Quatech AirborneDirect WLNG-ET Series Specifications

Product Specification 802.11b/g Advanced Enterprise Device Server Revision: v1.0 April 2011 File name: dp550 platform product specification.doc

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 10 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 4.0 Model Numbers The following table identifies the model numbers assoc

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 11 5.0 Pin out and Connectors Pin definition is dependent upon the device ty

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 12 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 Pin Name Device Type Description F4 All GPIO 19 CTS2 UART Clear-to-Send

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 13 5.1 Digital UART Ports The device supports two digital UART ports. Use of

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 14 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 5.3 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Please refer to section 7.0 for de

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 15 5.6 Connector Definition There are a total of three connectors to the rad

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 16 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 6.0 Electrical & RF Specification Table 4- Absolute Maximum Values1

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 17 Symbol Parameter Min Typ Max Units ISBE0 Radio off (Ethernet) CPU Idle, ra

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 18 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 Table 6 - RF Characteristics – 802.11b/g Symbol Parameter Rate (Mb/s) Min

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 19 6.1 AC Electrical Characteristics – Transmitter Transmit power is automat

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Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 20 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 7.0 SPI Interface The following section details the SPI interface specif

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 21 7.2 SPI AC Characteristics The following specification identifies the req

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 22 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 7.3 SPI Protocol A SPI message is composed of a 4 byte header followed b

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 23 7.4 SPI Modes The Airborne device supports the following four SPI modes.

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 24 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 Command (Hex) Name Description 0x10 INTENA The INTENA command will config

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 25 Command (Hex) Name Description 0x40 TXDATA The TXDATA command is used to s

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 26 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 8.0 Antenna The unit supports antenna connections through two Hirose U.F

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 27 used. There are many options for the antenna connector type, however if yo

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 28 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 PCB Embedded – This approach embeds an antenna design into the host PCB.

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 29  Locate the antenna where there is a minimum of obstruction between the

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 3 Quatech Confidential Copyright © 2011 QUATECH ® Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. N

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 30 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 Link Margin provides a measure of all the parts of the RF path that impac

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 31 9.0 RESET Function For correct operation of the on-board Power-on RESET (

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 32 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 10.0 Mechanical Outline Figure 6 – DP550 Mechanical Outline 26.20mm13.10

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 33 11.0 Recommended Footprint Figure 7 - Recommended PCB Footprint 15.90mmØ5

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 34 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 12.0 Regulatory Certification and Agency Approvals  IMPORTANT! It is re

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 35 Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible f

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 36 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicab

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 37 Contact Quatech Technical support for a copy of the FCC and IOC grant cert

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 38 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 contact Quatech Technical Support for details on enabling and using these

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 39 13.0 Physical & Environmental Approvals The device has passed the fo

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Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 40 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 14.0 Change Log The following table indicates all changes made to this d

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 5 Contents 1.0 Conventions ...

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 6 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 Figures Figure 1 - WLNG-SE/SP/AN/ET-DP550 Block Diagram ...

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 7 1.0 Conventions The following section outlines the conventions used within

Quatech, Inc. Airborne DP550 Family Databook 8 4/14/2011 100-8090-100 2.0 Product Description The WLNG-AN-DP550 family is the latest generation

Airborne DP550 Family Databook Quatech, Inc. 100-8090-100 4/14/2011 9 3.0 Block Diagram The following outlines the block diagram of the radio: F