AzureWave AW-NM191NF-EVB Wireless LAN M.2 1216 LGA Module User Guide

: June 6, 2024
: AzureWave

AzureWave AW-NM191NF-EVB Wireless LAN M.2 1216 LGA Module

Revision History

Version| Revision Date| Description| Initials| Approved
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01| 2021/01/13|

Initial Version

| Renton Tao| N.C. Chen
02| 2021/08/09|

Update EVB
Update format

| Renton Tao| N.C. Chen

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System Setup

Hardware Requirements

AW-NM191NF-EVB (EVB for AW-NM191NF)
Host system need running the Linux operating system (Ubuntu12.04).
Windows system for Labtool.
Vector Signal Analyzer/WLAN analyzer for transmit measurements.
WLAN signal generator for receiver measurements.
RF isolation chamber for receive measurements.
RF attenuators
RF cable

Software Requirements

For Linux using SD-WLAN-8801…pxx.tar

Download and unzip the driver release package : SD-WLAN-8801…pxx.tar
Download MFG SW “MFG-W8801-MF-WIFI-BRG-FC13-WIN-X86 2.0.0.92-14.1.36.p59” release package from NXP website and unzip it

For Windows have to run in 32/64bit Windows OS

Download MFG release package “MFG-W8801-MF-WIFI-BRG-FC13 WIN-X86-2.0.0.92- 14.1.36.p59”

Environment set up and Bridge Mode Tool

The “Manufacturing Bridge” refers to the application that allows a user to send commands between Target platform and Windows 7 platform. The environment enables the user to test performance of the AW-NM191NF.

Linux PC set up(Ubuntu 12.04)

(1) Driver Folder Contents
Download the latest driver package release from NXP and unzip it. The driver folder should look similar to the figure shown below. The release contains driver folder and FW image.

After opening above folder, you can see the folders as picture below. The working direction is “wlan_src”.

The user may need to compile the driver per your specific Linux OS and Kernel. This is due to that the driver is dependent on the actual OS and kernel version. This next section will describe the steps needed to be done before you can install the driver and run it.
Go to the subdirectory wlan_src
*Make sure to have kernel headers and kernel libs before executing the “make” commands below.
make clean
make build
After above cmds, you will see the folder as below picture.

The files in folder bin_sd8801 should be as below picture.

On the given Host Linux system, the following files have to be transferred & reside on the system. (Transfer the files over via flash memory or tftp over the host.) Place the firmware in /lib/firmware/mrvl/
Ex. SDIO8801.bin (for SDIO/SDIO interface)

Go up one folder to copy both *.ko files to your directory in where you have the other files in where you want to run the insmod command. Here is the sample list of files (as a minimum) at 1 location: bridge_init.conf mfgbridge mlan.ko sd8801.ko

Windows PC set up

Within the internal folder is the labtool and other folders. For this document’s purpose, only the details of the labtool folder will be discussed. The contents of the labtool folder are shown below.

The Labtool executable is labeled (DutApiWiFi8801BrdigeEth.exe)

WLAN/Bluetooth RF Test

Setup RF Test

*Please confirm that Computer’s WiFi and BT had closed

The bridge PC have to run in Linux OS Ubuntu 12.04 2
Prepare AW-NM191-EVB, insert DUT.
2.1 VBAT supply
For SDIO supply VBAT, please connect J2(1-2).
2.2 VDDIO supply
For 3.3V supply VDDIO, please connect J4(2-3)
For 1.8V supply VDDIO, please connect J4(1-2)
2.3 VIO_SD supply
For 3.3V supply VIO_SD, please connect J11(2-3) For 1.8V supply VIO_SD, please connect J11(1-2)
Open terminal, press command: $sudo su
To bring up DUT:

modprobe cfg80211

insmod mlan.ko

insmod sd8801.ko mfg_mode=1 fw_name=mrvl/SDIO8801.bin
Open bridge for labtool

./mfgbridge -B
To confirm success to bring up WiFi, please key “ifconfig mlan0”

Setup for RF Tx/Rx Performance Test

The host PC have to run in Windows OS
Download MFG release package “MFG-W8801-MF-WIFI-BRG-FC13-WIN X86-2.0.0.92- 14.1.36.p59” from NXP extranet website and unzip it.
Copy the “labtool” folder to the host PC .The Labtool folder content are shown in below.

Open the “SetUp.ini” file using a text editor such as Notepad. Edit the “SetUp.ini” file as shown below. The parameter “DutIpAddress” will be the IP address of DUT. The parameter “HostIPAddress” will be the IP address of the Windows host PC.
[DutIp] DutIpAddress = 192.168.0.10
HostIpAddress = 192.168.0.58
In the “SetUp.ini” file, the parameter “NO_EEPROM” is used for specifying the calibration data storage option. The default value is “2” (OTP support). For general RF evaluation and test, the user needs to set the parameter as “1” which is file option to use calibration data from external file. If the calibration data is already stored in on-chip OTP memory then the default value of ‘2” can be used.
[DutInitSet] 0 – EEPROM support
1 – NO_EEPROM support 2 – OTP support NO_EEPROM=1
NoEepromBtFlexFileName = WlanCalData_ext.conf
NoEepromWlanFlexFileName = WlanCalData_ext.conf

Make sure that the Bridge application is running prior to starting Labtool application. To start the Labtool application, double click on “DutApiWiFi8801BrdigeEth.exe” for WiFi Performance Test

Labtool command guide

Generate 802.11 b/g/n Packet commands

Data rate set up

B mode & G mode:

1Mbps	2Mbps	5.5Mbps	11Mbps	6Mbps	9Mbps	12Mbps	18Mbps
1	2	3	4	6	7	8	9
24Mbps	36Mbps	48Mbps	54Mbps
10	11	12	13

N mode:

MCS0

| MCS1| MCS2| MCS3| MCS4| MCS5| MCS6| MCS7
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15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21|

22

After you type above command, you can measure the 802.11a/b/g/n/ac packet by your RF test instrument (exp: Agilent 4010, IQview…).

Generate 802.11 b/g/n continuous symbol Commands

Test RX sensitivity Commands

Others Commands

(1) Command 45➜ Check the MAC
(2) Command 99➜ Quit the test mode/ Quit the MFG tool

Setup Throughput Test

START MEASURING WLAN THROUGHPUT
The throughput measurement shows the performance of the TCP/IP layer over the wireless link. To achieve the best results, run the measurement test in a clean environment with as little interference as possible. The test can be run with the adapter connected to either an Infrastructure network (see Fig. 1) or an ad hoc network (see Fig. 2). An AP that is known to be in good working order should be used for the infrastructure mode test.

MEASURING THROUGHPUT USING NETIQ CHARIOT

Test Procedure

Bring up the AW-NM191NF-EVB demo boar with the IP address set as 192.168.1.110.
Connect the reference computer with Chariot Console, which is assigned an IP address of 192.168.1.100, to the LAN port of the AP
Verify that communication exists between the reference computer and the AW-NM191NF-EVB demo board by pinging 192.168.1.100 from the AW-NM191NF-EVB host console.
Set up Chariot.
a. On the host computer, activate EndPoint:
b. Using Chariot Console on the reference computer, create two pair groups ( 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.110) using the Chariot Throughput.scr script. Run the throughput test for a specified period of time and observe the results.

EVB Attachment

The information contained herein is the exclusive property of AzureWave and shall not be distributed, reproduced, or disclosed in whole or in part without prior written permission of AzureWave.

Documents / Resources

| AzureWave AW-NM191NF-EVB Wireless LAN M.2 1216 LGA Module [pdf] User Guide
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