Core1081 
Data Sheet 
 
Embedded Wi-Fi module 
2.2 
Date:2014-02-13 
Data Sheet 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Overview 
Core1081 is an ultra-compact, low-power embedded Wi-Fi module 
based on MX1081, a fully integrated System-on-Chip that is fully 
compatible with Broadcom WICED platform. MX1081 integrates a 
wireless LAN MAC/baseband/radio, and a Cortex-M3 
microcontroller STM32F205 that runs a unique "self-hosted" Wi-Fi 
networking library and software application stack. Core1081 has 
1M bytes flash, 128k RAM and rich peripherals for your embedded 
Wi-Fi applications. 
 
Core1081 is also anmxchipWNetTMcompatible platform, users can 
build their own embedded Wi-Fi applications based on 
mxchipWNetTM library which manage all of the Wi-Fi MAC and 
TCP/IP stack processing.    We also provide several 
mxchipWNetTM firmware to meet typical applications:wireless 
 
UART, wireless audio, wireless sensor etc. 
When using mxchipWNetTM-DTU firmware, you can establish 
Wi-Fi networking for any device with a micro-controller and a 
UART interface. Quick development cycles enables fast time to 
market. 
Applications 
 
 
Building Automation / Access Control 
Smart home appliances 
  Medical/Health Care 
 
 
Industrial Automation Systems 
Point Of Sale system (POS) 
  Auto electronics 
 
Product list 
         
Module 
Core1081 
 
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Antenna 
C 
E 
On-board chip antenna 
IPEX connector 
Firmware/Library 
Function 
mxchipWNetTM 
Predefined firmware:UART/Wi-Fi 
-DTU 
conversion 
mxchipWNetTM   
Software library used to develop custom 
Library 
mxchipWNetTM   
Library Plus 
firmware 
Software library based on RTOS 
Hardware block 
 
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contents 
1. 
2. 
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 3 
Interface .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 
2.1.  Pinouts .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 
2.2.  Pin Arrangement ................................................................................................................................................... 6 
2.3.  Pin Arrangement for peripherals ........................................................................................................................ 10 
3.  Electrical Parameters ................................................................................................................................................... 12 
3.1.  Absolute maximum ratings: ................................................................................................................................ 12 
3.1.1. Voltage & Current................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 
3.2.  Operating conditions .......................................................................................................................................... 12 
3.2.1. Voltage & Current................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 
3.3.  Digital I/O port characteristics ............................................................................................................................ 15 
3.3.1. Output voltage levels ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 
3.3.2. Output voltage levels ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 
3.3.3. nRESET pin characteristics ................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 
3.4.  Other MCU electrical parameters ...................................................................................................................... 16 
3.5.  Temperature andHumidity ................................................................................................................................. 16 
3.6.  ESD ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17 
3.7. 
Static latch-up ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 
3.8.  RF characteristics ................................................................................................................................................ 17 
3.8.1. Basic RF characteristics......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 
3.8.2. IEEE802.11bmode ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 
3.8.3. IEEE802.11gmode ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 
3.8.4. IEEE802.11n 20MHz bandwidth mode ............................................................................................................................................................... 20 
3.9.  Mechanical Dimensions ...................................................................................................................................... 22 
3.9.1. Core1081 Mechanical Dimensions ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22 
4.  Minimizing radio interference .................................................................................................................................... 23 
4.1.  U.F.L RF Connector .............................................................................................................................................. 23 
5.  U.F.L RF Connector ....................................................................................................................................................... 24 
5.1.  Recommended Reflow Profile ............................................................................................................................ 24 
5.2.  MSL/Storage Condition ....................................................................................................................................... 25 
 
 
 
 
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1.  Introduction 
 
Core1081 is an ultra-compact, low-power embedded Wi-Fi module based on   
MX1080, a fully integrated System-on-Chip that is fully compatible with Broadcom   
WICED platform. MX1081 integrates a Broadcom BCM43362 wireless LAN   
MAC/baseband/radio,  and  an  embedded  processor  core  that  runs  a  unique  "self-hosted"  Wi-Fi 
networking  library  and  software  application  stack.  Core1081 has  1M  bytes  flash,  128k  RAM  and  rich 
peripherals for your embedded Wi-Fi applications.   
Core1081  is  also  an  mxchipWNetTM  compatible  platform,  users  can  build  their  own  embedded 
Wi-Fi applications based on  mxchipWNetTM library which manage  all of the  Wi-Fi MAC and TCP/IP 
stack  processing.  We  also  provide  several  mxchipWNetTM  firmware  to  meet  typical  applications: 
wireless UART, wireless audio, wireless sensor etc.   
When  using  mxchipWNetTM-DTU  firmware,  you  can  establish  Wi-Fi  networking  for  any  device 
with a micro-controller and a serial interface. Quick development cycles enables fast time to market.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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1.1.  Features   
  Single operation voltage:3.3V   
  Power consumption:       
Only ~7mA while module is connected to access point and no data is transmitting,       
Only ~24mA while sending data under 20kbps,       
Only 8μA under standby mode.   
 
