Documentation Reference Designs
The WiLink
8 Wi-Fi
, Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Pmod Adaptor is a small adaptor card that enables the connection of the Texas Instrument WL1835MODCOM8 (2.4 GHz) and WL1837MODCOM8I (5.0 GHz) wireless evaluation boards to several of Avnet’s “Zed-series” development boards. When combined with one of the Texas Instruments WiLink 8 eval boards (not included), the adaptor adds wireless connectivity to the Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC solutions. The WiLink 8 adaptor uses two Digilent compatible Pmod connectors to facilitate the connection of the WiLink 8 board to either ZedBoard, MicroZed, PicoZed, or the Mini Module Plus. Sustained high throughput WLAN connectivity is ensured by implementing the host interface between the Zynq processor and the wireless module with a 4-bit wide SDIO interface clocked at 50MHz. A UART-based Bluetooth/BLE interface is supported via a separate Pmod-compatible connector.
The included documentation and example designs demonstrate the software build process using Yocto and Xilinx’s Open Source Linux Distribution. Details on how to add Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and BLE are covered in detail, helping developers quickly add wireless capabilities for Internet of Things, multimedia, industrial and home automation, security, and M@M industrial applications.
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Getting Started Guide
WILINK8 Getting Started Guide-v1_6.pdf
Quick Start Card Wilink8-G-V1e-web.pdf
Hardware User Guide
WILINK8 Hardware User Guide 1.0.pdf
Software: MicroZed Master Script for Linux Build Using ArchiTech Yocto SDK
Programmable Logic User Constraints
Open Source Linux Wilink-8 Wi-Fi and BT/BLE Ref Design (MicroZed 7010)
Architech Yocto SDK based linux-xlnx build for WiLink 8 WLAN and Bluetooth/BLE, targeting MicroZed 7010.
Hardware
- Avnet Wilink-8 Wi-Fi and BT/BLE Pmod Adaptor board
Software
- Downloadable Wi-Fi Webserver Reference Design for MicroZed
