Features
• IEEE 802.11b-compliant Wireless Standard
• Wireless LAN MAC Unit with ARM7TDMI™ RISC Processor
• Integrated 128-byte Transmit and 128-byte Receive FIFOs, for Wireless MAC Layer
Functions
• Delivers Standard Wireless Networking to Any Host that Supports a Full-speed
(12 Mbps) USB Interface
• Glueless SRAM Interface for All MAC Operations, Supporting up to 1M Byte of External
Memory
• Integrated 6K x 32-bit Internal SRAM, Used for Fast Program Code Execution and
Temporary Storage of Data
• Glueless Flash Memory Interface, Supporting up to 1M Byte of Nonvolatile Memory for
Permanent Storage of Program Code
Universal Serial
Bus 11-megabit
WLAN Media
Access
• Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) in Hardware Supporting 64-bit and 128-bit Encryption
• The Integrated Physical Attachment Interface (PAI) Fully Supports Direct-sequence
Spread Spectrum and Frequency-hopping Spread Spectrum Physical-layer Interfaces
• The WLAN and Inter-networking Functions can be Changed and Updated Easily to New
Requirements Since They are Implemented in Micro Code
• Supports 11 Mbps Data Rate with Automatic Fallback to 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps
• 128-lead, 14 x 14 mm TQFP Package
Controller
• Low-voltage Operation (3.3V)
• Internal ROM Contains Hardwired USB Control Software for Automatic Configuration
When Card is Inserted in the USB Slot
• Device Firmware Upgrade is also Included in the Internal ROM for Downloading
Firmware into Internal SRAM
• Offers SPI Interface and Five GPIO Pins
• The Internal ROM Program Reads Two Configuration Pins that Give the
Following Information: AT76C503A Offers the Option to Download the Whole
Code from SPI Flash
AT76C503A
Summary
Block Diagram
PCMCIA Interface
Timers
Decoder/
Arbiter/
Bridge
External
Memory
Interface
ARM7TDMI
Interrupt
Controller
Wireless Physical
Attachment
Interface (PAI)
Internal
Memory
WEP
Rev. 1949BS–12/01
Note: This is a summary document. A complete document is
available under NDA. For more information, please contact your
local Atmel sales office.
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