High Performance, Delivered: QCA9377

Qualcomm Technologies’ QCA9377 is a single chip solution that offers high performance coupled with low-power single-stream 11ac and Bluetooth 4.2.  This versatile chip offers developers the advantage of an extremely wide range of implementations that require the use of high-speed WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity to application processors. 

Unbeatable Performance 
The core strength of Qualcomm’s QCA9377 lies in the co-existence of Bluetooth and WiFi on a single chip, designed to provide better performance and faster connectivity with reduced power consumption.  This is made possible through the advanced WLAN/Bluetooth coexistence algorithms present on the QCA9377, which supports superior rate-over-range throughput and low-latency performance in real-world operating scenarios.  This ultimately results in a richer consumer experience.  Some of the applications where the QCA9377 module lends itself are audio and video streaming, IoT wearable solutions, IoT gateways, PoS systems and a number of other applications that are embedded in nature, such as home automation solutions and industrial controllers.Even in areas where WiFi networks experience a lot of crowding, the QCA9377 holds its own, enabling the consumer to continue experiencing high performance.  The QCA9377 SoC offers both low power dualband (2.4 & 5GHz), 1-stream (1x1), 802.11ac MU-MIMO and Bluetooth 4.2 technologies.

Advanced Features of the QCA9377
Support for both Bluetooth 4.2 + HS and Bluetooth low energy are one of the key features of the QCA9377 module.  Besides this, the QCA9377 is backward compatible with Bluetooth 1.x as well as 2.x technologies.  One especially important feature is the size of the QCA9377; at 4.32 X 5.46 mm, it is tiny in size, but packs a punch with its additional features.  Another noteworthy thing about the QCA9377 is its low power consumption, including wake-on wireless and wake-on Bluetooth low energy.  The QCA9377-3 supports a low-power SDIO 3.0 interface for WLAN and a UART/PCM interface for Bluetooth.

Target Applications of QCA9377
The QCA9377 is PCB friendly and is mountable on 4L FR4 non-HDI PCB.  The QCA9377 module supports high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity and enriched media experiences for all manner of connected devices.  It is optimized for energy efficiency.  As is seen in the case of all portable devices, this optimization is crucial in extending the battery life of these devices.  There ar two variants of the QC9377 available according to the interface: the QCA9377-3 and the QCA9377-7.

Its versatility lends the QCA9377 to a number of applications, most noteworthy being IoT, smart appliances, wireless gaming, home and industrial automation and infotainment.

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