Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF7002 is an ultra-low power, dual-band Wi-Fi 6 companion IC capable of providing seamless wireless connectivity. The IC can enable Wi-Fi-based locationing by using SSID sniffing of local Wi-Fi hubs. nRF7002 can enhance the runtime of low-powered IoT solutions and offer both 2.4GHz and 5GHz dual-band, moreover, it complies with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax. The companion IC is suitable for use in IoT application and bring added benefits to the applications including further efficiency gains that support long-life, battery-powered Wi-Fi operation.
Nordic claims that the nRF7002 is a ‘companion IC’ which is designed to provide seamless Wi-Fi connectivity and Wi-Fi-based locationing when used alongside the company’s existing products or even in combination with non-Nordic host devices. The IC can be used in conjunction with Series Bluetooth Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) and Series cellular IoT Systems-in-Package (SiPs).
“This is a dream come true for Nordic and its customers.” said CTO, Svein-Egil Nielsen, “We were able to bring our first Wi-Fi chip to market very quickly as a result of acquiring an extremely capable Wi-Fi team alongside a portfolio of Wi-Fi assets that team had already developed.”
Key Features of nRF7002 IC
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- 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz dual-band
- Low-power and secure Wi-Fi for the IoT
- Ideal coexistence with Bluetooth LE
- Supported in nRF Connect SDK
- Target Wake Time (TWT)
- SPI / QSPI
- Wi-Fi 6 Station (STA)
- Complies with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
- 1 Spatial Stream (SS)
- 20 MHz channel bandwidth
- 64 QAM (MCS7), 86 Mbps PHY throughput
- OFDMA (Downlink and Uplink)
- BSS coloring
- Co-existence interfaces
