product properties：
| TYPE | DESCRIBE |
| category | RF/IF, RF/IF and RFID RF Transceiver Modules and Modems |
| manufacturer | Texas Instruments |
| series | WiLink™ |
| Package | Tape and Reel (TR) Shear Band (CT) Digi-Reel® Custom Reel |
| product status | in stock |
| RF Series/Standard | Bluetooth, WiFi |
| protocol | 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2 |
| modulation | CCK, DSSS, GFSK, OFDM |
| frequency | 2.4GHz |
| data rate | 54Mbps |
| power - output | 17.3dBm |
| Sensitivity | -96.3dBm |
| serial interface | SDIO, UART |
| Antenna type | - |
| IC/Parts used | - |
| storage | - |
| Voltage - Powered | 2.9V ~ 4.8V |
| Current - receive | 49mA ~ 85mA |
| current - transmission | 238mA ~ 420mA |
| installation type | Surface Mount Type |
| Operating temperature | -20°C ~ 70°C |
| Package/Enclosure | module |
| Basic product number | WL1835 |
Environment and Export Classification：
| ATTRIBUTES | DESCRIBE |
| RoHS status | Compliant with ROHS3 specification |
| Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) | 3 (168 hours) |
| REACH status | REACH information available upon request |
| ECCN | 5A992C |
| HTSUS | 8517.62.0090 |
General characteristics：
1 Features
• General
– Integrates RF, power amplifiers (PAs), clock,
RF switches, filters, passives, and power
management
– Quick hardware design with TI module
collateral and reference designs
– Operating temperature: –20°C to +70°C
– Small form factor: 13.3 × 13.4 × 2 mm
– 100-pin MOC package
– FCC, IC, ETSI/CE, and TELEC certified with
PCB, dipole, chip, and PIFA antennas
• Wi-Fi®
– WLAN baseband processor and RF transceiver
support of IEEE Std 802.11b, 802.11g, and
802.11n
– 20- and 40-MHz SISO and 20-MHz 2 × 2 MIMO
at 2.4 GHz for high throughput: 80 Mbps (TCP),
100 Mbps (UDP)
– 2.4-GHz MRC support for extended range
– Fully calibrated: production calibration not
required
– 4-bit SDIO host interface support
– Wi-Fi direct concurrent operation (multichannel,
multirole)
• Bluetooth® and Bluetooth low energy
(WL183xMOD only)
– Bluetooth 5.1 secure connection compliant and
CSA2 support (declaration ID: D032799)
– Host controller interface (HCI) transport for
Bluetooth over UART
– Dedicated audio processor support of SBC
encoding + A2DP
– Dual-mode Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy
– TI's Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy
certified stack
• Key benefits
– Reduces design overhead
– Differentiated use cases by configuring
WiLink™ 8 simultaneously in two roles (STA
and AP) to connect directly with other Wi
Fi devices on different RF channel (Wi-Fi
networks)
– Best-in-class Wi-Fi with high-performance
audio and video streaming reference
applications with up to 1.4× the range versus
one antenna
– Different provisioning methods for in-home
devices connectivity to Wi-Fi in one step
– Lowest Wi-Fi power consumption in connected
idle (< 800 µA)
– Configurable wake on WLAN filters to only
wake up the system
– Wi-Fi and Bluetooth single antenna coexistence
2 Applications
• Internet of things (IoT)
• Multimedia
• Home electronics
• Home appliances and white goods
• Industrial and home automation
• Smart gateway and metering
• Video conferencing
• Video camera and security
3 Description
The certified WiLink™ 8 module from TI offers high throughput and extended range along with Wi-Fi® and
Bluetooth® coexistence (WL1835MOD only) in a power-optimized design. The WL18x5MOD device is a 2.4-GHz
module, two antenna solution. The device is FCC, IC, ETSI/CE, and TELEC certified for AP and client. TI offers
drivers for high-level operating systems such as Linux® and Android™. Additional drivers, such as WinCE and
RTOS, which includes QNX, Nucleus, ThreadX, and FreeRTOS, are supported through third parties.
