Telit Wi-Fi Portfolio Roadshow...Host-less (Standalone): UART/SPI/SDIO • Comprehensive AT command support for Wi-Fi & BLE • Support Legacy GainSpan AT commands as well for enabling

Technical WorkshopOCTOBER 29-31, 2019 | TELIT HQ – TRIESTE, ITALY

Telit Wi-Fi Portfolio

Prashanth Reddy

AE Manager SRD

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Telit Technical Workshop 2019

2018 2019

GS2101MIP/MIEGS2200MIZ/MIE

Hosted & Host-lessLine Powered

Hosted & Host-lessLow Power (battery operated)

WL865E4-P

Dual band Combo Module (Wi-Fi 11n + BLE-5)Hosted & Host-lessLow Power

Dual band combo Module (Wi-Fi 11ac + BT/BLE-4.2)- LTE Bundling (LE910Cx)- Linux Companion

Product Portfolio WE866C3-P



Products: Not Recommended for New Designs

Product Family Module Status

GS2K

GS2100MIP/MIEMP; NRND

GS2011MIZ/MIEMP; NRND

GS2011MIPSGS2011MIES

MP; NRND

GS1K

GS1011MEES/MIPS/MEPSEoLP

GS1011MIP/MIE/MEP/MEEEoLP

GS1500MEoLP

WE866 WE866A1-P MP; NRND

MP – Mass ProductionNRND – Not Recommended for new designsEoLP – End of Life Process



WE866C3-P Wi-Fi 11ac + BT/BLE-4.2 Combo Module



Product Overview

Wi-Fi companion device for LE910Cx module family

High Bandwidth (1x1 dual band 802.11 ac) Wi-Fi transceiver module for Linux & Android based IoT system

Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy (BLE-4.2) support

Integrated LTE-WiFi/BT coexistence filter

Pre-Certified for FCC, IC, CE, Wi-Fi, BT/BLE

Single antenna for Wi-Fi and BT/BLE



LE910Cx-WE866C3 Bundling:

LTE-WiFi Bundling: Solution Architecture

LE910Cx

WiFi: SDIO

UART, USB

BT: UART, I2SAT Commands

Wi-Fi: SDIO (Linux API’s)

BT: UART, I2S (Linux API’s)

Linux Companion:



LTE-WiFi Bundling: Product Spec

High Level Product SpecSupported LTE Modules:• LE910C4/C1-NF• LE910C4/C1-EU• LE910C1-AP

Coexistence: Integrated LTE Filter for ISM-LTE coexistence

Wi-Fi Spec: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz)

BT/BLE Spec: 4.2

Wi-Fi HotSpot Throughput:• LE910C4-NF/EU: DL - 150Mbps; UL - 50Mbps • LE910C1-NF/EU/AP: DL - 10Mbps; UL- 5Mbps

Interface to MCU (via LE910Cx):• SW: AT commands• HW: USB, UART

Certification: • FCC, IC, RED• Wi-Fi Alliance, BT-SIG• ROHS, REACH, compliant



Wi-Fi Hot-Spot Mode: Accessing Internet Through Cellular Modem

LTE-WiFi Bundling Usecases

Linux Cellular Modem

Linux Network Stack

MCU

AT Task

BA Task

TAL Task

L3 Cellular

L2 Cellular

Hardware

WE866C3(Access Point Mode)

Wi-Fi STA - n

Internet Cloud

LE910Cx

Data path

HostSpot Mode Spec:• STA’s supported: 10• Throughput

• LE910C4-NF/EU: 150Mbps (DL); 50Mbps (UL)• LE910C1-NF/EU/AP: 10Mbps (DL); 5Mbps (UL)

Status: Available Now



Wi-Fi Station Mode: Exchanging data with cloud through Wi-Fi



Linux Network

Stack

MCU

STA CONN MGR

AT Task

BA Task

TAL Task

L3 Cellular

L2 Cellular

Hardware

WE866C3(Wi-Fi Station

Mode)

Internet Cloud

LE910Cx

External Access Point

Data Exchange Protocol between MCU & Cloud: TCP & UDPNo of sockets supported: Six (6)




Hot-Spot Mode + Data exchange between MCU & Wi-Fi STA



Linux Network Stack

MCU

STA CONN MGR

AT Task

BA Task

TAL Task

L3 Cellular

L2 Cellular

Hardware

WE866C3(Access Point Mode)

Wi-Fi STA - n

Internet Cloud

LE910Cx


HostSpot Mode: Support 10 STA’s

Data Exchange Protocol between MCU & Wi-Fi STA: TCP & UDPNo of sockets supported: Six (6)



