The NRC7394 from Newracom is a Wi-Fi HaLow SoC (System on Chip) that operates from 750 to 950 MHz. It delivers a data rate of up to 15 Mbps and is compliant with the IEEE 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow specification. This SoC has an ARM Cortex-M3 CPU for Wi-Fi and customer applications with a 32 KB boot ROM, 1088 KB system SRAM, 16 KB XIP with cache and a retention memory of 48 KB. It has a fully integrated on-chip 11ah modem, RF transceiver, single Cortex processor and memory. This SoC supports Hosted, Hostless and Standalone operation and has a bandwidth of 1/2/4 MHz. It can connect with up to 8K devices within a single network, making it ideal for environments with dense deployments of IoT devices.
The NRC7394 has integrated power amplifiers and delivers a Tx output power of 17 dBm with a Tx gain range of 30 dB and has an Rx sensitivity of -109 dBm. It supports Legacy, WMM-PS, and TWT low power modes and is compatible with various commercial external FEM devices to enable further flexibility and achieve even higher output power levels. This SoC is available in a 48-QFN package that measures 6 x 6 mm and can be controlled via GPIO, SPI, UART and I2C interfaces. It is ideal for agriculture, building automation, industrial automation, drones, robotics, smart cities, smart home, smart grids, security and access control, healthcare, and wearable applications.
