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WB50NBT 

Quick Start Guide 

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The Laird WB50NBT Wireless Bridge module is a wireless communications subsystem that may be integrated 
into a variety of host devices via a number of available electronic and logical interfaces. 

Interfaces 

Features 

Specifications 

 

Fast Ethernet  

 

Serial UART  

 

USB  

 

SPI (master)  

 

I2C  

 

MMC/SDIO  

 

GPIO  

 

Bluetooth PCM  

 

120-pin board with mating options  

 

Cortex A5 processor (536MHz) 

 

64 MB of LPDDR (Lower Power DDR) 
memory 

 

128 MB of NAND flash storage 

 

Length: 47 mm 

 

Width: 37 mm 

 

Height: 4.9 mm 

Product Description 

The Laird WB50NBT provides complete enterprise-class Wi-Fi connectivity with an integrated TCP/IP stack, full 
support for 2 x 2 MIMO IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 dual-mode wireless standards, three-wired 
coexistence scheme, a fully integrated security supplicant providing 802.11i/WPA2 Enterprise authentication 
and data encryption, and a BT protocol stack. The system is a full Linux 4.1.13 kernel based system with 
modifiable file system allowing custom applications to run alongside system applications.   

The WB50NBT is a fully integrated module with RF shielding and two U.FL type antenna connectors providing 
two stream MIMO operation for maximum data rate. The Main antenna (for Wi-Fi only) and the Auxiliary 
antenna (for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth) work together with the three-wired coexistence scheme to provide the best 
coexistence performance.  

Note:  

For additional information on the hardware aspects of the WB50NBT, please refer to the WB50NBT 
Datasheet (Hardware Integration Guide) available on th

WB50NBT Product Page

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WB50NBT 

Inventory of Equipment 

Qty. 

Item 

WB50NBT device 

BB40NBT Breakout board 

U.FL ultra-micro coax cable male to male SMA plus two nuts and washers 

Dual band 2.5G and 5G antenna with reverse female SMA connector  

Standoffs and nuts 

Small Philips head screws 

Power supply 12V 1A positive center with wall (US/European) adapter cable 

Summary of Contents for WB50NBT

Page 1: ...A Quick Start Guide WB50NBT Version 1 1...

Page 2: ...t lairdtech com www lairdtech com wi fi 2 Copyright 2016 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0600 REVISION HISTORY Version Date Notes Approver 1...

Page 3: ...ntroduction to the Laird WB50NBT 4 Product Description 4 Quick Start Guide WB50NBT 4 Inventory of Equipment 4 Additional Required Equipment 5 Hardware Installation and Configuration 5 Basics of the BB...

Page 4: ...oexistence scheme a fully integrated security supplicant providing 802 11i WPA2 Enterprise authentication and data encryption and a BT protocol stack The system is a full Linux 4 1 13 kernel based sys...

Page 5: ...the top side of the BB40BNT board Figure 1 shows the location of the Wi Fi and Wi Fi Bluetooth antennas This information is also available on the silk screen on the WB50NBT 4 Plug the WB50NBT module i...

Page 6: ...made available on the BB40NBT shown in Figure 3 Additional information regarding all interfaces their use and configuration is available in the WB50 Reference Guide This guide is accessible from the W...

Page 7: ...Initial Serial Communication with the WB50NBT The following items are used in this section Qty Item 1 BB40NBT breakout board with WB50NBT module fitted as described above 1 USB to RS232 cable 1 Power...

Page 8: ...Control None Start Communication with the WB50NBT from the Host Connect the 12v power supply to the wall outlet and the barrel connector to the SC jack on the BB40NBT breakout board Slide the power sw...

Page 9: ...l need to be configured manually to match the following Address 192 168 3 2 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 3 1 DNS servers 8 8 8 8 Once the connection to the WB50NBT has been established an ssh...

Page 10: ...following Status Not Associated Config name Default SSID Channel 0 RSSI 0 Device Name MAC 00 17 23 e0 38 e4 IP 192 168 1 1 IPv6 AP Name AP MAC Bit Rate auto Tx Power 0 mW Beacon Period 0 DTIM 0 To ex...

Page 11: ...grated laird WebLCM via the Ethernet or g_ether USB connection See the Web LCM Linux Platform Application Note for information This documentation is available from the Documentation tab of the Laird W...

Page 12: ...o either interface is echoed out from the opposite interface See the WB50 smartBASIC Extensions guide and the WB50NBT Reference Guide for more information These documents are available from the Docume...

Page 13: ...Kong 852 2923 0600 Directory Content of note Comment etc init d opt optional startup scripts Create a symlink to the item to be started ln s etc init d opt name of script etc init d etc ssl default w...

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