WE866C3: LTE-WiFi Bundling Roadmap

Hot-Spot Mode + Data exchange between MCU & Wi-Fi STA (Available Now)

Concurrent HotSpot in 2.4/5GHz

Wi-Fi STA Mode (Available Now)

2019-Q1 2019-Q2 2019-Q3 2019-Q4

Wi-Fi Hotspot Mode (Available Now)

HTTPS data transfer support

BLE AT command support

BLE Provisioning



LTE-WiFi Bundling: Evaluation Board

EVB

LE910Cx MTB

M.2 Adapter

Evaluation requires three separate boards:• EVB• LE910Cx MTB• M.2 Adapter



Linux Companion: Software Roadmap

Software Releases Features Schedule Where

Version - 8.1.0 GA Wi-Fi Linux Support: (Kernel version: 4.9.11 -32bit)

Platforms:• x86• NXP i.MX6SLL• NXP i.MX6Q

Support for Bluetooth Classic

Support for Bluetooth Low Energy (without security)

Note: Refer the release notes for details

Support for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Available Now www.telit.com/download-zone/



Linux Companion: Evaluation Board

SDIO/UART/I2S

HOST LINUX MCUSDIO CARD ADAPTER FOR WE866C3-P

x86 PC

Part Number: 3990251737

EVB Rev2• Features:

• Integrated Antenna• USB connector for BT/BLE

• Schedule: Q4 2019



Comprehensive Software Roadmap

Strengths (Cont’d…)

• Concurrent HotSpot in 2.4GHz & 5GHz• HTTP/S data exchange• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Profiles• Bluetooth enabled Provisioning• Bluetooth Audio (TBD)

WE866C3 Quectel (FC20) uBlox (ELLA-W131)

Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac

CAT.1,4: LE910Cx

a/b/g/n/ac

CAT.1,4: EC25, EC21 & EC20

b/g/n

CAT.4: TOBY-L2

SW: Hot-Spot ModeYes Yes Yes

SW: Wi-Fi Station ModeYes No Yes

SW: BT/BLEYes (Development On-going) No No

Dimension13 x 15 x 2.2mm 16.6 × 13 × 2.1mm 14.8 x 14.8 x 2.5 mm

Operating Temperature-30°C to 85°C -35°C to 75°C -40°C to 85°C

Recommendation: Promote software differentiation

WE866C3 vs Competition



Target Market & Application• Aftermarket Telematics

• Fleet Management (Truck/Taxi)• Asset tracking• Intelligent Transportation (Driver monitoring, Eco-driving etc)• Car Phone• OBD (on-board diagnostics)

• Security System (Alarm Panel)• Video Surveillance

• Crowd Sensing: Data Analytics

• Gateway• IoT sensor gateways• Vehicle gateways

• Industrial/Medical• Healthcare Equipment Monitoring• Condition-based Monitoring



WL865E4-P Wi-Fi 11n + BLE-5 Dual band Standalone Combo Module



Product Overview

Dual Band (2.4/5GHz) Wi-Fi for standalone IoT applications

BLE for easy sensor Integration/Provisioning

Dedicated CPU (Cortex-M4) for IoT application

Advanced security features (Secure Boot, Hardware Crypto)

Low Power consumption

Wi-Fi to Cloud

Industrial grade temperature range



WL865E4-P HW Module Capabilities



• Dedicated CPU’s• ARM Cortex M4F for Application (128Mhz)• ARM Cortex M0 for Bluetooth (64Mhz)• XTENSA7 for WLAN

• Memory Interfaces• Internal Module FLASH (4MB)• SRAM (300KB) - Dedicated for Application CPU.• ROM 512KB - Dedicated for Application CPU.• External Flash provision

• Security • HW Crypto accelerators (For AES & Hash

Operations)• HW ECC engine (accelerate TLS/SSL certificate

validation)• True Random Number Generator (TRNG)• Secure boot

• Wi-Fi Dual Band Radio• 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n• 5 GHz 802.11a

• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) - Radio• SIG v5.0 Compliant

• Host Interfaces• UART(2), SPI, or SDIO

• Other Interfaces• USB, I2C, 3-ADC (12 bit), DAC, I2S, JTAG, 21-

GPIO

WL865E4-P HW Module Capabilities (Cont’d)



Solution Architecture

Hosted:

AT CommandsMCU

Host-less (Standalone):

UART/SPI/SDIO

• Comprehensive AT command support for Wi-Fi & BLE• Support Legacy GainSpan AT commands as well for enabling

easy migration (only for Wi-Fi)

