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Suggest Suitable Modules/IC for MPU/MCU, WiFi, Blutooth, Zigbee, KNX TXRX, Ethernet

Hi,

 

We need to design the Gateway, all related requirement/feature information's are explained as below. Kindly check our requirement/application and advise accordingly.

This is one of the most important Project, We need your support to built efficient product.

 

1.Kindly Suggest the suitable and right module/IC (EVM board should be available with supporting design documents) which is available with you ,

Microprocessor / Microcontroller

WiFi Module/Chip

Bluetooth

Zigbee

KNX Transreceiver

Ethernet driver, if not built in feature with Processor/Controller.

 

2. Could you support us for all the time like Schematic Review, Layout/Gerber review, Suggestions/Recommendations wherever required?

 

Overview:

PFA the Block diagram.

Gateway is designed to bridging between cloud and end devices operating via WiFi, Zigbee, BLE and KNX channels.

Ethernet should also supports for BACnet IP to transreceive the Messages.

Application: Home/Building Automation, Industry Automation, etc.

Proto: 50 units

Production: 10K, 50K

Production Plan: December 2021

Operating Temperature: to work between temperatures of -40’C and 85’C and humidity of 5% to 97%

Sufficient thermal insulation and power surge protection must be provided

Must be UL certified and RoHS certified.

 

Technical Specifications;

1. Microprocessor / Microcontroller:

Should work with Linux OS

Communicate with/over BLE/BLE Mesh devices, WiFi/WiFi Mesh devices, Zigbee devices.

Communicate with KNX devices include Sensors, actuators, supported devices

Communicate over Ethernet, should support BACnet IP.

MQTT Client libraries and AES libraries

Security:

Must support secure-boot with OTPROM based core root of trust

Build procedure to sign the bootloader OS and application binaries with a RSA private key.

Secure boot verification by establishing chain of trust from OTPROM till application layer.

OS should be Secure Linux.

Storing passwords, user names, keys in a secure storage

2. WiFi Module/Chip:

Should support WIFI 802.11 a/b/g/n (ac optional)

Network range should be maximum as possible. Kindly advise how to achieve.

One Antenna should be sufficient or dual Antenna required?

3. Bluetooth:

Should support Bluetooth (BLE 5.0)

Range should be maximum as possible. Kindly advise how to achieve.

On board PCB Antenna Sufficient or External Antenna required?

4. Zigbee:

Should support ZigBee 3.0 (HA 1.2)

Range should be maximum as possible. Kindly advise how to achieve.

On board PCB Antenna Sufficient or External Antenna required?

5. KNX Transreceiver:

Should support KNX over IP

Should natively support KNX over Twisted Pair

Should have UART/RS485 for communicating with Processor/Controller.

6. Ethernet:

It can be a inbuilt feature with Processor/Controller, suggest if external driver required. Should support BACnet IP.

  

Thanks and Regards,

Naveen K

  • Hello Naveen,

    To set expectations: We can answer specific questions that you have, and we can even provide suggestions. But we cannot do the design for you, and we cannot conduct schematic reviews or PCB reviews on the forums.

    We have many different teams at TI who specialize in many different parts. Please use the tools on TI.com to narrow down which parts you are interested in evaluating. Once you have specific questions about specific parts, we can assign your questions to the appropriate team.

    Please take a look at our applications page:
    https://www.ti.com/applications/overview.html 

    You may be interested in searching TI reference designs:
    https://www.ti.com/reference-designs/index.html 

    Regards,

    Nick

  • Hi Nick,

    Thank you for the information.

    Yes, we have to specific. I will start with Microprocessor selection for our application, we may have to create individual post for every product selection. I will do this.

    Thanks and regards,

    Naveen K

  • Sounds good Naveen! It will be easiest for our team if you create a new thread for each new question as you come across them. (e.g., "I want to do X things on this processor, but I have a question about Y" could be one post, while "I am running into X problem with Zigbee" could be a separate post).

    Regards,

    Nick