Silicon Labs SiWx917Y Wi-Fi® 6/BLUETOOTH® LE Explorer Kit

Silicon Labs SiWx917Y Module Wi-Fi^® 6 and BLUETOOTH^® LE Explorer Kit is an ultra-low-cost, small-form-factor development and evaluation platform for the SiWG917Y Wireless Module. The kit is focused on rapid prototyping and concept creation of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The SiWx917Y kit is designed around the SiWG917Y module, which is ideal for developing energy-friendly, connected IoT applications.

The Silicon Labs kit features a USB Type-C^® interface, an onboard SEGGER J-Link debugger, two user-LEDs and two buttons, and support for hardware add-on boards via a mikroBus™ socket and a Qwiic^® connector. The hardware add-on support allows developers to create and prototype applications using a virtually endless combination of off-the-shelf boards from MIKROE, SparkFun, Adafruit, and Seeed Studio

Features

Target device
- SiWG917Y wireless module (SiWG917Y111MGABA)
- High-performance 2.4GHz radio
- 32-bit Arm^® Cortex^®-M4 with 180MHz maximum operating frequency
- 8MB flash and 8MB external PSRAM
2.4GHz matching network and ceramic antenna for wireless transmission
2x user LEDs and push buttons
20-pin 2.54mm breakout pads for GPIO access and connection to external hardware
mikroBUS socket for connecting Click Boards™ and other mikroBUS add-on boards
Qwiic connector for connecting Qwiic Connect System hardware
SEGGER J-Link onboard debugger
USB virtual COM port
USB-powered

Simplicity Studio™ software support
Reset button
ISP mode button
Current consumption
- SiWG917Y
  - 50µA/MHz typical with a 180MHz active current in high-performance mode
  - 2.5µA typical deep sleep mode current
- 100µA typical standby current (standard room temperature) for the QSPI PSRAM
- 80nA typical onboard debugger current consumption when the USB cable is not inserted (EFM32GG12 EM4S mode current consumption)
5.0V typical USB supply input voltage
3.3V typical supply input voltage (VMCU supplied externally)