Clarification on Zigbee Protocol Support and Linux Driver for IW612

[Abhilasha]

I'm currently working with the NXP MAYA-W271-00B (IW612)  , and I wanted to confirm whether it supports the Zigbee protocol in addition to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. If Zigbee is supported, could anyone point me to the appropriate resources or provide guidance on where I might find the Linux driver or any necessary integration details?

Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[Christine_Li · Accepted solution]

Hi, @Abhilasha 

Thanks for creating case to us.

For IW612, yes, except Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, it also supported Zigbee which is based on 802.15.4.

To use IW612's Zigbee based on Linux, you can refer to below guide: 

Getting Started with NXP-based Wireless Modules on i.MX 8M Quad EVK Running Linux OS - User manual 

To get the latest IW612's driver, you can download it through below link:

https://github.com/nxp-imx/mwifiex/tree/lf-6.6.36_2.1.0

To get the latest IW612's FW, you can download it through below link:

https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-firmware/tree/lf-6.6.36_2.1.0/nxp/FwImage_IW612_SD

Please do not hesitate to mark my answer as a solution, if it really does help for you.

For other topic's queries or questions, please feel free to create new case to us.

Have a nice day~

Best regards,

Christine.

[Abhilasha]

trying to download 
https://www.nxp.com/webapp/sps/download/license.jsp?colCode=IW612-6623-IMX8-18993-P10-MM6X18437-P21&... 

unable to dowload this !!

[Christine_Li]

Hi， @Abhilasha 

It needs secure files access to get download permission.

You can download the driver and FW through my given links, which doesn't need secure files access.

Best regards,

Christine.

[Abhilasha]

Can you provide me the link for driver that supports zigbee protocol ?

[Christine_Li]

Hi, @Abhilasha 

The driver link I shared to you yesterday should include drivers which supports Zigbee.

But I checked the information in our user manual, it mentioned that:

8 Bring-up of ZigBee on i.MX 8M Mini
This section shows how to bring up ZigBee on i.MX 8M Mini EVK platform.
Note: The 802.15.4 subsystem is only supported on IW612 evaluation board (EVB) with i.MX 8M Mini(8MMINILPD4-EVK@2020) host platform. This section describes the steps to bring up the 802.15.4 interface of NXP-based IW612 module on i.MX 8M Mini platform, and for Zigbee-only mode. Zigbee dual-pan mode is not supported.

So, please make sure whether you are using our I.Mx8M Mini (8MMINILPD4-EVK@2020) host platform.

If not, I worry, it might not support.

Sorry for the inconvenience to you.

Best regards,

Christine.

[Abhilasha]

I've found clarity on the IW612 Bluetooth driver in the Linux kernel, specifically at this link: btnxpuart.c.https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v6.12-rc2/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c

However, I still haven't located information regarding the Wi-Fi and Zigbee drivers for the IW612. Additionally, I would appreciate any insights on device tree support for these functionalities. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thank you!

[Christine_Li]

Hi, @Abhilasha 

As my previous comments, 

To get the latest IW612's Wi-Fi driver, you can download it through below link:

https://github.com/nxp-imx/mwifiex/tree/lf-6.6.36_2.1.0

To get the latest IW612's FW, you can download it through below link:

https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-firmware/tree/lf-6.6.36_2.1.0/nxp/FwImage_IW612_SD

The 802.15.4 subsystem is only supported on IW612 evaluation board (EVB) with i.MX 8M Mini(8MMINILPD4-EVK@2020) host platform.

Are you using our I.MX8MMini as your host platform?

If yes, please refer to below guide: Section 7 7 Bring-up of 802.15.4 and Section 8 Bring-up of ZigBee on i.MX 8M Mini.

Getting Started with NXP-based Wireless Modules on i.MX 8M Quad EVK Running Linux OS - User manual

If no, I worry Zigbee is not supported on your other host platform currently.

We also have below user manual as a guidance for customers to download and build our Wi-Fi drivers:

How to Download and Build NXP Wi-Fi Drivers - User manual (restricted)

About device tree, I think you can refer to our I.MX8MMini's device tree to configure yours according to your SDIO interface hardware connections:

https://github.com/nxp-imx/linux-imx/blob/lf-6.6.y/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-evk-usd-wifi...

Hope it can help you somehow.

Have a nice day~

Best regards,

Christine.