Wifi Shield (Fi250)

Wifi shield (Fi250)is a economic internet solution with Arduino. The Wi-Fi module support IEEE 802.11b/g/n mode, maximum speed up to 65Mbit/s. Wifi shield (Fi250) combine on board antenna; it’s easy to build you project in a small box. The module reserve a UFL connector, you can use an extra antenna to improve the signal range. There is a key on the board, just push one time to change wifi shield as AP mode. The module have a computer interface software, you can control and upgrade the module via USB-UART convertor. The wifi shield contain a Micro SD card socket, it’s like a recorder when wifi shield working as TCP, UDP server.



Specifications

Module WIZnet FI250
Operating Voltage 5V or 3.3V (Auto select)
Current 300mA (maximum)
Single band 2.4GHz IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Antenna On board PCB antenna (reserver UFL connector)
Memory 1MB Flash Memory, 128KB SRAM, 1MB Serial Flash
Interface UART(default)/SPI(upgrade firmware)
Dimensions 69.0x53.5x23.5 mm
Weight


Usage

The demo we use a Arduino Leonardo, we suggest you use a hardware serial port, software is not fast enough to communicate with the Wifi module.

TCP Client

Install Wifi Shield (Fi250) library, download demo code Wizfi250_Client.

/*
//This demo use Arduino Leonardo or Seeeduino Lite. The jumper connect D0-WIFI_TX, D1_WIFI_RX; Let the boot pin not connect
*/
#include <Arduino.h>
#include "WizFi250.h"

#define SSID      "STEST" //Set your SSID
#define KEY       "87654321" //Set your phrase
#define AUTH       "WPA2" // Set the encrypt type 

 
#define  HOST_IP       "192.168.168.185" //Set the TCP Server IP
#define  REMOTE_PORT    9090 //Set the port
#define LOCAL_PORT      1234  //Set the port
 
#define spi_CS  8
 
WizFi250 wizfi250(&Serial1);
boolean returnValue=false;
void setup() {
 
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial1.begin(115200);
while (!Serial);
pinMode(spi_CS,OUTPUT);
Serial.println("--------- WIZFI250 TEST --------");
// wait for initilization of Wizfi250
  delay(1000);
  Serial.println("Join " SSID );
  wizfi250.reset();
  delay(1000);
  wizfi250.sendCommand("AT+WLEAVE\r");
   delay(1000);
   if (!wizfi250.join(SSID, KEY, AUTH)) {
    Serial.println("Failed join " SSID);
     Serial.println("Please Restart");
  } else {
    
  Serial.println("Successfully join " SSID);
  wizfi250.sendCommand("AT+WSTAT\r");
  delay(5);
  char c;
  while(wizfi250.receive((uint8_t *)&c, 1, 100) > 0) {
    Serial.print((char)c);
  }
  delay(2000);  
  returnValue=wizfi250.connect(HOST_IP,REMOTE_PORT,LOCAL_PORT);
  if(returnValue)
   Serial.println("Now you can send data to Server or receive data from Server!");
}
}
void loop() {
  if(wizfi250.available()) {
    Serial.print((char)wizfi250.read());
  }
  if(Serial.available()) {
    wizfi250.print((char)Serial.read());
  }
}



Http Connect

Install Wifi Shield (Fi250) library, download demo code Wizfi250_http.

/*
//This demo use Arduino Leonardo or Seeeduino Lite. The jumper connect D0-WIFI_TX, D1_WIFI_RX; Let the boot pin not connect
*/
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#include "WizFi250.h"

#define SSID      "STEST"   //Set your SSID
#define KEY       "87654321" //Set your phrase
#define AUTH       "WPA2" //Set the encrypt type

#define TSN_HOST_IP        "74.125.128.103" //google.com server
//#define TSN_HOST_IP        "115.239.210.26" //baidu.com server
//#define TSN_HOST_IP      "192.168.1.254"      // broadcast
#define TSN_REMOTE_PORT    80
#define LOCAL_PORT     9000

#define spi_CS  8

//SoftwareSerial sprintSerial(4,5);   // The software serial port is not stable.
WizFi250 wizfi250(&Serial1);
void setup() {
 
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial1.begin(115200);
while (!Serial);
pinMode(spi_CS,OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(spi_CS,HIGH);
Serial.println("--------- WIZFI250 TEST --------");
// wait for initilization of Wizfi250
  delay(1000);
  Serial.println("Join " SSID );
  delay(10);
  if (!wizfi250.join(SSID, KEY, AUTH)) {
    Serial.println("Failed join " SSID); 
  } else {
    Serial.println("Successfully join  "  SSID);
 
  wizfi250.clear();
  
  wizfi250.connect(TSN_HOST_IP,TSN_REMOTE_PORT,LOCAL_PORT);
  delay(10);
  wizfi250.send("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n");
}
   char c; 
   for(int i=0;i<320;i++){
   if (wizfi250.receive((uint8_t *)&c, 1, 100) > 0) {
    Serial.print((char)c);
   }
   } 
}
void loop() {
   while (wizfi250.available()) {
    Serial.write(wizfi250.read());
  }
  while (Serial.available()) {
    wizfi250.write(Serial.read());
}
}
 


Reset the module


One press set AP mode


Upgrade firmware

The step for upgrade F/W show as below: Connect your wifi shield(Fi250) via UART directly,you can use a UartSBee or other UART tools
Before upgrade your F/W, you may set the module to Program mode (short BOOT jumper pin) wizfi250firmware

1st action

2nd action

3nd action

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