u-blox IRIS-W10 series - Stand-alone Wi-Fi 6 multiradio modules

IRIS-W10 series are small, stand-alone, dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy wireless microcontroller unit (MCU) modules. The modules are ideal for users looking to add advanced wireless connectivity to their end products.

Several Wi-Fi 6 features improve network efficiency, latency, range, and power consumption compared to earlier Wi-Fi generations. In addition, Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3 and Thread mesh networking protocol make IRIS-W10 suited to many different use cases. The Matter application protocol is supported over Thread, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet, allowing interoperability with various products in a growing ecosystem.

The module embeds a powerful Arm® Cortex®-M33 MCU, clocked up to 260 MHz, with 1.2 MSRAM and 8 MB flash. Supporting several peripheral interfaces (UART, USB, SPI, SDIO, RMII, QVGA, I2S, I2C, and GPIOs), IRIS-W10 modules can operate completely stand-alone, hosting advanced software applications for many different use cases.

The IRIS-W10 series includes hardware security features like secure boot with a hardware root of trust, Arm® TrustZone® processor security technology, Edgelock hardware crypto engine, encrypted flash, and protection of the debug port. The wireless communication can be secured with WPA2/WPA3 authentication, Wi-Fi enterprise security, TLS encryption, HTTPS, and Bluetooth LE secure connection pairing.

IRIS-W106 comes with an internal PCB antenna to provide a robust low-profile solution with high performance and an extensive range, while IRIS-W101 has a module pin to connect to an external antenna of choice. The modules are globally certified for use with the internal antenna or a range of external antennas. This reduces time, cost and effort for customers integrating Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, and Thread in their products.

The modules suit a wide range of applications, including industrial automation, smart buildings and homes, smart city, medical and healthcare devices, telematics, and point-of-sales.

Key features

• Dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3 and Thread
• Powerful MCU for advanced customer applications
• Full set of enhanced security features
• Matter over Wi-Fi or Thread
• PCB antenna or external antenna options
• Global certification
• 802.15.4 Thread / Zigbee
• FOTA
• Matter
• Secure boot