Digi Connect® Wi-Wave
802.11b/g radio card for embedded systems
- Highly integrated PCI Express Mini Card form factor
- USB 2.0 full- and high-speed device interface support
- 802.11b/g WLAN with strong WPA2/802.11i security
- Pre-certified radio design and Digi’s own WLAN technology
- Platform support for Windows® CE 5.0/6.0 (ARM/x86/MIPS)
- Product brief
Built on Digi’s own 802.11b/g wireless LAN technology, Digi Connect Wi-Wave is the industry’s first off-the-shelf WLAN radio card specifically designed to meet the long-term product availability and specific operating temperature requirements of embedded designs and their extended product life cycles.
Featured Models/Part Numbers
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Digi Connect Wi-Wave development/evaluation kit for Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 5.0/6.0, with installation and setup support package
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DC-WWV-EKIT |
DC-WWV-EKIT |
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Digi Connect Wi-Wave development/evaluation kit for Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 5.0/6.0, with installation and setup support package
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DC-WWV-EKIT |
DC-WWV-EKIT |
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Digi Connect Wi-Wave 802.11b/g card, 2 x U.FL connectors (antennas and cables not included)
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DC-WWV-1G |
DC-WWV-1G |
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| Specifications | Digi Connect® Wi-Wave |
| Hardware | |
| Form Factor | Compliant with PCI Express Mini Card form factor and electrical specification |
| Host Interface | USB 2.0 device full-/ high-speed |
| Baseband Processor | Digi DSSS/OFDM baseband processor technology with MAC assist and AES hardware encryption |
| Dimensions | L x W x H: 2.006 in (50.95 mm) x 1.181 in (30.00 mm) x 0.187 in (4.75 mm) Top: 0.095 in (2.40 mm); Bottom: 0.053 in (1.35 mm) |
| Network Interface - Wireless | |
| Standard | IEEE 802.11b/g |
| Frequency | 2.4 GHz |
| Data Rate | Up to 54 Mbps with automatic rate fallback |
| Modulation | DBPSK (1 Mbps), DQPSK (2 Mbps), CCK (11,5.5 Mbps), BPSK (6,9 Mbps), QPSK (12,18 Mbps), 16-QAM (24,36 Mbps), 64-QAM (48, 54 Mbps) |
| Transmit Power | 15 dBm ± 2 dBm |
| Receive Sensitivity | -71 dBm @ 54 Mbps, -81 dBm @ 11 Mbps, -88 dBm @ 6 Mbps, -93 dBm @ 1 Mbps |
| Antenna Connectors | 2 x U.FL |
| Dual-Diversity (Receive) | • |
| Infrastructure Mode (BSS) | • |
| Ad Hoc Mode (IBSS) | • |
| 802.11 PS (Power Save) | • |
| WLAN Security | |
| WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) | 64/128-bit encryption (RC4) |
| WPA/WPA2/802.11i | 128-bit TKIP/CCMP (AES) encryption Enterprise mode (802.1X): LEAP (WEP only), PEAP, TTLS, TLS; GTC, MD5, OTP, PAP, CHAP, MSCHAP, MSCHAPv2,TTLS-MSCHAPv2 Pre-shared key mode (PSK) |
| Power Requirements | |
| Voltage | 3.3VDC ± 9% (3.00 to 3.60V) |
| Current | 750 mA max |
| Environmental | |
| Operating Temperature | -30° C to +60°C (-22º F to +140º F) at 100% duty cyle |
| Storage Temperature | -40º C to +125º C (-40º F to +257º F) |
| Relative Humidity | 5% to 95% (non-condensing) |
| Altitude | 12,000 feet (3,658 meters) |
| Regulatory Approvals | |
| FCC Part 15 Class B, EN 55022 Class B | • |
| EN 61000-3-2 and EN 61000-3-3 | • |
| ICES-003 Class B, VCCI Class II, AS 3548 | • |
| FCC Part 15 Sub C Section 15.247 | • |
| IC RSS-210 Issue 5 Section 6.2.2(o) | • |
| EN 300 328, EN 301 489-17 | • |
| UL 60950-1, EN 60950 (EU) | • |
| CSA C22.2, No. 60950 | • |
| EN 55024 | • |
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Built on Digi’s own 802.11b/g wireless LAN technology, Digi Connect Wi-Wave is the industry’s first off-the-shelf WLAN radio card specifically designed to meet the long-term product availability and specific operating temperature requirements of embedded designs and their extended product life cycles.
Digi Connect Wi-Wave delivers a pre-certified, flexible and secure WLAN radio solution with USB 2.0 interface for a wide variety of sophisticated embedded applications. These include medical devices, retail systems, transportation, security/access control, building and industrial automation, networked displays, warehousing, gaming and others.
The Digi Connect Wi-Wave card offers complete out-of-the box support for Microsoft® Windows® CE 5.0 and Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 platforms on ARM®, MIPS and x86 target systems.
Combined with complete out-of-the-box Microsoft Windows CE 5.0/6.0 target platform support and easy hardware integration through the ubiquitous USB 2.0 interface, the Digi Connect Wi-Wave provides the ideal long-term WLAN connectivity solution for embedded systems.
