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1 Introduction
Wi-Fi is a set of wireless communication technologies developed in the 1990s and 2000s that enables
millions of devices to be connected together wirelessly. This has enabled the “Internet-of-Things” (IoT)
era in which any device can now be connected to the Internet. Many IoT devices use Wi-Fi to implement
a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) meeting the IEEE 802.11 standard specifications for Media
Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY). This article will discuss adding Wi-Fi to the OSD335x
Family of System-in-Package (SiP) devices, enabling designers and developers to quickly and easily add
IoT functionality to their product.

 Notice: The information provided within this document is for informational use only. Octavo Systems
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Table of Contents
1    Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1
2    Revision History ..................................................................................................................................... 3
3    Adding Wi-Fi to OSD335x ...................................................................................................................... 4
4    WL1835MOD Wireless Module ............................................................................................................. 4
5    Interfacing WL1835MOD with OSD335x Family .................................................................................... 5
    5.1    Power ............................................................................................................................................. 5
    5.2    Clock ............................................................................................................................................... 5
    5.3    Interfaces........................................................................................................................................ 5
    5.4    Interfacing with OSD335x-BAS ....................................................................................................... 6
    5.5    Layout with OSD335x-BAS ............................................................................................................ 10
      5.5.1       Powering the WL1835MOD:.................................................................................................. 10
      5.5.2       Noise / Thermal design: ........................................................................................................ 13
      5.5.3       RF antenna and SDIO / UART Interface Routing:................................................................... 14
    5.6    Moving from OSD335x-BAS to OSD335x-SM ............................................................................... 15
    5.7    Interfacing with OSD335x-SM ...................................................................................................... 16
    5.8    Layout with the OSD335x-SM ...................................................................................................... 18
      5.8.1       Powering the WL1835: .......................................................................................................... 18
      5.8.2       Noise / Thermal design: ........................................................................................................ 19
      5.8.3       RF antenna and SDIO/UART Interface Routing: .................................................................... 20
6    Software .............................................................................................................................................. 21
7    Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 22

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    2 Revision History
     Revision Number   Revision Date                       Changes           Author
            1             3/7/2018                        Initial Release   Neeraj Dantu

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3 Adding Wi-Fi to OSD335x
There are several ways you can add wireless connectivity using the OSD335x Family of SiP devices. The
most common way is to add a pre-certified wireless module to the design. Just as the OSD335x Family
integrates key components of the system, wireless modules not only integrate all the circuitry required
to implement a wireless protocol, but also come pre-certified for commercial use which can ease the
regulatory testing requirements on a product. Choosing a wireless module depends largely on the
requirements of the product. In this application note, we will look at how to integrate the Texas
Instruments WL1835 wireless module with WiLink™ 8 Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
combo module, WL1835MOD (http://www.ti.com/product/WL1835MOD) with the OSD335x SiP Family
of devices to add wireless capabilities to a product.

4 WL1835MOD Wireless Module
The WL1835MOD wireless module integrates the Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry, power amplifiers, clock,
filters, power management and passive components required to implement a wireless networking
communication protocol. The RF transceiver operates at 2.4GHz and supports IEEE standards 802.11b,
802.11g and 802.11n, as well as the Bluetooth and BLE protocols. The module uses a 4-bit SDIO interface
to communicate to a host for Wi-Fi and a UART interface to communicate to a host for Bluetooth/BLE. A
functional block diagram of WL1835MOD taken from the datasheet is shown below:

                               Figure 4.1 WL1835MOD Functional Block Diagram

The figure shows that the WL1835MOD module requires two power inputs, VIO and VBAT, and a 32KHz
oscillator. It is connected to the host processor through the BT_UART and WLAN_SDIO interfaces. It also
has 2 antenna outputs to support the 2x2 MIMO (Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output) functionality of
802.11n.

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    5 Interfacing WL1835MOD with OSD335x Family
    The following figure shows a high-level system diagram showing interfacing between the WL1835MOD
    module and a host processor running Linux/Android

                       Figure 5.1 High-level system block diagram with WL1835MOD and host processor

    5.1 Power
    WL1835MOD module has 2 power inputs. VBAT_IN is the main 3.3V power supply input and VIO_IN is
    the 1.8V IO input. The datasheet for the module indicates that the current consumption for the module
    can go as high as 850mA during calibration, and typically consumes 238 mA while transmitting and
    65mA while receiving data. Therefore, it is important to budget for the module power needs
    accordingly. Since the calibration routine for the module is short, power only needs to be budgeted for
    the typical current and sufficient bulk capacitors should be added on the input voltage lines to supply
    the calibration current.

