Ameba AP Mode

In AP mode, Ameba can accept at most 3 station connections, and can be set to open mode or WPA2 mode.

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Description

In AP mode, Ameba can accept at most 3 station connections, and can be set to open mode or WPA2 mode.

Details

Ameba RTL8722DM is a low-power dual-band WLAN and Bluetooth Low Energy SoC by Realtek. The RTL8722DM also include memory for Wi-Fi protocol functions and application making it simple for anyone to develop various kind of IoT applications. At the same time it has a wide range of peripheral interfaces. With all these interfaces, it can connect to most of the electronics components like LEDs, temperature and humidity sensors, and so on.

More Resources:

If you need additional technical documents or the source code for this project. Please visit the official websites and join the Facebook group and forum.

Ameba Official Website: https://www.amebaiot.com/en/
Ameba Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amebaioten
Ameba Forum: https://forum.amebaiot.com/

Components

1 × RTL8722DM_MINI Microcontroller

Build Instructions

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Setup

In this example, we turn on the AP mode of Ameba and connect station to Ameba.
Open the WiFi AP example in “Examples” -> “AmebaWiFi” -> “WiFiAPMode”
In the highlighted snippet, fill in your SSID, PASSWORD, CHANNEL.
IF you want to turn on the AP open mode, please modify the code to status =WiFi.apbegin(ssid,channel);
2

Final Result

Then upload the sample code and press reset, and you can see related information shown in the serial monitor.
In the figure below, we show the messages shown in the serial monitor when two stations connect to Ameba AP in open mode:
In the figure below, we show the messages shown in the serial monitor when a station connecrs to Ameba AP mode in security.