WL1837MOD: How to differentiate between the WL1837 vs WL1835 chipset

Part Number: WL1837MOD
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: WL1837, WL1835,

Tool/software:

Hello,

How to identify the which chipset is connected on Hardware board. Please suggest the way which is differentiate between the WL1837 and WL1835 modue.

Regards,

Shailesh

  • Hi Shailesh, 

    The modules should be labelled with the corresponding part number. Here is the device marking for WL1837MOD, taken from datasheet:

    And here is WL1837MOD:

    If you're asking on how to do it from software: The WL1837 has 5GHz enabled. So perhaps you can issue a Wi-Fi scan, and if you see any 5GHz APs in the area, then you can know that is a 1837 device.