Archive for February 14th, 2004

Wireless 802.11b Coprocessor Found!

Posted by todbot on February 14th, 2004

Once again,
Circuit Cellar
magazine comes to the rescue. There’s both an advert
and an article that uses a new all-in-one wireless module.

It’s the
DPAC Airborne Wirelss LAN Node Module
and it seems to be almost
exactly what I want.

  • size; 1.26″ x 0.83″ x 0.46″
  • power: 3.3V @ 420mA (transmit), 350ma (recv), 75mA (sleep)
  • supports WEP @ 64/128 bits
  • 8 digital I/O and a serial I/O, (and “up to” 8 channgels 10bit A/D)
  • 36 Pin connector (?)

I can’t find any definite pricing, but the article says $80.
It’s unclear from the context whether that’s for the module itself
or the development kit.

Anyway, I’m excited. I’m ordering a few of these asap. Want.