SWAS034A February   2017  – May 2021 CC3120

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  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
  4. 4 Functional Block Diagrams
  5. 5 Revision History
  6. 6 Device Comparison
    1. 6.1 Related Products
  7. 7 Terminal Configuration and Functions
    1. 7.1 Pin Diagram
    2. 7.2 Pin Attributes
    3. 7.3 Connections for Unused Pins
  8. 8 Specifications
    1. 8.1  Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 8.2  ESD Ratings
    3. 8.3  Power-On Hours (POH)
    4. 8.4  Recommended Operating Conditions
    5. 8.5  Current Consumption Summary
    6. 8.6  TX Power and IBAT versus TX Power Level Settings
    7. 8.7  Brownout and Blackout Conditions
    8. 8.8  Electrical Characteristics (3.3 V, 25°C)
    9. 8.9  WLAN Receiver Characteristics
    10. 8.10 WLAN Transmitter Characteristics
    11. 8.11 WLAN Filter Requirements
      1. 8.11.1 WLAN Filter Requirements
    12. 8.12 Thermal Resistance Characteristics
      1. 8.12.1 Thermal Resistance Characteristics for RGK Package
    13. 8.13 Reset Requirement
    14. 8.14 Timing and Switching Characteristics
      1. 8.14.1 Power Supply Sequencing
      2. 8.14.2 Device Reset
      3. 8.14.3 Reset Timing
        1. 8.14.3.1 nRESET (32-kHz Crystal)
        2. 8.14.3.2 First-Time Power-Up and Reset Removal Timing Requirements (32-kHz Crystal)
        3. 8.14.3.3 nRESET (External 32-kHz)
          1. 8.14.3.3.1 First-Time Power-Up and Reset Removal Timing Requirements (External 32-kHz)
      4. 8.14.4 Wakeup From HIBERNATE Mode
        1. 8.14.4.1 nHIB Timing Requirements
      5. 8.14.5 Clock Specifications
        1. 8.14.5.1 Slow Clock Using Internal Oscillator
          1. 8.14.5.1.1 RTC Crystal Requirements
        2. 8.14.5.2 Slow Clock Using an External Clock
          1. 8.14.5.2.1 External RTC Digital Clock Requirements
        3. 8.14.5.3 Fast Clock (Fref) Using an External Crystal
          1. 8.14.5.3.1 WLAN Fast-Clock Crystal Requirements
        4. 8.14.5.4 Fast Clock (Fref) Using an External Oscillator
          1. 8.14.5.4.1 External Fref Clock Requirements (–40°C to +85°C)
      6. 8.14.6 Interfaces
        1. 8.14.6.1 Host SPI Interface Timing
          1. 8.14.6.1.1 Host SPI Interface Timing Parameters
        2. 8.14.6.2 Flash SPI Interface Timing
          1. 8.14.6.2.1 Flash SPI Interface Timing Parameters
    15. 8.15 External Interfaces
      1. 8.15.1 SPI Flash Interface
        1. 8.15.1.1 SPI Flash Interface
      2. 8.15.2 SPI Host Interface
        1. 8.15.2.1 SPI Host Interface
      3. 8.15.3 Host UART Interface
        1. 8.15.3.1 SimpleLink™ UART Configuration
        2. 8.15.3.2 5-Wire UART Topology
        3. 8.15.3.3 4-Wire UART Topology
        4. 8.15.3.4 3-Wire UART Topology
  9. 9 Detailed Description
    1. 9.1 Device Features
      1. 9.1.1 WLAN
      2. 9.1.2 Network Stack
      3. 9.1.3 Security
      4. 9.1.4 Host Interface and Driver
      5. 9.1.5 System
    2. 9.2 Power-Management Subsystem
      1. 9.2.1 VBAT Wide-Voltage Connection
      2. 9.2.2 Preregulated 1.85V
    3. 9.3 Low-Power Operating Modes
      1. 9.3.1 Low-Power Deep Sleep
      2. 9.3.2 Hibernate
      3. 9.3.3 Shutdown
    4. 9.4 Memory
      1. 9.4.1 External Memory Requirements
    5. 9.5 Restoring Factory Default Configuration
  10. 10Applications, Implementation, and Layout
    1. 10.1 Application Information
      1. 10.1.1 Typical Application—CC3120R Wide-Voltage Mode
      2. 10.1.2 Typical Application Schematic—CC3120R Preregulated, 1.85-V Mode
    2. 10.2 PCB Layout Guidelines
      1. 10.2.1 General PCB Guidelines
      2. 10.2.2 Power Layout and Routing
        1. 10.2.2.1 Design Considerations
      3. 10.2.3 Clock Interfaces
      4. 10.2.4 Digital Input and Output
      5. 10.2.5 RF Interface
  11. 11Device and Documentation Support
    1. 11.1 Development Tools and Software
    2. 11.2 Firmware Updates
    3. 11.3 Device Nomenclature
    4. 11.4 Documentation Support
    5. 11.5 Support Resources
    6. 11.6 Trademarks
    7. 11.7 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    8. 11.8 Export Control Notice
    9. 11.9 Glossary
  12. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information
    1. 12.1 Packaging Information