• Tri-core system-on-chip, with dedicated CPU’s for IoT customer application, Wi-Fi and BLE. • IoT application CPU runs on ARM Cortex-M4F @128 MHz with 300KB of dedicated SRAM.• Platform Software with M2Mb complaint API’s (shared as libraries)• GCC Compiler• JTAG Debugger• Reference application (shared as source code)

• S2W (AT Command Interface)• Sensor to Cloud



Product Spec

High Level Product SpecWi-Fi Spec: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n

• Band: 2.4GHz & 5GHz• Bandwidth: 20MHz• Channel: 2.4GHz (1-14), 5GHz (36-161)

Wi-Fi Operational Modes:

• Access-Point (AP), Station/Client (STA)• Un-associated mode Tx/Rx• Wi-Fi Direct (P2P)*, Concurrent Mode*

Bluetooth Spec: BLE5

• LE Privacy 1.2• LE Data Length Extensions• LE Secure Connections• LE High Speed (2Mbit PHY)

BLE Operational Modes:

• Central• Peripheral• Concurrent Central/Peripheral

Firmware Upgrade:• Over The Air Firmware Upgrade (OTAFU)• Over The Host Firmware Upgrade (OTHFU)

Provisioning: (Through web-apps and Native apps)• BLE enabled Wi-Fi provisioning• HTTPS enabled Wi-Fi provisioning (via RESTful API’s)

End to end Data security:• HTTP/S• TLS1.2

System Security Features:• Secured Boot• Flash encryption• Copy Protection

Cloud Agent:• Amazon AWS IoT• Microsoft Azure

Network Services: TCP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, SNTP, HTTP/S, MQTT, Web-sockets, mDNS, DNS-SD



Software Block Diagram & Architecture



Software Capabilities

WL865E4-P

FeaturesWi-Fi Standards:IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi OperationalModes:

• Access-Point (AP) - Support upto 10Stations• Station/Client (STA)• Concurrent Mode (AP+ STA)• Wi-Fi Direct(P2P)*• Un-associated modeTx/Rx

Wi-Fi Spec:• Band: 2.4GHz & 5GHz• Bandwidth: 20MHz• Channel: 2.4GHz (1-14), 5GHz(36-161)• A-MPDU Tx/Rx• Rate adaptation• WMM basedQoS• WPS/WPS2.0

Wi-Fi Throughput:(Host-less) TCP Tx:30MbpsTCP Rx:25Mbps

Wi-Fi Encryption/Decryption:• WEP• TKIP• AES

Wi-Fi SecurityModes:• Open• Shared Key• WPA/WPA2Personal• WPA/WPA2Enterprise

Wi-Fi PowerSaving:• Legacy PowerSave• WMM• WMM-PS

Other Wi-FiFeatures:• Roaming (802.11k &802.11r)• Protected ManagementFrames• Configurable STA inactivity tracking and disassociation• Stealth mode



Software Capabilities (Cont’d)

WL865E4-P

Features

BluetoothLowEnergyStandard:BLE-5 BLE OperationalModes:• BLE Point-to-Point• BLE Broadcast

BLERoles:• Peripheral• Central• ConcurrentCentral/Peripheral

BLECapabilities:• LE Privacy1.2• LE Data LengthExtensions• LE SecureConnections• LE Ping• LEHigh-Speed (2Mbit PHY)• Multiple LEConnection

IPNetworkServices:IPv4,IPv6,TCP,UDP,DHCP,DNS,SNTP, HTTP/S, MQTT, Web-sockets, mDNS,DNS-SD

FirmwareUpgrade:• OverTheAirFirmwareUpgrade(OTAFU)• OverTheHostFirmwareUpgrade(OTHFU)

Provisioning:• BLE enabledprovisioning• Webbasedprovisioning(throughweb-appsandNative apps)• WPS• Verifiedprovisioning• Apple WACProvisioning

CloudAgents:• DeviceWise• Amazon AWSIoT• MicrosoftAzure

End-to-endDatasecurity:• HTTP/S• TLS1.2

NumberofSocketsSupported:• TCP/UDP:12• TLS/SSL:4



Confidential& Proprietary

Software Capabilities (Cont’d)

WL865E4-P

Features

PlatformFeatures:

Video streamingprotocols• RTSP,RTP/RTCP

Audio streamingprotocols• Apple Airplay,DLNA

AppleHomeKit

Other PlatformServices:• Data Exchange format:XML/JSON• File system

SystemLowpowermodes:• Sleep• Suspend• Power-Down

System SecurityFeatures:• SecuredBoot• Flashencryption• CopyProtection

SystemPeripherals:SDIO, SPI,UART,I2C,I2S, GPIO,ADC,PWM,JTAG

Flash Memory:4MB

Antenna:Twoexternal (RFpad)antennasforWi-Fi& BLE Form Factor:24.4 x 24.4mm

OperatingTemperature:Industrial Grade(-40°Cto+85°C) Certification:• FCC, IC, RED, TELEC*,KC*• Wi-Fi Alliance,BT-SIG• ROHS, REACHcompliant

