CC3200: Wifi Network Setup

David Berry80

Part Number: CC3200

Hi,

I'm designing a beacon of sorts to embed in a football. Do to another thread I posted CC3200 was determined to be the best option for the job. My question now is how to setup the MCU to emit a signal that will be seen by phones as a specific wifi network? Connection to the beacon doesn't need to happen, all I need is for an android phone to search for a wifi network and see the SSID of my beacon.

Any help would be appreciated.

over 7 years ago

0 Kevin Allen18 over 7 years ago

TI__Mastermind 45206 points

Hi David,

From your description it sounds like you are wanting to set the cc3200 as an Access Point. This will enable the device SSID to show up on an android phone and connect to it, but this is not a low power application and won't allow you to do much else.

If you're wanting a lower power application to send data from the CC3200's radio I'd suggest looking into the "Transceiver Mode" example program on the SDK. This would require some work to find or make your own protocol for communication, but you'd be able to effectively send packets of data.

processors.wiki.ti.com/.../CC3200_Transceiver_Mode
processors.wiki.ti.com/.../CC3100_&_CC3200_Transceiver_Mode

Also, see this E2E post for some ideas:

e2e.ti.com/.../436135

Hope this helps,
Kevin

0 David Berry80 over 7 years ago in reply to Kevin Allen18

Prodigy 30 points

I'm not too concerned about power. How to I setup the CC3200 as a Access Point?

0 Kevin Allen18 over 7 years ago in reply to David Berry80

TI__Mastermind 45206 points

Hi David,

I think the "getting_started _with_wlan_ap" example within the CC3200 SDK would be a good place to start for you.

Read the following wiki for info on it: processors.wiki.ti.com/.../CC3200_Getting_Started_with_WLAN_AP

Best,
Kevin

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