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Orderable Information

3 Description

The CC3120R device is part of the SimpleLink™ microcontroller (MCU) platform that consists of Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth® low energy, Sub-1 GHz and host MCUs. All share a common, easy-to-use development environment with a single core software development kit (SDK) and rich tool set. A one-time integration of the SimpleLink™ platform enables you to add any combination of the devices from the portfolio into your design, allowing 100 percent code reuse when your design requirements change. For more information, visit www.ti.com/simplelink.

Connect any microcontroller (MCU) to the internet-of-things (IoT) cloud with the CC3120R device from Texas Instruments™. The Wi-Fi Alliance®-certified CC3120R device is part of the second generation of the SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi® family that dramatically simplifies the implementation of low-power internet connectivity.

The CC3120R has all of the Wi-Fi and internet protocols implemented in the ROM, which runs from the dedicated on-chip Arm® network processor and significantly offloads the host MCU and simplifies the system integration.

The CC3120R Wi-Fi® Internet-on-a chip™ device contains a dedicated Arm® MCU that offloads many of the networking activities from the host MCU. This subsystem includes an 802.11b/g/n radio, baseband, and MAC with a powerful crypto engine for fast, secure internet connections with 256-bit encryption. The CC3120R device supports station, AP, and Wi-Fi direct modes. The device also supports WPA2™ personal and enterprise security and WPA3™ personal and enterprise. The device includes embedded TCP/IP and TLS/SSL stacks, an HTTP server, and multiple internet protocols. The CC3120R device supports a variety of Wi-Fi provisioning methods, including HTTP based on AP mode, SmartConfig™ technology, and WPS2.0.

As part of TI’s SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi® family second generation, the CC3120R device introduces new features and enhanced capabilities, such as the following:

  • IPv6
  • Enhanced Wi-Fi provisioning
  • Optimized low-power management
  • Wi-Fi AP connection with up to four stations
  • More concurrently opened BSD sockets; up to 16 BSD sockets, of which 6 are secure
  • HTTPS support
  • RESTful API support
  • Asymmetric keys crypto library

The CC3120R device is delivered with a slim and user-friendly host driver to simplify the integration and development of networking applications. The host driver can easily be ported to most platforms and operating systems (OS). The driver is written in strict ANSI-C (C99) programming language and requires a minimal platform adaptation layer (porting layer). The driver has a small memory footprint and can run on 8-, 16-, or 32-bit MCUs with any clock speed (no performance or real-time dependency).

The CC3120R device comes in an easy-to-layout VQFN package and is delivered as a complete platform solution, including various tools and software, sample applications, user and programming guides, reference designs, and the TI E2E™ support community. The CC3120R device is part of the SimpleLink MCU Ecosystem.

Device Information
PART NUMBER (1) PACKAGE BODY SIZE (NOM)
CC3120RNMARGKT/R VQFN (64) 9.00 mm × 9.00 mm
(1) For all available packages, see the orderable addendum at the end of the data sheet.