Title: PCI Express Half mini card WLAN module SX-PCEAC-DB Drawing Type : User’s manual Date : March 18, 2016 © silex technology, Inc.
Revision History Rev. 1 Description The first edition. © silex technology, Inc. Date Prepared Checked Approved Mar.18,16 K.Yoshikawa Y.Shibuya T.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................. 4 2. Overview ................................................................................. 4 3. Hardware system block diagram ............................................................ 5 4. Board specifications ..................................................................... 6 4.1. General specifications ......................................................... 6 4.2.
1. Introduction This document describes about hardware specifications of “SX-PCEAC-DB”. 2. Overview SX-PCEAC-DB is the radio module which supports Dual Band IEEE802.11ac/a/b/g/n and PCI express 1.1. This module complies with EU RoHS Directive 2011/65/EC(Lead Free). This module is made up of an Chipset QCA9880-BR4A (Qualcomm Atheros) which contains a MAC/BBP, 2.4GHz RF front end circuits and a 5GHz RF front end module AWL9581(Anadigics). Also this module supports high speed 3x3 SU-MIMO and 80MHz bandwidth.
3. Hardware system block diagram ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ QCA9880 Low pass filter Band pass filter Single pole double throw switch Fron end module ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ Single pole double throw switch Co-axial connector NOTE1 Crystal driver Voltage stabilizer NOTE2 Switching regulator NOTE2 Wireless Lan base band IC. Generates base band signal. Cuts off signal above 2.5GHz. Cuts off signal under 5GHz and above 6GHz. Switches Tx and Rx of 2.4GHz. Integrates a 5GHz power amplifier, a 5GHz low noise and Tx/Rx select swtich.
4. Board specifications 4.1. General specifications Items Specifications Units Connector Type PCI express mini card edge － Antenna connectors MHF4 Alternative connector x 3 pcs Device Interfaces PCI Express Mini Card v1.2 － RF Interface IEEE802.11ac/a/b/g/n - MTBF 90,000 h Remarks Signal definitions : PCI Express v1.1 Min. 4.2. Environmental specifications Items Specifications Units Remarks Min. Typ. Max.
4.3. Electrical specifications Absolute Maximum Ratings (Ta=+25℃) Specifications Items Main Power supply voltage (VDD) Min. Typ. Max. -0.3 － +3.6 Units Remarks V Recommended Operating Conditions (Ta=+25℃) Specifications Items Main Power supply voltage (VDD) Units Min. Typ. Max. +3.135 +3.3 +3.465 Remarks V Digital logic signal level (Ta=+25℃) Items Parameters Specifications Sink current Min. Typ. Max. Units VIH Input High Voltage 0.
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Usable channel list 11b Ch.1, Ch.2, Ch.3, Ch.4, Ch.5, Ch.6, Ch.7, Ch.8, Ch.9, Ch.10, Ch.11 11g Ch.1, Ch.2, Ch.3, Ch.4, Ch.5, Ch.6, Ch.7, Ch.8, Ch.9, Ch.10, Ch.11 11ng HT20 Ch.1, Ch.2, Ch.3, Ch.4, Ch.5, Ch.6, Ch.7, Ch.8, Ch.9, Ch.10, Ch.11 11ng HT40 Ch.3, Ch.4, Ch.5, Ch.6, Ch.7, Ch.8, Ch.9 11a Ch.36, Ch.40, Ch.44, Ch.48, Ch.52, Ch.56, Ch.60, Ch.64 Ch.100, Ch.104, Ch.108, Ch.112, Ch.116, Ch.120, Ch.124, Ch.128, Ch.132, Ch.136, Ch140 Ch.145, Ch.149, Ch.153, Ch.157, Ch.161, Ch.165 11n HT20 Ch.36, Ch.40, Ch.
5. Connector interface specifications 5.1. PCI Express Mini Card edge pin assignments Pin Numbers Pin Names Types 1 RESERVED OD 2 +3.3Vaux PWR 3 RESERVED IO 4 GND GND 5 RESERVED IO 6 RESERVED NC 7 RESERVED OD 8 RESERVED NC 9 GND GND 10 RESERVED NC 11 REFCLK- IA 12 RESERVED NC 13 REFCLK+ IA 14 RESERVED NC 15 GND GND 16 RESERVED NC Descriptions WAKE_L Connected to GPIO. Connected to GPIO.
NC IO IA OA OD IL PWR GND Pin Numbers Pin Names Types 26 GND GND 27 GND GND 28 RESERVED NC 29 GND GND 30 RESERVED NC 31 PETn0 IA 32 RESERVED NC 33 PETp0 IA 34 GND GND 35 GND GND 36 RESERVED NC 37 RESERVED NC 38 RESERVED NC 39 RESERVED NC 40 GND GND 41 RESERVED NC 42 RESERVED NC 43 RESERVED GND Connected to GND 44 RESERVED IO Connected to GPIO.
6. Mechanical Specifications 4.00 2.10 1.00 TOP View SIDE View BOTTOM View *Solder thickness=0.1mm +/-0.15mm 0.15mm Thickness +/-0.25mm +/ 0.25mm +/ 0.15 mm, unless otherwise specified. All dimension tolerances are +/-0.15 © silex technology, Inc.
7. System requirements and quick start guide 1) System requirements Prepare the host CPU board whose spec requirements are shown below. System pecifications Items Descriptions MCU (CPU) ARM based 1.0GHz or greater SoC from any companies. Eg. Freescale i.MX6SX – 1200MHz Memory size ROM : 512MB, RAM : 1GB or greater OS Linux any kernel distribution Host interface PCI Express 1.1 2) Install the driver which is provided by Silex to the CPU board.
System block diagram 4) Antenna location Attach the antenas to the co-axial connectors on the SX-PCEAC-DB board. This product doesn’ t include the CPU board and the plastic case. The figure below is an assumed example of embedded system. Both the baseboard and the case does not affect to RF performance including Antenna performance as long as distance between each antenna is farther than 30mm. Installater must keep this distance when installing this module. © silex technology, Inc.
8. Notifications FCCID ：N6C-SXPCEACDB IC ：4908A-SXPCEACDB Regulatory notice Channel Selection For product available in the USA/Canada market, only channel 1~11 can be operated. Selection of other channels is not possible. Fcc Rules Part 15 FCC CAUTION Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. FCC Rules, Part 15 §15.19(a)(3) / IC RSS Gen §8.
FCC Rules Part 15 Subpart E §15.407(c) Compliance with FCC requirement 15.407(c) Data transmission is always initiated by software, which is the passed down through the MAC, through the digital and analog baseband, and finally to the RF chip. Several special packets are initiated by the MAC. These are the only ways the digital baseband portion will turn on the RF transmitter, which it then turns off at the end of the packet.
RSS-247 Issue 1 May 2015 Radio Standards Specification RSS-247, Issue 1, Digital Transmission Systems (DTSs), Frequency Hopping Systems (FHSs) and Licence-Exempt Local Area Network (LE-LAN) Devices, is a new standard to replace annexes 8 and 9 of RSS-210, Issue 8, Licence-exempt Radio Apparatus (All Frequency Bands): Category I Equipment. At the date of publication of this standard, devices covered under the scope of this document will no longer be certified under RSS-210, Issue 8.
WARNING： The FCC / The Industry Canadaregulations provide that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’sauthority to operate the equipment. Manual and Product Labeling information To The End User The end user manual shall include all required regulatory information/warning as show in this manual.
