Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Murata) has started mass-producing a new low-power compact wireless module - Type 2GF with a built-in Infineon Technologies CYW43022 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Bluetooth Low Energy combo chip. The Type 2GF is a small, high-performance module that supports Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac + Bluetooth 5.4 BR/EDR/LE up to 78 Mbps PHY data rate on Wi-Fi and 3 Mbps PHY data rate on Bluetooth. 2 Mbps LE PHY is also supported. The WLAN section supports an SDIO v2.0 SDR25 interface and the Bluetooth section supports a high-speed 4-wire UART interface and PCM for audio data.
With the expansion of applications in the IoT market in recent years, there has been a rise in IoT equipment with wireless communication functions. There has been a diversification in the different specifications wireless communication functions need to have depending on the application. For battery-powered devices, wireless communication functions are also required to have lower power consumption.
In response to this demand, Murata has applied proprietary wireless design technology and product processing technology to develop this product with CYW43022 built-in to have low power consumption capabilities. Because CYW43022 can maintain connectivity even when a host processor is in sleep mode due to its connectivity processing capability with the chip’s Bluetooth stack and Wi-Fi network offloading, the chip helps this product consume less power at the system level. Space was also saved on the module by using often space-occupying noise shields in a smaller size, which allowed us to make this product more compact.
The CYW43022 implements highly sophisticated enhanced collaborative coexistence hardware mechanisms and algorithms, which ensure that WLAN and Bluetooth collaboration is optimized for maximum performance.
Type 2GF module is packaged in an impressively small shielded form factor that facilitates integration into size- and power-sensitive applications such as IoT applications, handheld wireless systems, gateway, and more.
Features of Type 2GF:
- 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Module
- Chipset: Infineon CYW43022
- Processor: No
- FCC/IC "Reference" Certified
Applications:
- For Industrial IoT, Smart Home, Audio/Video/Voice, Smart TV, Gateway
- 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (Only VHT20)
- NXP i.MX Linux, Android, STM32 MCUs, PSoC 6MCUs within ModusToolbox/FreeRTOS
Click here to learn more about Type 2GF from Murata.
