nRF7002 Expansion Board II Hardware

nRF7002 Expansion Board II Hardware

The nRF7002 Expansion Board II (nRF7002 EBII) (PCA63571) is a hardware platform used to evaluate the nRF7002 companion IC. It is compatible with nRF54 Series Development Kit (DK)s.

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Key features

  • nRF7002 Wi-FiĀ® companion IC
    • Dual-band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi 6
    • Compatible with IEEE 802.11ax (also known as Wi-Fi 6) and earlier standards IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
    • 20 MHz wide channels, 1x1 (Single-Input Single-Output (SISO)) operation, and up to 86 Mbps 802.11 PHY rate
    • Open-source Wi-Fi driver
    • 3-wire or 4-wire coexistence interface configurations
    • Secure 64-word One Time Programmable (OTP) memory with logical and voltage-level based protection mechanisms
  • Onboard 2.4/5 GHz antenna
  • Default Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) to DK
  • Possibility to configure nRF7002 EBII for Quad Serial Peripheral Interface (QSPI) connection to DK
  • Footprint for header pins to measure power consumption
  • 3.6 V power supply from the VDD_5V on the power header to the VBAT of the nRF7002 companion IC
  • 1.62 V to 3.6 V supply voltage range from VDD on the extension header to IOVDD
Figure 1. nRF7002 EBII connected to a host DK SPI
To get started plug the nRF7002 EBII onto a host DK