    5.2 Clock
    A 32KHz external clock is required for the wireless module. A crystal can be used to generate this clock.

    5.3 Interfaces
    The wireless module has a 4-bit SDIO interface for Wi-Fi and a UART interface for Bluetooth/BLE along
    with enable signals that can be controlled by the host processor.

    The easiest way to add wireless to an application using the OSD335x Family would be to use the
    OSD335x-SM with the WL1835MOD module. With its small size and increased flexibility, the OSD335x-
    SM provides and easy path to a wireless enabled application. Please jump ahead to section ‘Interfacing
    with OSD335x-SM’ if you are using the OSD335x-SM device.

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5.4 Interfacing with OSD335x-BAS
The OSD335x-BAS is a 27 mm x 27 mm 400 ball BGA System-in-Package device based on the AM335x
processor. The BeagleBone Black Wireless and BeagleBone Blue provide example implementations of
connecting the OSD335x-BAS to the WL1835MOD module.

While BeagleBone Blue uses the OSD335x-BAS SYS_VDD1_3P3V and SYS_VDD_1P8V voltage rails to
supply power to the WL1835MOD module, BeagleBone Black Wireless takes a more conservative
approach. Both of these approaches will be discussed in this section.

In BeagleBone Blue, both the power input voltages VBAT_IN (3.3V) and VIO_IN (1.8V) are supplied by
the OSD335x-BAS external power supply voltage rails, SYS_VDD1_3P3V and SYS_VDD_1P8V,
respectively. The following figure shows the schematic diagram of the 3.3V and 1.8V supply voltage
connections.

                               Figure 5.2 Power rails supplied by OSD335x-BAS

The SYS_VDD1_3P3V can supply 500mA and SYS_VDD_1P8V can provide 250mA. A capacitance of
approximately 20uF on the VBAT_IN voltage rail is enough to supply the increased current consumption
during the short calibration period.

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    In designs where the SYS_VDD1_3P3V and SYS_VDD_1P8V voltage rails are being used to power other
    components on the board, external regulators are needed to power the WL1835MOD. BeagleBone Black
    Wireless provides a good example of this. The following figure shows the circuit that is used to generate
    VBAT_IN (3.3V) and VIO_IN (1.8V) for the WL1835MOD:

                Figure 5.3 External power inputs to supplying power to WL1835MOD in BeagleBone Black Wireless

    The diodes D2, D3 and D4 multiplex the input to the low-dropout regulator TL1963A so that the LDO
    gets input power when the board gets powered through different power sources. This is similar to the
    power muxing that occurs within the TPS65217 power management IC within the OSD335x-BAS.
    Additional noise filtering and protection circuits are added to the input of the LDO. The LDO is capable of
    supplying a total of 1.5A output current, which reduces the need for capacitors to supply the calibration
    current. The resistors R93 and R94 are used to set the output voltage of the LDO to 3.3V. This 3.3V
    output is in turn used to generate the 1.8V power input needed by the module via a AP2112 fixed
    voltage LDO.

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The WL1835MOD module connections are shown below in the case that external LDOs are used:

                                  Figure 5.4 WL1835 module schematic circuit

The difference between BeagleBone Blue and BeagleBone Black Wireless is the additional capacitance
on the 3.3V VBAT_IN voltage rail to supply the calibration current.

Looking at the components and connections around the WL1835MOD, first each line of the UART and
SDIO interfaces have termination resistors to mitigate noise. Next, bypass capacitors are used to provide
return current paths and noise filtering. Both antennas are connected to coaxial antenna connectors and
filtered through 10pF capacitors. Additional noise filtering schemes can be used based on antenna
requirements. Finally, a 1.8V power input crystal oscillator (OSC2) is used to supply the module with the
required 32.768KHz clock input.

The UART and SDIO interface signals of the WL1835MOD module are 1.8V digital IO signals. Given that
all the OSD335x-BAS IOs are 3.3V, level shifters, like the TXS0108E, are required on the signals to
interface with the WL1835MOD module. The level shifting circuit is shown below. From the circuit, IC10

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    translates the 3.3V SDIO signals from the OSD335x-BAS to 1.8V SDIO signals for the module. Similarly,
    IC11 translates the UART interface, enables and interrupt signals.

