SPRUJ64 September 2022
The SKEVM board has WiLink Module (WL1837MODGIMOCT) from TI connected to the MMC0 port of the AM64x SoC. The WL1837MOD is a Wi-Fi, dual-band, 2.4- and 5-GHz module solution with two antennas supporting Industrial temperature grade. The Module is connected to 4-bit IO of the MMC0 interface supporting IEEE standard 802.11a/b/g/n data rates with 20 or 40-MHz SISO or 20-MHz MIMO. The Module offers high throughput and extended range along with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth coexistence in a power-optimized design.
The device supports the following Bluetooth features:
SKEVM does not support A2DP BT Audio profile or HF profile.
The Module requires two power supplies, 3.3 V for VBAT_IN and 1.8 V for VIO_IN. The MMC0 interface of SOC is powered by VDDSHV_MMC0 power supply, which is connected to 1.8-V IO supply. Bluetooth UART signals, enable of BT and WLAN and WLAN_IRQ signals are connected to GPIO’s of AM64x using level translator (SN74AVC4T245RSVR). Input clock is provided by using 32.768 KHz oscillator (ASDK2-32.768KHZ-LRT).
Test points are provided on MMC0_DAT [4:7] pins of SOC and WL_GPIO, BT_UART_DEBUG, WL_UART_DEBUG pins on WL1837 Module.
A 14-pin Wilink connector is also provided. An external Wi-Fi module (Bluetooth module is not supported) can be communicated with SoC through the 14-pin WiLink connector. By default, the 14-pin Wilink connector and 0E resistors are not populated on the signals which are connected to the 14-pin Wilink connector.