Table Of Contents - Waveshare WIFI232 User Manual

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1 Quick Start ................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 Hardware connect ........................................................................................................ 6
1.2 Network connection ...................................................................................................... 7
1.3 communication test ...................................................................................................... 8
2 Product Overview ........................................................................................................................ 9
2.1 General Description...................................................................................................... 9
2.2 Device Features ........................................................................................................... 9
2.3 Device Paremeters ..................................................................................................... 10
2.4 Key Application ........................................................................................................... 11
2.5 Package Information .................................................................................................. 11
2.5.1 Recommended Reflow Profile ............................................................................ 11
2.5.2 Device Handling Instruction (Module IC SMT Preparation) ............................... 11
2.5.3 Shipping Information ........................................................................................... 12
3 Hardware Introduction ............................................................................................................... 12
3.1 Pins Definition ............................................................................................................. 13
3.1.1 WIFI232 Pins Definition ...................................................................................... 13
3.2 Mechanical Size ......................................................................................................... 14
3.2.1 WIFI232 ............................................................................................................... 14
3.3 Antenna....................................................................................................................... 15
3.3.1 On-board Chip Antenna ...................................................................................... 15
3.3.2 External Antenna ................................................................................................. 16
3.4 Evaluation Kit .............................................................................................................. 16
3.5 Hardware Reference Design...................................................................................... 18
3.5.1 Hardware Typical Application ............................................................................. 18
3.5.2 10/100M Ethernet Interface ................................................................................ 19
3.5.2.1
3.5.2.2
3.5.3 UART Interface.................................................................................................... 20
3.5.4 Power Interface ................................................................................................... 21
4 Modules Function Description .................................................................................................. 21
4.1 User configuration process ........................................................................................ 21
4.2 Working mode............................................................................................................. 22
4.2.1 Transparent Mode ............................................................................................... 22
4.2.2 Serial command mode ........................................................................................ 23
4.2.3 GPIO mode ......................................................................................................... 24
4.2.4 HTTPD Client mode ............................................................................................ 24
4.3 Wireless Networking................................................................................................... 25
4.3.1 STA ...................................................................................................................... 25
4.3.2 AP ........................................................................................................................ 26
4.3.3 AP+STA ............................................................................................................... 27
4.4 Ethernet Interface Communication ............................................................................ 28
4.4.1 WIFI232 Ethernet Interface Networking (As AP) .............................................. 28
4.4.2 WIFI232 Ethernet Interface Networking (As STA, N-Ver) .................................. 28

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Ethernet Connection with Transformer ................................................ 19
Ethernet Connection without Transformer ........................................... 19
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