                            Figure 5.5 Level shifters to convert 3.3V interfaces to 1.8V interfaces

    The final piece is connecting the UART and SDIO interface signals to the OSD335x-BAS, which is shown in
    the figure below. Given that in many cases the WL1835MOD module is replacing Ethernet for
    connectivity, the WL1835MOD module can use the multiplexed functionality of the Ethernet pins to
    connect to the OSD335x-BAS. For example, the SDIO interface can use the MMC2 peripheral (mode 6 of
    the Ethernet pins). Similarly, the UART interface can use the UART3 peripheral by selecting mode 1 of
    the pins and the enables and interrupts can use the GPIO peripheral on mode 7.

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                Figure 5.6 SDIO and Bluetooth interface of OSD335x-BAS on BeagleBone Black Wireless

5.5 Layout with OSD335x-BAS
Even though the WL1835MOD module is pre-certified to comply with FCC / CE regulations, the layout of
the WL1835MOD module is still very important so the board does not emit additional electromagnetic
noise or has poor wireless performance. There are three aspects that need attention during routing.
They are powering the module, noise / thermal design, and RF trace and antenna routing.

5.5.1 Powering the WL1835MOD:
As discussed in the schematic design, BeagleBone Blue uses the output voltage rails of the OSD335x-BAS
to power the WL1835MOD module. The following figure shows the power layout of the WL1835MOD
module on BeagleBone Blue. The 3.3V power input to the WL1835MOD is supplied by the
SYS_VDD1_3P3V power plane of the board. The 1.8V power input to the WL1835MOD is supplied from
the SYS_VDD_1P8V power output of the OSD335x-BAS. Those same voltage rails are also routed to the
level shifters for proper voltage translation of the IO signals.

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                              Figure 5.7 Power layout of WL1835 module on BeagleBone Blue

     However, in BeagleBone Black Wireless, the WL1835MOD module and the level shifters are powered
     from external LDOs generating 3.3V and 1.8V. The power layout for the BeagleBone Black Wireless is
     discussed below:

                                Figure 5.8 Power input layout in BeagleBone Black Wireless

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The above figure shows the layout for power input of the LDO TL1963A, which is responsible for
powering the WL1835MOD module. Each power rail input for diodes D2, D3 and D4 is a 32-mil width
trace. Between the diode outputs and noise cancelling ferrite bead FB1, a copper pour is used to provide
maximum connectivity and good thermal performance. Another copper pour is used to connect the
output of the Ferrite bead FB1 to the protection circuitry. Given that it is important to have good power
flow and thermal performance around the LDOs, copper pours are used for both the 5V input to the
TL1963A LDO as well as the 3.3V output which is connected to the LDO AP2112K as seen in the figure
below.

                               Figure 5.9 LDOs layout in BeagleBone Black Wireless

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     Finally, the output power from the LDOs need to be connected to the wireless module, which is shown
     in the figure below.

                           Figure 5.10 Power input of WL1835 module in BeagleBone Black Wireless

     5.5.2 Noise / Thermal design:
     There are 36 ground pads under the wireless module. These are needed for a good connection to the
     ground plane of the printed circuit board to mitigate noise and thermal issues. The following figure
     shows how a copper pour and a set of vias can form a good connection to the ground plane. In addition
     to a ground plane underneath the wireless module, a minimal number of signals should be routed
     underneath the module. This ensures a stable system with minimal noise and good thermal dissipation.

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               Figure 5.11 Thermal layout of WL1835 module on BeagleBone Black Wireless

5.5.3 RF antenna and SDIO / UART Interface Routing:

               Figure 5.12 SDIO and Bluetooth Interface routing in BeagleBone Black Wireless

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     The above image shows the SDIO and UART interface signal routing between the OSD335x-BAS and the
     WL1835MOD module. As described in the schematic section, two (2) 8-bit level shifters are used to
     translate the voltages of the IO signals between the OSD335x and the WL1835MOD. Given the speed of
     the SDIO interface, it is recommended that the routes for the SDIO signals, CLK, CMD, D0, D1, D2 and
     D3, are under 12cm and are length matched. Ideally, the spacing between the SDIO traces should be 1.5
     times the trace width, which is set to 6-mil.

     The traces that feed the RF antenna connector from the WL1835MOD have signals running at 2.4GHz.
     Therefore, they are routed with great care to ensure good RF performance. The placement of the
     module is such that the antenna traces are at the edge of the PCB. Also, the RF traces are as short as
     possible with appropriate ground reference underneath the routing layer. Via stitching around the RF
     trace between the copper pour of ground on the top layer of the printed circuit board and the ground
     plane is done to minimize noise. The RF traces should have gradual bend with mitered traces, versus any
     type of sharp corner. The maximum bend allowed on these traces is 90 degrees. These traces also need
     to have constant impedance. The RF antenna feed trace routing in BeagleBone Black Wireless is shown
     highlighted below:

                               Figure 5.13 Antenna trace routing in BeagleBone Black Wireless

     5.6 Moving from OSD335x-BAS to OSD335x-SM
     There are only two main differences between interfacing the WL1835MOD module with the OSD335x-
     BAS and the OSD335x-SM device.

