b/g 2.412 - 2.484 GHz (Japan) 2.412 - 2.472 GHz (Europe ETSI) 2.412 - 2.462 GHz (North America) 2.457 - 2.472 GHz (France) 2.457 - 2.462 GHz (Spain) 802.11a/h: 5.150 - 5.250 GHz, 5.250 - 5.350 GHz, 5.725 - 5.825 GHz (USA, Canada) 5.150 - 5.250 GHz, 5.250 - 5.350, 5.470 - 5.725, 5.725 - 5.825 GHz (Europe ETSI) 5.150 - 5.250 GHz Japan 5.725 – 5.850 GHz China Channels 802.11b/g:

CH1 - CH13 (13) for Europe (ETSI), CH1-CH11 (11) for North America, CH1- CH14 (14) 802.11b and CH11-CH13 (13) 802.11g for Japan, CH10-CH11 (2) for Spain, CH10 – CH13 (4) for France 4

802.11a/h:

FCC: 12 non-overlapping channels, CE (ETSI): 19 non-overlapping channels, TELEC: 4 non-overlapping channels, Japan: 4 non-overlapping channels, China:

5 non-overlapping channels

Modulation technology 802.11b:

DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (CCK @ 11 and 5.5 Mbps, DQPSK @ 2

Mbps, DBPSK @ 1 Mbps)

802.11g:

OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (64QAM @ 48 and 54 Mbps, 16QAM @ 24 and 36 Mbps, QPSK @12 and 18 Mbps, BPSK @ 6 and 9 Mbps) 802.11a/h:

OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (64QAM @ 48 and 54 Mbps, 16QAM @ 24 and 36 Mbps, QPSK @12 and 18 Mbps, BPSK @ 6 and 9 Mbps) Typical Receive

Sensitiv-ity @PER< 8% 802.11b: -93dBm @ 1 Mbps, -92 dBm @ 2 Mbps, -91 dBm @ 5.5 Mbps, -88 dBm @ 11 Mbps 802.11g: -90 dBm @ 6 Mbps, -89 dBm @ 9 Mbps, -88 dBm @ 12 Mbps, -86 dBm @ 18 Mbps, -82 dBm @ 24 Mbps, -78 dBm @ 36 Mbps, -72 dBm @ 48 Mbps, -68 dBm @ 54 Mbps 802.11a/h: -90 dBm @ 6 Mbps, -89 dBm @ 9 Mbps, -88 dBm @ 12 Mbps, -86 dBm @ 18 Mbps, -82 dBm @ 24 Mbps, -78 dBm @ 36 Mbps, -72 dBm @ 48 Mbps, -68 dBm @ 54 Mbps

Typical Transmit Power – Tolerance ±1.5 dBm

Output power (dBm), base mode for FCC 802.11a band:

CH 5180 MHz 5200 MHz 5220 MHz 5240 MHz 5260 MHz 5280 MHz 5300 MHz 5320 MHz 5745 MHz 5765 MHz 5785 MHz 5805 MHz 6~24 Mbps 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 36 Mbps 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 48 Mbps 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 54 Mbps 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

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Datasheet March 2008 File Number WIB250A5-DS04 Output power [dBm], turbo mode for FCC 802.11a

Output power table [dBm],base mode for ETSI 802.11h

Output power [dBm] in 802.11g, FCC

Output power [dBm] in 802.11g, ETSI

Output power [dBm] in 802.11b,FCC

Output power [dBm] in 802.11b,ETSI

CH 5180 MHz 5200 MHz 5220 MHz 5240 MHz 5260 MHz 5280 MHz 5300 MHz 5320 MHz 5500 MHz 5600 MHz 5700 MHz 6~24 Mbps 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 36 Mbps 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 48 Mbps 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 54 Mbps 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 CH 5210 MHz 5250MHz 5290 MHz 5760 MHz 12~48 Mbps 15 15 17 17 72 Mbps 15 15 15 15 96 Mbps 14 14 14 14 108Mbps 13 13 13 13 CH 2412 MHz 2447MHz 2472 MHz 6~24 Mbps 16.5 18 16.5 36 Mbps 16.5 17 16.5 48 Mbps 16 16 16 54Mbps 15 15 15 CH 2412 MHz 2447MHz 2472 MHz 6~24 Mbps 14.5 14.5 14.5 36 Mbps 14.5 14.5 14.5 48 Mbps 14.5 14.5 14.5 54Mbps 14.5 14.5 14.5 CH 2412 MHz 2447MHz 2472 MHz 1 Mbps 18 19 18 2Mbps 18 19 18 5.5Mbps 18 19 18 11Mbps 18 19 18 CH 2412 MHz 2447MHz 2472 MHz 1 Mbps 16 16 16 2Mbps 16 16 16 5.5Mbps 16 16 16 11Mbps 16 16 16

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WIB250A5 Series PC/104+ 802.11b/g/a/h WLAN Modules

Evaluation Kit WIB250EA5

The evaluation kit consists of

• WIB250Pro WLAN Module

• 1 meter antenna cable with universal SMA-SMA

connectors

• Rubber Duck Antenna (dual-band) The flat receiver antenna in the picture is not part of the evaluation kit.

Examples of a custom version with UP antenna orientation, fixed jumpers, NST (Non-StackThrough) PC/104+ connector and no PC/104 connector: