Microchip is offering the ZeroG Wireless' ZG2100M and ZG2101M Wi-Fi modules, with a development kit and daughter board.

The offering is part of a multi-year deal between the companies which began with a joint engineering programme to develop embedded Wi-Fi modules for Microchip's 8-, 16- and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers and dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers.
The ZeroG ZG2100M and ZG2101M Wi-Fi transceiver modules provide a Wi-Fi wireless link with FCC, ETSI, IC and Wi-Fi certification.

The ZeroG IEEE 802.11 development kit for Explorer 16 (part number AC164136) demonstrates 802.11 Wi-Fi connectivity using the separately available Explorer 16 development board, which supports all of Microchip's 16-bit PIC24 MCUs, 32-bit PIC32 MCUs and dsPIC DSCs.

The ZeroG Wi-Fi PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board (part number AC164136-2) consists of the ZeroG ZG2100M FCC and Wi-Fi certified module.

This daughter board allows designers to quickly create a direct connection to the Internet by seamlessly connecting to standard wireless access points.

In managing the connection, the ZeroG ZG2100M module controls the MAC and baseband layers, and is connected to the host MCU or DSC via an SPI port. The 8/16/32-bit PIC MCU or dsPIC DSC that resides on the Microchip development board controls the royalty-free Microchip TCP/IP networking stack and runs the system application.

See www.microchip.com/Wireless