====== Somiqboard Wifi adapter ======
[[http://www.mentorel.com/product/somiq-wlan/|Product page (buy now)]]

Wifi extension module for the Somiqboard. Has internal voltage translator to work with 1.8V and 3.3V processors like DM3730 and AM3517. The extension module is based on the LSR Tiwi-R2 integrated Wifi/BlueTooth embedded module.

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===== Description =====

[[http://www.lsr.com/wireless-products/tiwi-r2|Tiwi-R2 product page]]

The TiWi-R2 Bluetooth and WiFi module is a high performance 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth 2.1+EDR radio in a cost effective, pre-certified footprint.

The module realizes the necessary PHY/MAC layers to support WLAN applications in conjunction with a host processor over a SDIO interface.

The module also provides a Bluetooth platform through the HCI transport layer. Both WLAN and Bluetooth share the same antenna port.

===== TiWi-R2 Features =====
  * IEEE 802.11 b,g,n
  * Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Power Class 1.5
  * Miniature footprint: 18 mm x 13 mm
  * Low height profile: 1.9 mm
  * U.FL connector for external antenna
  * Terminal for PCB/Chip antenna feeds
  * Integrated band-pass filter
  * Worldwide acceptance: FCC (USA), IC (Canada), and CE (Europe)
  * Compact design based on Texas Instruments WL1271 Transceiver
  * Seamless integration with TI OMAP™ and Sitara™ application processors
  * SDIO host data path interfaces
  * Bluetooth advanced audio interfaces
  * Low power operation mode
  * RoHS compliant

===== Example of work log =====
<code>
root@beagleboard:~# ip link set wlan0 up
[   31.198669] wl1271: firmware booted (Rev 6.1.5.50.74)
[   31.210235] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
root@beagleboard:~# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 20:CF:30:CE:27:F2
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=17/70  Signal level=-93 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"inet"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000018b36d8f183
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1742ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 0004696E6574
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD870050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B0001031047001020CF30CE27F220CF30CE27F2097CD4688
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0000000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:24:8C:95:95:2F
          ..............
</code>