February 6, 2024 – LitePoint, a leading provider of wireless test solutions, today announced its partnership with Morse Micro, a leading provider of Wi-Fi HaLow chips, and AzureWave, a leading global provider of wireless connectivity and image processing solutions Technologies launches strategic collaboration to expand innovative use cases for Wi-Fi HaLow technology. The collaboration aims to speed time to market and simplify the development process for products based on the Wi-Fi HaLow IEEE 802.11ah standard.

Wi-Fi HaLow technology is ideal for industrial iot and large-scale smart city infrastructure, providing optimized low-power, remote connectivity for iot applications operating in the sub-ghz band. The protocol improves power efficiency, achieves distances of more than one kilometer, supports maximum data rates of hundreds of Mbps, and provides a connection density of more than 8,000 devices per access point.

“The partnership with LitePoint will leverage our mutual expertise to drive innovation and scalability in the iot ecosystem,” said Prakash Guda, Morse Micro’s vice president of marketing and product management. “LitePoint’s IQxel-MW 7G thoroughly validates our Wi-Fi HaLow chipset to ensure it is optimized for peak performance. Our collaboration with AzureWave also ensures that our chipsets are seamlessly integrated into their wireless modules, speeding time to market for product manufacturers across a wide range of iot applications.”

“As a leading manufacturer of wireless modules, AzureWave offers reliable pre-validated modules that ultimately shorten the development process and time to market for our customers,” said Patrick Lin, vice president of product marketing at AzureWave. “By partnering with LitePoint, we ensure that our modules meet the performance requirements our customers require and rapidly expand the development of Wi-Fi HaLow devices for the iot ecosystem.”

“With the simplification of proven solutions, including chipsets, modules and test equipment, driving Wi-Fi HaLow devices to high production volumes has become even simpler,” said Adam Smith, Director of marketing at LitePoint. “Test solutions using LitePoint’s IQxel-MW tester family simplify the development and deployment of Wi-Fi HaLow products, minimizing barriers to entry for Wi-Fi HaLow developers.”

Technical details

LitePoint: IQxel-MW 7G

The IQxel-MW 7G is designed to meet the test needs of connectivity and cellular technologies operating between 400 MHz and 7.3 GHz. The platform supports a full range of wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi 6E/7 and Wi-Fi HaLow, Bluetooth ® and 2G/3G/4G/5G cellular technologies. The IQxel-MW 7G is the ideal solution for today’s Wi-Fi devices and for the coexistence test requirements of Wi-Fi and cellular 5G. For more information, visit litepoint.com.

Morse Micro: MM6108 SoC

Morse Micro’s comprehensive Wi-Fi HaLow portfolio includes the industry’s smallest, fastest, and lowest-power IEEE 802.11ah compatible SoCs. The MM6108 SoC supports 1, 2, 4, and 8 MHz bandwidths, providing tens of Mbps throughput to support streaming HD video. Morse Micro’s Wi-Fi HaLow SoC offers 10 times the range, 100 times the coverage area and 1,000 times the capacity of traditional Wi-Fi solutions.

AzureWave:

AzureWave Technologies has introduced the AW-HM581, the pioneer of the IEEE 802.11ah LGA module. The AW-HM581 module supports data rates of up to 32.5 Mbps and operates in license-free bands below 1GHz, providing longer ranges and higher data rates for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. AW-HM581 integrates IEEE 802.11ah Sub-1G 8MHz single-chip MAC/PHY/ Radio SoC Morse Micro MM6108, ultra-long range PA, high linear LNA, T/R switch, 32 MHz crystal, Designed to simplify Wi-Fi HaLow connections to external hosts for a variety of applications. Due to the compact size of the module, you can deploy it into any product.

AW-HM581, main chip: MM6108IQ, 13x13mm, LGA type