Overview: ® ISL36356A-APDK
Data Sheet February 2003 FN9048.3 PRISM® 11Mbps Wireless Local Area Network Access Point
The Intersil ISL36356A WLAN Access Point is a plete wireless high speed Network Access Point (AP) utilizing the Intersil PRISM® AP Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Wireless Transceiver chip set. It provides a plete PRISM reference design platform of hardware and software to system providers or integrators requiring wireless data munications capability. The Open Source Linux operating system offers a flexible and extensible development platform for making customized Access Points and Gateways. The Developers Kit includes a WLAN Access Point reference design, configuration application, source code and documentation. It supports the IEEE802.11b network specification for Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS signaling, providing data rates of 1, 2, 5.5 and 11Mbps. Typical operating ranges are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1. TYPICAL OPERATING RANGE*
DATA RATE (Mbps) 11 5.