AMW004 Evaluation
AMW004
Evaluation Guide
AMW004-E02
‘Marlin’
AMW004-E03
‘Mackerel’
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About this User Guide
This guide provides information and basic usage
instructions for the WiConnect serial Wi-Fi application
and the AMW004 ‘Wallaby’ module available from
ACKme Networks.
Evaluation boards covered by this guide include:
AMW004-E02 ‘Marlin with Hornet’ (Revision 2)
AMW004-E03 ‘Mackerel’ (Revision 1)
Further information about WiConnect is available in the
WiConnect Reference manual online at:
http://wiconnect.ack.me
Organization
This document is organized into the following sections:
Introduction, Section 1
Feature Identification, Section 2
Using WiConnect, Section 3
Ordering Information, Section 4
Revision History & Glossary, Section 5
Appendix A – Setting up a Terminal Emulator
Appendix B – Evaluation Board Schematics
Trademarks
ACKme Networks and the ACKme Networks logo are
trademarks of ACKme Networks. WICED™ is a
trademark of Broadcom® Corporation, Inc. Other
trademarks in this document belong to their respective
owners.
Copyright © 2014 ACKme Networks, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Document Number: ARG-MW004E-1xx
Release Date: February 27, 2015
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Contents
1
2
Introduction ........................................................... 1
Feature Identification ............................................ 2
2.1
2.2
3
AMW004-E02 ‘Marlin’ .................................... 2
AMW004-E03 ‘Mackerel’................................ 4
Using WiConnect.................................................... 5
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
Getting Help.................................................... 5
System Indicator LEDs .................................... 6
Scanning for Wi-Fi Networks .......................... 6
Joining a Wi-Fi Network .................................. 6
Web Setup .............................................. 6
Script Setup............................................. 7
Manual Setup.......................................... 8
Wireless Protected Setup (WPS) ............ 9
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.10
3.11
Filesystem ....................................................... 9
UDP / TCP / TLS Clients .................................10
HTTP / HTTPS Clients ....................................11
Using GPIOs ..................................................11
Factory Reset ................................................12
Save & Reboot ..............................................12
Command vs. Stream Mode .........................13
Command Mode ...................................13
Stream Mode ........................................14
3.12
Want more? ..................................................14
4
5
Ordering Information ...........................................15
Revision History & Glossary .................................16
5.1
5.2
Revision History ............................................16
Glossary ........................................................16
APPENDIX A – Configuring a Terminal Application
APPENDIX B – Evaluation Board Schematics
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Introduction, Section 1
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Introduction
The AMW004 ‘Wallaby’ module is a fully certified small form factor, low power WICED-based Wi-Fi networking
module perfectly suited to deeply embedded applications requiring medium/high data throughput in medium to
high volume.
The module runs WiConnect firmware, ACKme Networks easy-to-use and reliable serial Wi-Fi networking application
that includes an embedded TCP/IP networking stack with SSL/TLS/HTTPS security.
Evaluation of WiConnect and the AMW004 module is available with the AMW004-E02 ‘Marlin’ evaluation board, or
the AMW004-E03 ‘Mackerel’ evaluation board. The evaluation boards are shown in Figure 1 and a feature
comparison of the boards is provided in Table 1.
Figure 1. AMW004 Evaluation Boards
AMW004-E02 ‘Marlin’
(with AMW004-A01 through-hole
module adapter)
Table 1. AMW004 Evaluation Board Feature Comparison
Feature
Product Number
Module style
Serial Interface
Power supply
User LEDs
User Buttons
Reset Button
Expansion Headers
AMW004-E02 ‘Marlin’
AMW004-E02
(AAE001 + AMW004-A01)
Pluggable module adapter
USB-UART
from USB
2
2
Y
2 x 10
AMW004-E03 ‘Mackerel’
(with AMW004 surface mount
module)
AMW004-E03 ‘Mackerel’
AMW004-E03
Surface mount
USB-UART
from USB
2
2
Y
2 x 20
Note!
Customers that wish to evaluate the AMW004 module using Broadcom WICED should obtain an
alternate evaluation board that provides AMW004 program and debug capability. Information about the
AMW004-E01 ‘Snapper’ WICED eval board is available at
http://ack.me/products/AMW004_E01_Snapper
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Feature Identification, Section 2
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2.1
Feature Identification
AMW004-E02 ‘Marlin’
The Marlin evaluation board assembly is in fact comprised of two separate boards that are plugged together. The
through-hole AMW004 module adapter (AMW004-A01) plugs directly into the bare evaluation board (AAE001).
Schematics for both boards are provided in Appendix B.
Figure 2. AMW004-E02 Features
AMW004 Module
‘Hornet’
AMW004-A01 ‘Hornet’ adaptor
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Header 2
Header 1
Ground Hook
Power LED
USB Mini B Connector
Provides power to the board &
USB-Serial UART to computer
Ground Hook
User LED 1
User LED 2
USB UART Tx LED
USB UART Rx LED
Reset Button
Used to reset the AMW004 module ONLY
User Button 2
User Button 1
Table 2. AMW004-E02 Expansion Header Connections
AMW004
VDD_3V3
GPIO_14
GPIO_13
GPIO_19
1
RESET_N
GPIO_26
GPIO_25
GPIO_22
GPIO_21
GND
Marlin V2
VDD_3V3
USART1_TX
USART1_RX
GPIO_3
RESET_N
GPIO_4
GPIO_5
BUTTON_1
3
GPIO_7
GND
Marlin V3
VDD_3V3
USART1_TX
USART1_RX
GPIO_3
RESET_N
BUTTON_2
LED_2
GPIO_6
THERM
GND
Pin #
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Pin #
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
AMW004
GPIO_28
GPIO_27
GPIO_17
1
GPIO_20
1
GPIO_15
GPIO_12
-
2
GPIO_0
GPIO_16
GPIO_18
1
Marlin V2
LED_2
LED_1
GPIO_14
3
GPIO_13
USART1_RTS
BUTTON_2
-
GPIO_10
USART1_CTS
GPIO_8
Marlin V3
I2C_SDA
I2C_SCL
SPI_SCK
SPI_CS
USART1_RTS
LED_1
-
BUTTON_1
USART1_CTS
SPI_MOSI
Notes
1 Connection to AMW004 is via a 220R resistor
2 Not connected to AMW004 by default. R8 must be populated with a 0R link to make the connection.
3 The silkscreen is WRONG! Button 1 is actually connected to Pin 8 of the expansion header.
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