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SmartConnect WINC1500

Microchip's SmartConnect WINC1500 IEEE802.11 b/g/n IoT network controller SoC

Image of Atmel SmartConnect WINC1500Microchip's SmartConnect WINC1500 is an IEEE 802.11 b/g/n IoT network controller SoC. It offers the ideal add-on to existing MCU solutions, making it easy to bring Wi-Fi and Network capabilities through UART or SPI-to-Wi-Fi interfaces into your designs. The WINC1500 connects to any Microchip AVR® or Atmel | SMART MCU, and has minimal resource requirements.

Features
  • IEEE 802.11 b/g/n (1 x 1) for up to 72 Mbps
  • Integrated PA and T/R switch
  • Wi-Fi Direct, station mode and Soft-AP support
  • Superior sensitivity and range via advanced PHY signal processing
  • WSC (wireless simple configuration WPS)
  • Supports IEEE 802.11 WEP, WPA
  • On-chip memory management engine to reduce host load
  • 4 Mbit internal Flash memory with OTA firmware upgrade
  • SPI, UART, and I2C as host interfaces
  • TCP/IP protocol stack (client/server) sockets applications
  • Network protocols (DHCP/DNS), including secure TLS stack
Published: 2015-02-27

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