ST Developers Conference 2016 - Wi-Fi Connectivity Solutions - Qualcomm

1. IoT Wi-Fi
Connectivity Solutions
Kiran Koshy
Director, Business Development
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

2. Agenda
1 2Linux attach
Wi-Fi products
• QCA9377
3IoT Gateway
Update
• QCA4531
QCA4010, QCA4002, QCA9377, and QCA4531 are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Low Power Wi-Fi
• QCA4002
• QCA4010

3. Applications and ecosystems (e.g., Homekit) running on MCU
• QCA4002+MCU for SB
• QCA4004+MCU for DB
• Targeted at larger MCUs
• Appliances, home automation, lighting, cameras
Application/ecosystems (eg. Homekit) running on Wi-Fi SOC
• Any ST MCU • Up to 800KB
application memory for
ecosystems
• Appliances, home
automation, lighting
Cost efficient solution for IoT Hubs or client solutions with Linux
• Large memory
(64/128MB RAM,
up to 1GB Flash),
650MHz MIPS CPU
• Integrated 2x2 802.11n
2.4GHz with optional
external 15.4, Bluetooth/
Bluetooth Low Energy
solutions attached
• Multi-connectivity
IoT hubs, Linux client
for appliances, home
automation, lighting
Cost efficient IoT client solutions for Linux host
• 11ac + Blutetooth 4.1 (9377)
• 11ac + Bluetooth 4.2 (9379)
• 1x1 (9377)
• 2x2 (9379)
• Embedded
applications
QCA Connectivity SOCs for IoT
Low
Power
Wi-Fi
Linux
Hostless/Hub
Solutions
MCU +
MCU +
MPU +
QCA4002
QCA4004
MCU
Hosted
Single
band
Dual
band
Linux hosted
Solutions
QCA937x
QCA4531
MCU +
+
QCA4010
QCA4012
Single
band
MCUDual
band
Dual SOC

4. Low Power Wi-Fi
(QCA400x)

5. • GT202 Wi-Fi module with Arduino adaptor
• STM32F411RE Nucleo evaluation platform
• Hardware Design Resources
• Documentation and SDK
• System Development Kit (SDK) for
STM32Cube framework with FreeRTOS
• Software Tools - IAR Workbench
• Throughput demo
• Flash Agent
STM32F411 + Low Power Wi-Fi

6. Hosted Architecture
• Offloads TCP/IP from host
• SPI I/F to embedded MCU
QCA4002- 2.4GHz Wi-Fi
QCA4004 - Dual band Wi-Fi
• 2.4/5 GHz switchable
• Tx/Rx antenna diversity
Security
• WPS, WPA,
WPA2, WEP
• SSL
Ecosystem
• AllJoyn
Full Network Stack
• Concurrent Modes
• TCP/IP, HTTP Server/Client
Low power consumption
• <5uA Off power
• Green TxHost interface
• SPI
QCA400x Product Overview – Low Power Wi-Fi MCU

7. Low Power Wi-Fi SDK Features
Low Power Wi-Fi Modes Networking StackWi-Fi
Wi-Fi Standards:
802.11a/11b/11g/11n
Wi-Fi Dual-Band
2.4GHz/ 5GHz
(QCA4004 only)
Wi-Fi Low Power
Battery powered
applications
Wake from GPIO,
Wake from host
(external MCU),
Wake from self
Raw Tx, Green Tx,
Low Power Listen (LPL),
Tx transmit power scaling
Wi-Fi Station
Client to a gateway
Wi-Fi Soft AP
Up to 10 STAs
• Direct connection to a smartphone
without a gateway
• Provisioning
• AP to other IOT Wi-Fi client devices
Concurrent mode
(STA, Soft AP) SCC/MCC
• Client to a gateway (cloud connectivity)
+ AP mode (direct connection to a
smartphone; AP to other IOT devices)
Wi-Fi Direct
2.4GHz/5GHz, GO, GC, Discovery,
Negotiation, Power Save, Invitation, CCK Rates
Networking Services
IPv4 / v6 stack
TCP / UDP
DHCP Server / Client
HTTP Server / client

8. Low Power Wi-Fi SDK Features
FW Upgrade Dev Tools EcosystemWi-Fi Security Cloud
Open, WEP,
WPA/WPA2 PSK,
WPS2.0 with
CCMP(AES)
encryption
SSL – application
level security
OTA firmware
upgrade
Upgrade via
UART and
JTAG
OS
ThreadX RTOS
Tool Chain /
Development
Environment
STM32 Cube
AllJoyn Services
About, Config,
Control Panel,
Notification,
Onboarding
Cloud Partners
Demos /
announcement
with cloud
providers
coming soon!
Module
PCB Module
GT202 module

9. QCA4002 Module – GT202 (Arrow)
• IEEE 1x1 single-band
802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
• Low power module
• 24 x 18 MM “stamp” format
• 4 Mbit SPI on board flash
• On board PCB trace antenna
with external antenna option
• SPI and UART interfaces to
MCU
• Dev kit with Arduino connector
for STM32 dev kits
• FCC/IC/CE certified module
Smoke Detector | HVAC Control | Smart Remote | Fitness | Alarm System | Appliances
GT202 Module

