Industrial-Strength Wi-Fi MCU Modules and SoCs
If you’re designing Wi-Fi products, you understand the importance of a reliable connection. However, your customers want more than a strong signal because their customers want to do more with their wireless devices.
You need a solution that does more than an MCU or wireless chip; you need an all-in-one solution that provides the functionality of a MCU and reliable wireless connectivity. In short, you need a Wi-Fi microcontroller (MCU).
Our Wi-Fi MCUs thrive in any environment, including those with noise interference and extreme temperatures common in industrial applications. These robust devices are complemented by a simple development environment and turnkey software examples that make it easy for you to start your project.
PIC32MZ-W1 and WFI32 Wi-Fi MCU Family
Designed to thrive in extreme environments, this MCU family provides industrial-level features, robust Wi-Fi connectivity and advanced security. It features a high-performance microcontroller with:
- Industry-leading, low-power Wi-Fi connectivity
- A rich set of peripherals to add features to your application
We make it easy to get started by providing fully certified modules, a simple development environment and turnkey software examples featuring AWS and Azure cloud connectivity.
- High-performance, MIPS32® M-Class MCU with a highly integrated single-band 2.4 GHz IEEE® 802.11 b/g/n wireless radio
- Up to 2 MB flash and 640 KB RAM
- Up to 60 GPIOs supporting advanced analog peripherals such as touch inputs, CAN and Ethernet
- Support for WPA/WPA2/WPA3 Personal, TLS and SSL security protocols
- Trust&GO advanced security that is pre-provisioned for AWS and Azure cloud environments
- Class B Safety Library to streamline the functional safety certification process
- Globally pre-certified modules that shorten time to market by eliminating RF design and reducing regulatory requirements
- Application examples and turnkey software solutions including Ethernet bridging, AWS Free RTOS and secure cloud connections
Why Design With Our Wi-Fi Microcontrollers?
Wi-Fi Made Easy
Use drag-and-drop code generation and numerous application examples to prototype your application in seconds.
Advanced Peripherals
With up to 60 GPIOs and advanced peripherals (capacitive touch, CAN and Ethernet) it is easy to add features that set your application apart.
Product Selection
In addition to SoCs, we design and build our own RF-ready modules and provide chip-down reference design packages.
Robust Performance
Whether it’s noise, interference or extreme temperatures, our Wi-Fi MCUs are built to thrive in all conditions.
Interoperability
We test against hundreds of Access Points (APs), ensuring that your product will work wherever it’s deployed.
Simplify Secure Authentication
As an IoT product designer, you understand the importance of security and the benefits of connecting to the cloud. However, you struggle with the challenges of creating a secure cloud connection over Wi-Fi. You need a solution that is easy to implement using minimal resources.
Our Trust&GO Wi-Fi MCU modules include a built-in hardware security element that streamlines the process of creating secure network connections and requires no additional hardware. These modules come with pre-configured and pre-provisioned elements that enable secure authentication in four easy
Getting Started
We Have All Tools Needed to Jumpstart Your Project
Our comprehensive selection of tools and accessible support makes Wi-Fi product development easy. Our resources include:
- Modules, SoCs and other devices
- Development boards
- Detailed documentation
- Demo applications
- Design check service
- Technical support
- Hardware
- Software
- Code Examples
- Additional Resources
Development Tools
Ethernet to Wi-Fi Bridge Board
- Pre-programmed with Ethernet-to-Wi-Fi bridging software
- 32 MB external SPI flash
WFI32 2.0 High Pin Count Curiosity Development Board
- System-level prototyping
- 60 GPIO
- 2 MB flash and 640 KB RAM
PIC32MZ-W1 and WFI32 2.0 Curiosity Development Board
- System-level prototyping
- 37 GPIO
- 2 MB flash and 640 KB RAM
WFI32-IoT 2.0 Development Board
- Battery-powered applications
- 37 GPIO
- 2 MB flash and 640 KB RAM
WFI32 High Pin Count Curiosity Development Board
- System-level prototyping
- 60 GPIO
- 1 MB flash and 320 KB RAM
PIC32MZ-W1 and WFI32 Curiosity Development Board
- System-level prototyping
- 37 GPIO
- 1 MB flash and 320 KB RAM
WFI32-IoT Development Board
- Battery-powered applications
- 37 GPIO
- 1 MB flash and 320 KB RAM
Development Environments
MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
MPLAB X IDE provides a host of features to help you quickly debug your projects and minimize your development time while workng seamlessly with the other tools in the MPLAB ecosystem.
MPLAB® Harmony v3
This integrated software development framework for our SAM and PIC32 MCUs provides flexible and interoperable modules that simplify product development and reduce time to market.
MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC)
MCC is a free graphical programming environment that generates seamless, easy-to-understand C code to insert into your project. It is available in the downloadable MPLAB X IDE and the cloud-based MPLAB Harmony v3.
Demos and Code Examples
Easy IoT Cloud Connectivity
Connect to any cloud— Azure, AWS or MQTT cloud—with ease using our PIC32MZ-W1 Curiosity or WFI32-IoT Boards.
Class B Safety Library
This robust family now includes a Class B Safety Library to streamline the functional safety certification process.
Industrial Bridging Solutions
Reliable performance and multiple communication protocols make the WFI32 modules excellent options for use Wi-Fi bridging applications.
And Many More
Explore our growing library of application examples, documentation and videos available through MPLAB® Discover.
Development Resources
MCHPRT3 Radio Test Tool
Use this Windows®-based software to test your RF configuration during development, certification and production.
Design Check Service
Our online design review is available at no charge to customers who have selected our wireless devices for their applications.