Cypress Semiconductor announced that its Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combo solution for wireless connectivity has been selected for new Raspberry Pi Zero W board for IoT applications. CYW43438 combo solution provides 802.11n Wi-Fi for developers to connect their applications to the Internet, along with advanced coexistence algorithms enabling simultaneous Bluetooth 4.1 operations such as audio streaming and low-power Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connections to smartphones, sensors and other low-power devices.
Cypress’ CYW43438 combo solution integrates IEEE 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in a single-chip solution to enable small-form-factor IoT designs. The solution provides up to 150 Mbps PHY data rates and coexistence management for advanced Wi-Fi and Bluetooth streaming applications. The combo solution is supported on Cypress’ Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) Software Development Kit (SDK), which provides code examples, tools and development support.