 
 
  STM32F2 MCU frequency: 120MHz,flash size: 1M bytes,RAM size: 128k bytes.   
  On-chip functionality Single-chip: MAC/BB/RF   
  Peripherals:   
42 x GPIOs   
3 x UARTs,UART2 include hardware flow control   
2 x SPI, 1xIIS       
8 x ADC input channels,2 DAC output channel   
1 x USB device, 1 x CAN       
2 x I2C       
PWM/Timer input/output   
 
 
 
 
 
  DCMI   
 
SWD debug interface   
  Wi-Fi connectivity   
802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (single stream) on channel 1-14@2.4GHz   
 
  WEP, WPA/WPA2 PSK/Enterprise   
Transmit power:18.5dBm@11b,15.5dBm@11g,14.5dBm@11n   
 
  MIN Receiver Sensitivity: -96 dBm   
  Max Data rate:11Mbps@11b,54Mbps@11g,72Mbps@11n HT20   
  Wi-Fi modes:Station, Soft AP and Wi-Fi direct   
  Advanced 1x1 802.11n features   
Full/Half Guard Interval   
Frame Aggregation   
Space Time Block Coding (STBC)   
Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) Encoding   
  Hardware Encryption: WEP, WPA/WPA2   
  WPS 2.0   
  Multiple power save modes   
  On-board chip antenna,IPEX connector for external antenna   
 
CE,FCC compliant   
  Operating Temperature: -40℃    to 85℃   
  MSL level 3       
 
 
 
 
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2.  Interface 
2.1.  Pinouts 
Core1081    has Three groups of pins . The lead pitch is 2mm. 
Core1081    pinout is shown in the Figure 2.1. Table 2.2 lists the pin functions.   
 
         
Figure2.1 Core1081: appearance and pinout 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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2.2.  Pin Arrangement 
Figure 2.2 Core1081 pin arrangement 
Pins 
Number 
Pin Name  Type 
IO 
Main function 
level   
  (after reset) 
1 
PA6 
I/O 
FT 
PA6 
2 
PA7 
I/O 
FT 
PA7 
3 
PB15 
I/O 
FT 
PB15 
4 
PB14 
I/O 
FT 
PB14 
5 
PB12 
I/O 
FT 
PB12 
PH8 
I/O 
FT 
PH9 
I/O 
FT 
PH8 
PH9 
PH10 
I/O 
FT 
PH10 
PH11 
I/O 
FT 
PH11 
6 
7 
8 
9 
 
 
Alternate functions 
Other functions 
SPI1_MISO /   
TIM8_BKIN/TIM13_CH1 / 
DCMI_PIXCLK / TIM3_CH1 
/ TIM1_BKIN/ EVENTOUT 
SPI1_MOSI/ TIM8_CH1N /   
TIM14_CH1 
TIM3_CH2/   
ETH_MII_RX_DV /   
TIM1_CH1N /   
RMII_CRS_DV /   
EVENTOUT 
SPI2_MOSI / I2S2_SD /   
TIM1_CH3N / TIM8_CH3N 
/ TIM12_CH2 /   
OTG_HS_DP / RTC_50Hz/   
EVENTOUT 
SPI2_MISO/ TIM1_CH2N /   
TIM12_CH1 / OTG_HS_DM 
USART3_RTS/   
TIM8_CH2N/ EVENTOUT 
SPI2_NSS/I2S2_WS/   
I2C2_SMBA/ 
USART3_CK/ TIM1_BKIN /   
CAN2_RX /   
OTG_HS_ULPI_D5/   
ETH_RMII_TXD0 /   
ETH_MII_TXD0/   
OTG_HS_ID/ EVENTOUT 
I2C3_SDA / DCMI_HSYNC/   
EVENTOUT 
I2C3_SMBA / TIM12_CH2/   
DCMI_D0/ EVENTOUT 
TIM5_CH1 / DCMI_D1/   
EVENTOUT 
TIM5_CH2 / DCMI_D2/   
EVENTOUT 
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ADC12_IN6 
ADC12_IN7   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Pins 
Number 
Pin Name  Type 
IO 
Main function 
level   
  (after reset) 
10 
11 
PH12 
I/O 
FT 
PH12 
PH14 
I/O 
FT 
PH14 
12 
PA9 
I/O 
FT 
PA9 
13 
PA10 
I/O 
FT 
PA10 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
PD0 
I/O 
FT 
PD1 
I/O 
FT 
PD5 
I/O 
FT 
PD6 
PA13 
PA14 
I/O 
I/O 
I/O 
FT 
FT 
FT 
PD0 
PD1 
PD5 
PD6 
PA13 
PA14 
PA15 
I/O 
FT 
PA15 
21 
PB3 
I/O 
FT 
PB3 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
PB4 
I/O 
FT 
PB4 
GND 
3.3V 
   
