AzureWave AW-AM457-D-EVB User manual

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AW-AM457-D-EVB
IEEE 802.11 1X1 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN and
Bluetooth 5.1
15mm x 15mm LGA module
User Guide
Rev. 01
(For Standard)

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Revision History
Version
Revision
Date
Description
Initials
Approved
01
2021/09/12
Initial Version
Roger Liu
N.C. Chen

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1. System Setup
1-1. Hardware Requirements
AW-AM457-D-EVB (EVB for AW-AM457-D)
Host system need running the Linux operating system (Ubunbu14.04 or later)
Windows system (OS later than Windows XP) for Labtool.
Vector SignalAnalyzer/WLAN analyzer for transmit measurements.
WLAN signal generator for receiver measurements.
RF isolation chamber for receive measurements.
RF attenuators
RF cable
SDIO Interface
Power Supply
UART Interface
Power Supply
BT
WiFi
J4
J11
J2
AW-AM457-D-EVB
2-08-210915

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1.1.1 For SDIO supply
For SDIO supply VBAT, please connect J2(1-2).
For SDIO supply VDDIO(1.8V), please connect J4(1-2).
For SDIO supply VDDIO(3.3V), please connect J4(2-3).
For SDIO supply VIO_SD(1.8V), please connect J11(1-2).
For SDIO supply VIO_SD (3.3V), please connect J11(2-3).
1.1.2 For USB supply
For USB supply VBAT, please connect J2(2-3).
For USB supply VDDIO(1.8V), please connect J4(1-2).
For USB supply VDDIO(3.3V), please connect J4(2-3).
For USB supply VIO_SD(1.8V), please connect J11(1-2).
For USB supply VIO_SD (3.3V), please connect J11(2-3).

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1-2. Software package requirement
SDIO-UART
“SDIO-UART SW package_p171.zip”
1-2-1.Linux PC set up (SDIO-UART)
After download the SW package from Azurewave contact window, please build the driver first.
Open the folder and you can see below contents.
Go into Driver folder and unzip the tar file you can see the files below.
Unzip them all and go into the /SD-UAPSTA-8978-U16-MMC-W16.68.10.p101-C4X16679_V0-mlan-
src
folder and use the cmds as below.
Make clean
Make build
Then and go into the
/SD-BT-8978-U16-MMC-16.26.10.p101-C4X14114_V0-GPL-src
folder and use the cmds as below.
Make clean
Make build
1-2-2 Driver for UART-to-USB bridge IC(PL2303GC)
Update pl2303.ko driver to below direction and replace the original one.
*you can contact with Azurewave FAE for pl2303.ko file.
**notice: the kernel version may be different from the sample picture

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Input below cmds by terminal before connecting to AW-CM276NF-EVB’s UART-to-USB port.
Insmod usbserial.ko
Insmod pl2303.ko
Connect USB-to-UART type C port to your PC and input “dmesg” to check if device ttyUSBx is generated
successfully.
1-3. Environment set up and Bridge Mode Tool
(1) The “Manufacturing Bridge” refers to the application that allows a user to send commands between Target
platform and Windows 7 platform. The environment enables the user to test performance of the AW-
AM457.
Manufacturing Bridge mode

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1-4. Start driver installation and DUT testing
1-4-1. Linux PC side
After building the driver at Linux PC, you can run the following commands to install the driver and firmware
and start the Manufacturing bridge application with the following commands.
Please copy firmware in the SW package
\MFG-W8978-MF-WIFI-BT-BRG-FC-VS2013-1.0.0.11-16.80.10.p132\FwImage
To Linux system firmware direction
/lib/firmware/mrvl/
On the working direction, use the following commands to put the 88W8978 in MFG mode after power on
DUT.
SDIO-UART:
a. For WiFi
Go into bin_sd8978 folder and key in below cmds
modprobe cfg80211
Insmod mlan.ko
Insmod sd8978.ko mfg_mode=1 cal_data_cfg=none fw_name=mrvl/sdio8978_uart_combo.bin
b. For BT
Hciattach /dev/ttyUSB0 any 3000000 flow
*Please notice and key in the correct ttyUSB number in your Linux PC system.
Bring up the ethernet interface and specify an IP address to the Target platform. This address must match
the IP for the DUT in which the Host PC is expecting.
At this point, the target is ready to receive Labtool commands.

