Microchip Embedded Wi-Fi®

Microcip Embedded Wi-Fi® is a family of self-contained, low power and certified modules bringing wireless internet connectivity.

ATWILC1000 is IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ IOT link controller utilizing highly optimized 802.11 and provides mulitple peripheral interfaces like SPI, and SDIO.

ATWILC3000 is IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/BT4.0 IOT link controller utilizing highly optimized 802.11-Bluetooth coexistence protocol and provides mulitple peripheral interfaces like UART, SPI, and SDIO.

This is the unified driver source for wilc1000 & wilc3000 chipsets.

Refer to the Wi-Fi Link Controller Linux User Guide for information on how to use the wireless devices on linux and the Wi-Fi Link Controller Linux Release Notes for the latest release notes and revision history.

For more information on Microchip Embedded Wi-Fi®, visit Microchip Embedded Wi-Fi®.

ATWILC Features

The ATWILC module supports the following features.

1. Wi-Fi Station (STA)
   • IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
   • Open, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)/WPA2 personal and WPA/WPA2 enterprise security
2. Wi-Fi Access Point (AP)
   • IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
   • Open, WEP, WPA/WPA2 personal and WPA/WPA2 enterprise security
   • Supports eight stations
3. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
   • PBC
   • PIN code
4. Wi-Fi direct
   • P2P Client
   • P2P GO
5. Concurrent modes
   • STA-STA
   • STA-AP
   • STA-P2 Client
   • STA-P2P GO
   • AP-P2P Client
6. Antenna diversity control for Wi-Fi
7. Bluetooth (ATWILC3000 only)
   • Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 4.0 support
   • Modes of operation: Central and peripheral support
   • Number of Connections: Supports seven clients
   • Adaptive frequency hopping
   • Coexistence with Wi-Fi
8. Power save
   • Beacon monitoring mode
   • Low-power mode when disconnected
   • Host suspend support
   • Wake-up host on wireless LAN events
9. RF version number 01.1
Note: RF version number format is xx.y, where xx: "Major" and y: "Minor". Changes in Major number requires re-tests and possibly re-certification.