Microchip WFI32E01PC

WFI32E01PC is a standalone and fully certified Wi-Fi module supporting 2.4 GHz 802.11 b/g/n radio modes. Specially designed for industrial IoT applications, WFI32E01PC contains the PIC32MZW1 series Wi-Fi SoC, which is a 200MHz high performance MCU with industrial leading Wi-Fi connectivity and rich peripheral options. PIC32MZW1 has 1MB embedded flash and 256KB SRAM, empowering embedded designers to rapidly build complex IoT software covering WLAN, TCP/IP stack, RTOS, Cloud connectivity, and application. Various types of peripherals, such as Ethernet, USB, ADC, CVD touch buttons, and CAN, make PIC32MZW1 a perfect system core to realize the most application features.  

WFI32E01PC has best-in-class WLAN functions covering the latest Wi-Fi security standard, Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) and all the general Wi-Fi functions like AP, STA, SoftAP with 8 connected STAs, TLS, etc. 

The software development of WFI32E01 module is supported in Microchip MPLAB and Microchip Harmony v3.  

WFI32E01PC module has the a PCB antenna and Trust&GO hardware secure element, which is pre-provisioned to popular cloud platforms. Microchip provides total 4 module variants under the same product family, visit the design center of PIC32MZ-W1 Wi-Fi® SoC and Module Family for more details.

As a total system solution provider, Microchip offers a broad portfolio that simplifies IoT and IIoT systems when pairing the WFI32E01 module with other Microchip market-leading components, such as KSZ8081 family of Ethernet PHYs, MCP2542WFD family of CAN transceivers, and other Wireless Technologies: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Long Range (LoRa®) and IEEE® 802.15.4.

Features

MCU features

• 200 MHz, MIPS32® M-Class Microprocessor Core
• 1MB Embedded Flash, 256KB SRAM (Program and Data), 64KB Data Buffer
• High performance peripheral set including full-speed USB, CAN, CAN-FD, 10/100 MAC, and high accuracy 12-bit dual ADCs.
• CVD Touch input
• 3xUART, I2C, 2xSPI

Wi-Fi and Network features

• Single-band 2.4GHz b/g/n
• Wi-Fi Security protocols supported: WPA/WPA2/WPA3 Personal, TLS, SSL
• Support AP, STA, SoftAP
• Optional Full Featured Hardware Crypto Accelerator
• Antenna Type: PCB

Other features

• Trust&GO Hardware Secure Element
• Certifications: FCC, ISED, CE, WFA (planned)
• 54-PIN SMD, 24.5 x 20.5 x 2.5 mm
• 3.0V to 3.6V, -40ºC to +85ºC