WL1831MOD: determine wlink6 vs wilink8 at runtime?

Brad Caldwell

Part Number: WL1831MOD

Let's assume I already have a design using wilink6 and I updated that design to also work with wilink8. Is there a way to detect which one I have on my board from software? Is there a chip ID register or something like that I can read?

Thanks

over 7 years ago

0 Eyal Reizer over 7 years ago

TI__Mastermind 20285 points

Hi,

Unfortunately it is not possible to detect between the wl12xx and the wl18xx fasmily in runtime.

Best Regards,
Eyal

0 Iain Hunter40 over 7 years ago in reply to Eyal Reizer

Intellectual 485 points

Hi Eyal,

I think wl18xx reports SDIO version SDIO_SDIO_REV_3_00 and so this could be used to differentiate at runtime.

Iain

0 David Beaty over 7 years ago in reply to Iain Hunter40

Prodigy 70 points

Is there a way to identify a TI WiLinkx radio verses another manufacturer...?

0 Eyal Reizer over 7 years ago in reply to David Beaty

TI__Mastermind 20285 points

I am not aware of any generic way to do this.
Even what Iain suggestes above requires imploementing a seperate driver that will try detecting this.
Such a code is not implementedtoday.

BR,
Eyal

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