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2 ReferenceDocuments
ThedocumentslistedbelowshouldbereferencedformoreinformationontheFreescaleTower
systemandtheTWR‐WIFI‐RS2101.Refertohttp://www.freesale.com/towerforthelatestrevisionof
allTowerdocumentation.
• TWR‐WIFI‐RS2101UserManual
• TWR‐WIFI‐RS2101QuickStartGuide
• TWR‐WIFI‐RS2101LabTutorial
• RS9110‐N‐11‐21ProductBrief
• RS9110‐N‐11‐21Wi‐FiModuleAbridgedDatasheet
3 HardwareFeatures
ThissectionprovidesmoredetailsaboutthefeaturesandfunctionalityoftheTWR‐WIFI‐RS2101.
3.1 RS9110N1121Module
TheRS9110‐N‐11‐21modulefromRedpine'sConnect‐io‐n™familyofproductsisacompleteIEEE
802.11bgnWi‐FiclientdevicewithastandardserialorSPIinterfacetoahostprocessorordatasource.
ItintegratesaMAC,Basebandprocessor,RFtransceiverwithpoweramplifier,afrequencyreference,
anantenna,andallWLANprotocolandconfigurationfunctionalityinembeddedfirmwaretoprovidea
self‐contained802.11nWLANsolutionforavarietyofapplications.NoWLANdriverfunctionalityis
requiredonthehostprocessor.BasedontheRedpineSignalsRS9110SoCwhichincludesanembedded
processor,itisdesignedtoprovidestandardscompliantwirelessconnectivitytodevicesandsystems
thathaveaserialportandimplementaTCP/IPstack.Asawirelessserialmodem,theRS9110‐N‐11‐21
handlesSLIPpacketsandacceptsATcommandsforconfiguration, enablingavarietyofM2M
applicationsatlowcostandsmallfootprint.Ituniquelyprovidesconnectivityinthesinglestream
802.11nmode,preservingoverallnetworkthroughputintheemergingenterpriseenvironments.
FortheTWR‐WIFI‐RS2101TowerPeripheralModule,theRS9110‐N‐11‐21modulecommunicateswith
theMCUthroughanSPI.
Figure2showsafunctionalblockdiagramoftheRS9110‐
N‐11‐21module.RefertotheRS9110‐N‐11‐
21Wi‐FiModuleAbridgedDatasheetformoreinformation.