Silex Technology SX-SDMAH Evaluation Board & Kit

Silex Technology SX-SDMAH Evaluation Board and Kit enable the evaluation of the SX-SDMAH 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow™ SDIO/SPI Module. The SX-SDMAH is a HAT module for Raspberry Pi single-board computers and features a host SDIO or SPI interface with support for up to 8MHz channel bandwidth. A small footprint design with an integrated antenna connector saves PCB space and allows a flexible embedded system design. SX-SDMAH also features high transmission power to gain more distance and coverage. The SX-SDMAH evaluation board is a Raspberry Pi HAT board. The kit is provided with an 8GByte SD card with Kernel version 5.15.84 and contains a prebuilt driver, configuration utility, driver load script, and sample configuration files for Station mode (wpa_supplicant_s1g) and AP mode (hostapd_s1g).

Features

  • SX-SDMAH-EVK(US) Linux driver evaluation image
  • Linux kernel version 5.10
  • hostapd/wpa_supplicant version 2.10
  • Configurable to an access point or a station
  • SX-SDMAH(US) command line tool
  • Network test commands: ping, iperf, iw, etc.

Applications

  • Wi-Fi HaLow access points
  • Gateways
  • Ethernet wireless bridges
  • Wi-Fi extenders
  • IP cameras and thermography cameras
  • 3D scanners
  • GNSS receivers
  • Vehicle telemetry devices
  • High-end sensors (e.g. vibration sensors)
  • Access control systems

Required Equipment

  • Micro SD card media, capacity 8GByte or more
  • SX-SDMAH EVK board
  • Raspberry Pi4
  • USB Type-C™ power supply
  • 100BASE-T Ethernet cable and client PC (Windows or Linux) or Micro HDMI connector and monitor
  • USB keyboard and USB mouse

Silex Technology SX-SDMAH Evaluation Board & Kit