TI launches Simplelink CC3300/CC3301 WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.3 LE companion IC for IoT applications
The C33xx are the first SimpleLink chips to support WiFi 6 (and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.x), with Texas Instruments having yet to offer a standalone SoC supporting both. Instead, the CC3300 and CC3301 are designed to be connected to an MPU running Linux such as the AM62A Arm Cortex-A53 vision processors to design a WiFi 6 AI security camera, or microcontrollers such as CC2652R7 SimpleLink multiprotocol wireless MCU or an AM243x Cortex-R5F MCU to create multi-protocol solutions with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth LE 5.3, Thread, Zigbee 3.0 and Matter protocols.
Target applications include grid infrastructure (e.g. electricity meter), building & home automation, smart home appliances, medical equipment such as infusion pumps or ultrasound scanners, and retail automation/payment systems.