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1-4-2. Windows PC side
On the Windows laptop where the Labtool release was downloaded, go to the folder shown below:
Edit the “SetUp.ini” file as shown in the lines highlighted in RED below. The setup
DutIpAddress will be the IP address of your target.
Then you can double click “DutApiSisoBt.exe”to enter labtool as below picture.
(2) bin Folder Contents
Download the latest MFG release from the NXP website and unzip it.

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2.RF Basic Test
2.1 Initial Command
As the information showed on your screen, please enter these commands below to start your test.
Command: 1 Wi-Fi testing
Command: 2 BT testing
2.2 Generate 802.11a/b/g/n Packet commands
a. Tx on CH 6 at 10 dBm with a CCK-11Mbps data rate in 20 MHz BW mode on WiFi
25 // Stop Tx
30 0 // Set to 2.4 GHz Band
112 0 // Set to 20 MHz BW
12 6 // Set to CH 6
22 6 10 0 // Set to CH 6 at 10 dBm Output Power with CCK/BPSK Data Rate on WiFi
25 1 4 // Tx at 11 Mbps
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b. Tx on CH 100 at 8 dBm with a OFDM 54M Data rate in 20 MHz BW Mode on WiFi
25 // Stop Tx
30 1 // Set to 5 GHz Band
112 0 // Set to 20 MHz BW
12 100 // Set to CH 100
22 100 8 1 // Set to CH 100 at 8 dBm Output Power with OFDM Data Rate on WiFi
25 1 13 // Tx at 54 Mbps
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c. Tx on CH 102 at 12 dBm with a MCS7 Data rate in 40 MHz BW Mode on WiFi
25 // Stop Tx
30 1 // Set to 5 GHz Band
112 1 // Set to 40 MHz BW
12 100 // Set to CH 102
22 100 12 2 // Set to CH 102 at 12 dBm Output Power with MCS Data Rate on WiFi
25 1 22 // Tx at MCS 7

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Data rate set up
B mode & G mode:
1Mbps
5.5Mbps
11Mbps
6Mbps
9Mbps
12Mbps
18Mbps
24Mbps
1
3
4
6
7
8
9
10
36Mbps
48Mbps
54Mbps
11
12
13
N mode:
MCS0
MCS1
MCS2
MCS3
MCS4
MCS5
MCS6
MCS7
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
After you type above command, you can measure the 802.11b/g/n packet by your RF test instrument (exp:
Agilent 4010, IQview…).
2.3 Generate 802.11 a/b/g/n continuous symbol Commands
a. Cont. Tx on CH 36 at 8 dBm with a MCS7 Data rate in 20 MHz BW Mode on WiFi
35 // Stop Tx
30 1 // Set to 5 GHz Band
112 0 // Set to 20 MHz BW
12 36 // Set to CH 36
22 36 8 2 // Set to CH 36 at 8 dBm Output Power with MCS Data Rate on WiFi
35 1 22 // Tx at MCS 7
2.4 Test RX sensitivity Commands
a. Rx on CH 102 in 40 MHz BW Mode on WiFi
35 // Stop Tx
30 1 // Set to 5 GHz Band
112 1 // Set to 40 MHz BW
12 100 // Set to CH 102
31 // Clear all the received packets
32 // Get Rx Packet Count and then clear the Rx packet counter
2.5 Others Commands
(1) Command 45Check the MAC
(2) Command 99Quit the test mode/ Quit the MFG tool
2.6 BT test mode Commands