Re: 802.11b Wireless Chip?

From: Robert Lacoste (see-www-alciom-com-for-email-adress)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:03:21 +0100

If your target volume is under 10000 to 50000, then just buy standard Wifi
PCMCIA adapters (may be 20-25$ in volume). Using prism chipset based modules
is easier as source code for drivers is available from Linux, as a starting
point...
Good luck,
Yours, 

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"Clif" <__cliftonk77@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 
nsSdnaVARdZVzpXfRVn-pQ@comcast.com...
>I assumed that a WiFi chip was the same as a 802.11 a/be/go. I'm still not 
>clear about the distinction you're making?
>
> Where can I get 802.11a/be/go chips?
> Where can I find prequalified modules with documentation?
>
>
> "Ulf Samuelsson" <ulf@a-t-m-e-l.com> wrote in message 
> news:36m7odF52u08aU1@individual.net...
>> "Clif" <__cliftonk77@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
>> news:etadnR785pFWJpjfRVn-sw@comcast.com...
>>> Where can I get some inexpensive WiFi chips with good documentations and
>>> perhaps a development kit?
>>>
>>
>> You cannot get inexpensive "WiFi" chips.
>> You can get 802.11a/b/g etc chips, and getting
>> your design through WiFi qulification is going to cost you.
>> Without a volume of 200ku. you are better off with a
>> WiFi approved  module.
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>> Ulf Samuelsson
>> ulf@a-t-m-e-l.com
>> This message is intended to be my own personal view and it
>> may or may not be shared by my employer Atmel Nordic AB
>>
>>
>
>

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