   
   
   
GND 
3.3V 
PH13 
I/O 
FT 
PH13 
PH15 
I/O 
FT 
PH15 
PI2 
I/O 
FT 
PI2 
28 
PI0 
I/O 
FT 
PI0 
Alternate functions 
Other functions 
 
TIM5_CH3 / DCMI_D3/   
EVENTOUT 
TIM8_CH2N / DCMI_D4/   
EVENTOUT 
USART1_TX/ TIM1_CH2 /   
I2C3_SMBA / DCMI_D0/   
EVENTOUT 
USART1_RX/ TIM1_CH3/   
OTG_FS_ID/DCMI_D1/   
EVENTOUT 
FSMC_D2/CAN1_RX/   
EVENTOUT 
FSMC_D3 / CAN1_TX/   
EVENTOUT 
FSMC_NWE/USART2_TX/   
EVENTOUT 
FSMC_NWAIT/ 
USART2_RX/ EVENTOUT 
JTMS-SWDIO/ EVENTOUT 
JTCK-SWCLK/ EVENTOUT 
JTDI/ SPI3_NSS/   
I2S3_WS/TIM2_CH1_ETR 
/ SPI1_NSS/ EVENTOUT 
JTDO/ TRACESWO/   
SPI3_SCK / I2S3_SCK /   
TIM2_CH2 / SPI1_SCK/   
EVENTOUT 
NJTRST/ SPI3_MISO /   
TIM3_CH1 / SPI1_MISO/   
EVENTOUT 
   
   
TIM8_CH1N / CAN1_TX/   
EVENTOUT 
TIM8_CH3N / DCMI_D11/   
EVENTOUT 
TIM8_CH4 /SPI2_MISO / 
DCMI_D9/ EVENTOUT 
TIM5_CH4 / SPI2_NSS /   
I2S2_WS / DCMI_D13/   
EVENTOUT 
   
   
OTG_FS_ 
VBUS 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
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Pins 
Number 
Pin Name  Type 
IO 
Main function 
level   
  (after reset) 
Alternate functions 
Other functions 
 
29 
PB7 
I/O 
FT 
PB7 
30 
PB6 
I/O 
FT 
PB6 
31 
PC6 
I/O 
FT 
PC6 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
   
3.3V 
GND 
PI1 
BOOT0 
PI6 
 
   
   
I/O 
I/O 
I/O 
   
   
   
FT 
   
FT 
PI4 
I/O 
FT 
   
3.3V 
GND 
PI1 
BOOT0 
PI6 
PI4 
39 
PI3 
I/O 
FT 
PI3 
40 
PI5 
I/O 
FT 
PI5 
41 
PI7 
I/O 
FT 
PI7 
42 
PE5 
I/O 
FT 
PE5 
43 
PE6 
I/O 
FT 
PE6 
44 
PF9 
I/O 
FT 
PF9 
I2C1_SDA / FSMC_NL(8)/   
DCMI_VSYNC /   
USART1_RX/ TIM4_CH2/   
EVENTOUT 
I2C1_SCL/ TIM4_CH1 /   
CAN2_TX /   
DCMI_D5/USART1_TX/   
EVENTOUT 
I2S2_MCK /   
TIM8_CH1/SDIO_D6 /   
USART6_TX /   
DCMI_D0/TIM3_CH1/   
EVENTOUT 
   
   
   
SPI2_SCK / I2S2_SCK /   
DCMI_D8/ EVENTOUT 
   
TIM8_CH2 / DCMI_D6/   
EVENTOUT 
TIM8_BKIN / DCMI_D5/   
EVENTOUT 
TIM8_ETR / SPI2_MOSI /   
I2S2_SD / DCMI_D10/   
EVENTOUT 
TIM8_CH1 /   
DCMI_VSYNC/   
EVENTOUT 
TIM8_CH3 / DCMI_D7/   
EVENTOUT 
TRACED2 / FSMC_A21 /   
TIM9_CH1 / DCMI_D6/   
EVENTOUT 
TRACED3 / FSMC_A22 /   
TIM9_CH2 / DCMI_D7/   
EVENTOUT 
TIM14_CH1 / FSMC_CD/   
EVENTOUT 
 
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