Cypress Semiconductor WICED CYW43907 evaluation kit

The WICED CYW43907 evaluation kit, from Cypress Semiconductor, offers engineers a product that is said to reduce time to market when producing production-ready Internet of Things (IoT) designs.

The evaluation kit is based on the Cypress CYW43907 system-on-chip (SoC). The wireless SoC combines dual-band 802.11n (2.4 and 5 GHz) Wi-Fi with a 32-bit ARM Cortex-R4 application microcontroller subsystem. The SoC features 2 MB of SRAM along with a several standardised interfaces, including Ethernet (RMII/MII), UART, SPI/QSPI and I²C.

The evaluation board has an operating voltage of 3.3 V and features an RJ45 Ethernet connector, an onboard PCB antenna, an external antenna connector, an onboard programmer and debugger, and a microSD card slot. The board also offers Arduino Uno-compatible headers, allowing designers to prototype additional hardware capabilities through off-the-shelf Arduino shields for sensors and other peripherals.

The evaluation kit is supported by Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) Studio, a software development kit (SDK) targeting IoT that includes libraries and code examples for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and combination connectivity in a single integrated development environment (IDE). The target wireless applications for the development platform include home automation, medical, health and fitness, audio and Industrial IoT.