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WL865E4: Software Roadmap

Task Schedule

Azure IoT Hub - Device Provisioning Service BETA-Available NowGA – W47

Enterprise security - Production worthy BETA-Available NowGA – W47

Amazon AWS – Production worthy BETA-Available NowGA – W47

Microsoft Azure – Production Worthy BETA-Available NowGA – W47

Legacy Command Support – Production Worthy BETA-Available NowGA – W47

EVB Rev 2• Integrated antenna• Power measurement circuit• General optimization

Nov, 2019

Reference MCU drivers (UART, SPI & SDIO) Dec, 2019



Software Roadmap

Wi-Fi STA (WPA2-Personal)

Wi-Fi STA* (WPA2-Enterprise)

Wi-Fi Soft-APWi-Fi Concurrent Mode (AP+STA)

Wi-Fi Direct (P2P)

IPv4 IPv6

UDPTCPDHCP

Server/Client

DNS Server/Client

mDNS-SDSNTP PING IGMP

TLS-1.2 Server/Client WPA3Secured Boot Flash Encryption Copy ProtectionHardware Crypto

HTTPS Client & Server

MQTT Web Sockets CoAPXML

Encoder/DecoderJSON

Encoder/Decoder

Network Connection Manager File System Manager

Amazon IoT* Microsoft Azure*

Hosted: S2W(UART, SPI & SDIO)

Sensor-to-Cloud Host-less Application

Video/Audio LightingWi-Fi/BLE Gateway MESH

Wi-Fi (a/b/g/n)

IP

Network Stack

Security

Cloud Connectivity

Modules

Provisioning/Management

Firmware Upgrade

Cloud Ready

IoT Application

BLE Central/Peripheral

GATT Server/Client Concurrent Central/Peripheral

2Mbps Data RateLE Privacy, LE Secure

ConnectionsTerminal I/O *BLE-5.0

Release Vehicles

GA-36.07.000 (Available Now)

GA-36.07.001 (Oct End)Over-The-Air Firmware Upgrade Over-The-Host Firmware Upgrade

Secured Web Provisioning

BLE enabled Provisioning

Verified Provisioning One EdgeWPS LWM2M

RAW Mode

DeviceWise (TR50)

*BETA Available Now

TBD



Evaluation Board

Standalone WL865E4-P Evaluation Board

Part Number: 3990150636

* EVB with Integrated Antenna is WIP



P/N: 3990150636

3D Accl & Gyro: LSM6DS3TR

I2C add:0xD4

Ambient Light: MAX44009,

I2C add: 0x94

Pressure : LPS25HTR

I2C add: 0xB8

Temp & Humidity: HDC2010

I2C add: 0x80

WL865E4-P EVB Pinouts & Descriptions



PL603

(Debug & Boot Jumper)

PL603

(Debug & Boot Jumper)Description

Short 2-4 Short 1-3 USB Programming Mode

Short 4-6 Short 1-3USB Debugging Mode &

Arduino

Remove Jumpers/Short 4-6 Remove Jumpers/ Short 3-5USB OFF, UART0 ON

Boot Mode Selection Jumper



Comprehensive Software Features & Roadmap

Strengths

• Cloud Connectivity (Azure & AWS)• BLE enabled provisioning (through mobile-apps)• Security Features

ADE (Application Development Environment)

• Single installer for all tools - compiler, Eclipse IDE, programmer, libraries & reference applications• Offers application-framework, which simplifies the development process• Offers re-usable example code-snippets, showcasing API usage of the supported features.• Offers complete reference application integrated with provisioning and firmware-upgrade.

Off-the-Shelf Network Services

Excellent Support

• Provisioning• Firmware upgrade• Network Connection Manager



Target Market & Application• Smart Home

• Home Automation• Home Security

• IP Cameras

• Smart Lighting• Smart Energy

• Industrial/Commercial• Building Automation• Security

• IP-Enabled Locks• Fire/Intrusion Alarms

• Smart dispensers• Inspection Camera (Wi-Fi endoscope)• Indoor and outdoor tracker• Data logger• Industrial Automation• Commercial dish-washer

• Healthcare & Medical• Healthcare/Wellness Devices• Medical Equipment's

• Infusion Pumps

• Ankle bracelet

• Others• Pet/Animal Trackers• Pet dispenser• Sensor gateway• Energy Management

• Temperature Tags

Thank You!

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