     The first difference is that the SDIO and UART interface pin group of OSD335x-SM can be set to 1.8V
     level logic by driving the VDDSHV5 pin with 1.8V. This will allow for the SDIO and UART interfaces of the

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wireless module to be connected to the OSD335x-SM directly instead of going through level shifters.
This is shown in the schematic below:

                       Figure 5.14 Setting pin group powered by VDDSHV5 to 1.8V level logic

The second difference is that the pin-out of the OSD335x-SM is different from the OSD335x-BAS. The
OSD335x-SM is a 256 pin 21 mm x 21 mm BGA device. The pin assignment mapping for both OSD335x-
BAS and OSD335x-SM with the AM335x can be found here:
https://octavosystems.com/app_notes/osd335x-family-pin-assignments/

5.7 Interfacing with OSD335x-SM
The OSD335x-SM is a 21mm x 21mm, 256 BGA package System in Package based on the AM335x
processor. Because of added flexibility, it is the easier device to interface with the WL1835MOD module.
The power input of WL1835MOD, VBAT_IN(3.3V) and VIO_IN(1.8V) can be drawn from the OSD335x-SM
external power supply voltage rails, SYS_VDD1_3P3V and SYS_VDD_1P8V respectively. The following
figure shows the schematic diagram of the supply voltages 3.3V and 1.8V being drawn from the
OSD335x-SM.

                                  Figure 5.15 Power output rails of OSD335x-SM

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     The SYS_VDD1_3P3V voltage rail can supply 500mA and SYS_VDD_1P8V voltage rail can provide 250mA.
     A capacitance of approximately 20uF on the VBAT_IN voltage rail is enough to supply the instantaneous
     spikes in current consumption during the short calibration period.

     In designs where SYS_VDD1_3P3V and SYS_VDD_1P8V are being used to other components on the
     board external regulators are needed to power WL1835 as described in the ‘Interfacing with OSD335x-
     BAS’ section. The WL1835MOD module circuit schematic is shown below:

                                           Figure 5.16 WL1835 module circuit

     Looking at the components and connections around WL1835, first each line of the Bluetooth (UART3)
     and SDIO (MMC2) interfaces have termination resistors to mitigate noise. Next, bypass capacitors are
     used to provide return current paths and noise filtering. Both antennas are connected to coaxial
     antenna connectors and filtered through 10pF capacitors. Additional noise filtering schemes such as
     inductances in parallel can be used based on antenna requirements. Finally, a 1.8V power input crystal
     oscillator (Y1) is used to supply the module with the required 32.768KHz clock input.

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The following figure shows the Wi-Fi(MMC2) and Bluetooth(UART3) signals connected to OSD335x-SM.

                             Figure 5.17 OSD335x-SM Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interfaces

As shown, the final piece is connecting the UART and SDIO interface signals to the OSD335x-SM. Given
that in many cases the WL1835 module is replacing Ethernet for connectivity, the WL1835 module can
use the multiplexed functionality of the Ethernet pins to connect to the OSD335x-SM. For example, the
SDIO interface can use the MMC2 peripheral (mode 6 of the Ethernet pins). Similarly, the UART interface
can use the UART3 peripheral by selecting mode 1 of the pins and the enables and interrupts can use
the GPIO peripheral on mode 7.

5.8 Layout with the OSD335x-SM
Even though the WL1835 module is pre-certified to comply with FCC / CE regulations, the layout of the
WL1835 module is still very important so the board does not emit additional electromagnetic noise or
has poor wireless performance. There are three aspects that need attention during routing. They are
powering the module, noise/thermal design, and RF trace and antenna routing.