10. Wi-Fi Attach for Linux
Products

11. QCA9377 – Low Power
1x1 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.1
WLAN Technology 1x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac w/ advanced features
Bluetooth Technology Bluetooth 4.1 + HS
Best in Class Co-ex Wi-Fi/BT co-ex engine; LTE-BT Co-ex
Interfaces
(Supporting low power)
9377-3 - WLAN: SDIO3.0 4b SDR 104, BT: UART/PCM
9377-7 - WLAN: USB2.0, BT: USB+LPM/L1
Antenna Configuration Single Wi-Fi/BT antenna
Package Type WLP
Size, PCB Footprint(unshielded) Die-Size 23.25 mm2. PCB <110 mm2
WLAN Channel Bandwidths 20/40/80MHz
WLAN TCIP/IP Throughput
80 MHz 11ac
USB2.0: Up to 260 Mbps
SDIO3.0 4b SDR104: Up to 330 Mbps
WLAN Power Consumption
(at 3.3V, PCIe Interface,)
Rx:
Cont. Rx, MCS7/HT20/1SS @ 2.4GHz: 37mA
Cont. Rx, MCS9/HT20/1SS @ 5GHz: 67mA
Tx:
11b 11Mbps 2.4GHz Up to 358mA @22dBm
11g 54Mbps 2.4GHz Up to 295mA @18.5dBm
11a 54Mbps 5GHz Up to 329mA @15.5dBm
MCS7 HT20 5GHz Up to 326mA @15dBm
MCS8 HT40 5GHz Up to 321mA @14dBm
MCS9 HT80 5GHz Up to 343mA @10.5dBm
WLAN Max Pout
(at the Chip)
Up to +22dBm (11b, 2.4GHz)
Up to +20dBm (OFDM, 2.4GHz)
Up to +17dBm (OFDM, 5GHz)
Up to +10.5dBm (VT80, MCS9 5GHz)
BT RX Sensitivity
TX Output Power
-96dBm GFSK
+11dBm
Power Supply Regulated 3.3v
• 1x1 802.11ac +
Bluetooth Combo
• Single regulated 3.3V
supply operation
• Integrated RF Front End.
Single ended design.
• Offloading for minimal host
utilization at 802.11ac speeds
• LDPC encoding/decoding
• STBC, MU-MIMO,
Transmit Beam-forming
• Qualcomm® WiPower™
Wireless Charging
TENSILICA CPU
1.2MB RAM,
448 KB ROM
SPI (NOR Flash)
SDIO
2x USB2.0 device
UART
JTAG, GPIOs Power Management
1x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
2.4GHz/5GHz
MAC/Baseband &
Radio Integrated
RF Frontend
PCIE--EP
• Up to 1.5K bytes OTP to eliminate
an external flash
• 256-QAM in 2.4GHz
• WBS, PLC, Bluetooth Low Energy,
LLR, 3DG
• Enhanced Coexistence Bluetooth and
LTE; concurrent operation
• PCB friendly-WLP to go on
4-L FR4 non-HDI PCB
• 1,216 KB RAM and 448 KB ROM
for Wi-Fi
• 192 KB RAM and 672 KB ROM for
Bluetooth
FEATURES & PACKAGES
Qualcomm WiPower is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

12. QCA4531 Update

13. IoT Hub/Gateway
• As number of IoT devices in the home proliferate,
a new class of devices (IoT hubs/gateways)
are coming to commercialization
• Client to access points / gateways
• Bridges between multiple protocols
KEY FEATURES
Home Cloud
• Reliable home network
• Whole-home coverage
• Local services
Energy
management
Health
Security Wearable
EoC Smart GW
Home Automation and Infotainment
Public Cloud
Remote services
• Client to access
points / gateways
• Bridges between
multiple protocols
• Cloud Connectivity
• Data Aggregation
• Bridges multiple control
and automation networks:
– Bluetooth, ZigBee, Thread,
etc. are in development
Access Point IoT Hub
Multi-radio
Wi-Fi
devices
BLE
devices
15.4
devices

14. CUS531 Module / Development Board
Module board
• 4-layer PCB Design
• 2x2 802.11n solution
– Single on board antenna with second
off board antenna optional
• Optional HomeKit support
– Pop option for MFI chip on I2C
• External Header for GPIOs, UART
• MDI Port for Ethernet (no Magnetic on board)
• LEDs for boar status (power, system)
Main board
• 12V to 3.3V PS with barrel connector
• Connectors
– 1x Ethernet
– USB
– I2C header
– Header for our UART debug board
– Module connector
• Reset Switch
• Power Measurement Jumpers
35mm X 45mm 80mmX57mm
Target availability TBD

15. IoT Gateway – Wi-Fi/ Bluetooth Smart 4.1 /CSRmesh™
Foxconn ODM wall plug mesh gateway
• Combined with Axalent cloud
Built on Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
reference design
Wi-Fi-to-Bluetooth Smart wall-plug for:
• Standalone Gateway
• Bridge to Main Router
Smartphone
control
Local or
Remote
QCA4531
Cloud Agent
CSRmesh
BlueZ Bluetooth
QSDK-OWRT
SW
stacks
16MB
NOR Flash
64MB
SDRAM
2.4G/b/g/n
26MHz
XTAL
ZigBee
Dongle
Occupancy
Sensor
ANT
CSR8811
Bluetooth /
Bluetooth Smart
CSRmesh
25MHz
XTAL
LEDs
120-220V
AC input
RJ45
X-FRMR
WAN port DC/
DC
AC/
DC
USB
UART
I2C
SPI SPI
Optional
ANT2
ANT1
802.11 n
WLAN
External
Cloud
Target availability TBD
CSRMesh is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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