IoT Connectivity Picks Up Steam with NXP’s Tri-radio Solution

NXP has released its IW612, a secure tri-radio device offering simultaneous support for Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and 802.15.4.

The goal of the IW612 is to improve interoperability in IoT devices by allowing designers to support the protocols on a single piece of hardware.

To achieve this versatility, the IW612 leverages a highly integrated radio frequency (RF) front end consisting of subsystems for each of the three protocols.

The Wi-Fi subsystem consists of a Wi-Fi MAC (media access control), baseband, a dedicated Wi-Fi CPU (central processing unit), and a direct-conversion radio featuring an integrated power amplifier, low noise amplifier, and transmit/receive switch.