5.8.1 Powering the WL1835:
As discussed in the schematic design, the output voltage rails of the OSD335x-SM can be used to power
the WL1835MOD module. The following figure shows the power layout of the WL1835MOD module on
with the OSD335x-SM. The 3.3V power input to the WL1835 is supplied by the SYS_VDD1_3P3V power
plane of the board. The 1.8V power input to the WL1835 is supplied from the SYS_VDD_1P8V power
output of the OSD335x-SM. The highlighted power rails are shown below:

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                             Figure 5.18 Power layout of WL1835 module with the OSD335x-SM

     5.8.2 Noise / Thermal design:
     There are 36 ground pads under the wireless module. These are needed for a good connection to the
     ground plane of the printed circuit board to mitigate noise and thermal issues. The following figure
     shows how a copper pour and a set of vias can forma good connection to the ground plane. In addition
     to a ground plane underneath the wireless module, a minimum number of signals are routed
     underneath the module. This ensures a stable system with minimal noise and good thermal dissipation.

                                      Figure 5.19 Thermal layout of WL1835 module

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5.8.3 RF antenna and SDIO/UART Interface Routing:
The following image shows the SDIO and UART interface signal routing between the OSD335x-SM and
the WL1835MODmodule.

                      Figure 5.20 Interface routing between WL1835 module and OSD335x-SM

Given the speed of SDIO interface, it is recommended that the traces for SDIO (MMC2) signals CLK,
CMD, D0, D1, D2 and D3 are under 12cm and are length matched. Ideally, the spacing between the SDIO
traces should be 1.5 times the trace width which is set to 6 mil.

The traces that feed the RF antenna connector from the WL1835 have signals running at 2.4GHz.
Therefore, they are routed with great care to ensure good RF performance. The placement of the
module is such that the antenna traces are at the edge of the PCB. Also, the RF traces are as short as
possible with appropriate ground reference underneath the routing layer. Via stitching around the RF
trace between the copper pour of ground on the top layer of the printed circuit board and the ground
plane is done to minimize noise. The RF traces have gradual bend with mitered traces, vs any type of
sharp corner. The maximum bend allowed on these traces is 90 degrees. These traces also need to have
constant impedance. An example of the RF antenna feed trace routing is shown highlighted below:

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                                    Figure 5.21 Antenna trace routing for WL1835 module

     The figure also shows an example of filtering elements (capacitors and inductors) placed in
     series/parallel to the trace aligning the pads along the signal path or perpendicular to it with no edges or
     deviations along the path.

     6 Software
     Once the hardware has been connected and properly laid out, there is software needed to configure a
     board to use the WL1835MOD. Linux needs a special data structure called a device tree to understand
     the peripherals connected to the processor. This application note assumes use of Beagleboard.org
     images for software development.

     A good resource to get started on the device tree is the device tree rebuilder
     (https://github.com/RobertCNelson/dtb-rebuilder). This Git repository contains device tree source files
     written for different AM335x development boards that can be used as references for a custom board.
     The device tree source file am335x-boneblack-wireless.dts for the Beaglebone Black Wireless is present
     in src/arm directory of the repository. The DTS file includes the am335x-boneblack-WL1835MOD.dtsi file
     to describe which AM335x pins are used to interface with the WL1835MOD module and instruct the
     kernel which drivers are required to communicate with the WL1835MOD module.

     After compiling the new device tree binary file using the device tree rebuilder, the device tree binary file
     needs to be placed in /boot/dtbs/[Kernel version]/ in order for the kernel to find the new device tree.
     After doing this, the custom device tree name needs to be specified as a boot environment variable ‘dtb’
     in the /boot/uEnv.txt file.

     To summarize, here is the procedure to boot a custom wireless board with WL1835MOD module and
     OSD335x family of SiPs:
         1. Use the BeagleBone Black Wireless/ BeagleBone Blue device trees as a reference to build a
            custom device tree

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    2. Compile the device tree suing device tree rebuilder
    3. Copy the device tree binary file into /boot/dtbs/[Kernel version]/
    4. Set dtb boot variable to custom device tree binary name in /boot/uEnv.txt

This should allow the board to boot and have full wireless capability.

7 Conclusion
This application note describes the hardware and software steps to integrate the WL1835MOD wireless
module with the OSD335x family to provide wireless capabilities and enabling IoT functionality. For
more information, please refer to the following links:

    •   Datasheet for WL18xxMOD WiLink™ 8 Single-Band Combo Module –Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, and
        Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) (SWRS152M) http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/wl1805mod.pdf
    •   OSD335x-BAS datasheet: https://octavosystems.com/docs/osd335x-datasheet/
    •   OSD335x-SM datasheet: https://octavosystems.com/docs/osd335x-sm-datasheet/
    •   Device tree rebuilder: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/dtb-rebuilder
    •   BeagleBone Black Wireless: https://beagleboard.org/black-wireless
    •   BeagleBone Blue: https://beagleboard.org/blue

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