Welcome to linux.hd-wireless.se

This website aims to collect information about how to use Wi-Fi devices from HD Wireless on linux-based embedded platforms.

If this is your first visit here, check out GettingStarted to get an overview of the information available on this site.

Wi-Fi devices from HD Wireless is available on platforms ranging from small 8-bit based systems to 32-bit MCU's and ARM-based cores. The Wi-Fi device comes in different hardware configurations to suit different kinds of applications and platforms. The device is available with SPI, SDIO and UART interfaces. The Wi-Fi device can be used with a real time kernel, on a free running system (no OS) or on a Linux-based system. The same Wi-Fi core software library will be used on all configurations.

Documentation and software for non-linux configurations can be found at http://www.hd-wireless.se.

Conceptually, the linux driver could be used on any host platform that supports Linux, however the testing has been focused on the AT91SAM9M10-EKES development kit using an ARM926 core on the Atmel SAM9M10 application processor.

The owl device driver implements and reuses tools and interfaces that are de-facto standard in Linux systems. Therefore, most information presented here can also be found in manual pages and from various web resources. However, the purpose of this site is to act as a quick start for evaluating the HD Wireless Wi-Fi device and to highlight any extensions or limitations specific to this driver.