PCIe E Key

Supported Accessories

WIFI & BT Support Module List

NO.	Model	Chip	WiFi	BT	WIFI Throughput	Remark
1	ROCK Pi Wireless Module A1 (SDIO+UART) --- AP6236	BCM43436B0	2.4G	4.2	up:23.5 Mbits/sec down:40.4 Mbits/sec
2	ROCK Pi Wireless Module A2 (SDIO+UART) --- AP6256	BCM43456	2.4G&5G	5.0	up:196 Mbits/sec down: 187 Mbits/sec
3	ROCK Pi Wireless Module A3 (SDIO+UART) --- AP6398S	BCM43598	2.4G&5G	5.0	up:336 Mbits/sec down: 315 Mbits/sec
4	ROCK Pi Wireless Module A6s (SDIO+UART) --- AP6275S	BCM43752	2.4G&5G	5.0	up:234 Mbits/sec down: 273 Mbits/sec
5	Radxa wireless A8	RTL8852BE	2.4G&5G&WIFI6	5.0	up:600Mbits/sec down:900 Mbits/sec
6	Intel 0MHK36 (PCIE+USB)	Intel 3165	2.4G&5G	4.2	up:283 Mbits/sec down: 334 Mbits/sec
7	Intel 7265NGW (PCIE+USB)	Intel 7265	2.4G&5G	4.2	up:363 Mbits/sec down: 619 Mbits/sec
8	Intel AX210 (PCIE+USB)	Intel AX210	WiFi 6	5.2	up: 859 Mbits/sec down: 813 Mbits/sec

• WIFI Usage

  1. First enter ROOT user mode

  radxa@rock-5b:~$ sudo su

  2. Turn on WIFI

  root@rock-5b:/home/radxa# nmcli r wifi on

  3. Scan WIFI

  root@rock-5b:/home/radxa# nmcli dev wifi

  4. Bluetooth usage

  root@rock-5b:/home/radxa# nmcli dev wifi connect "wifi_name" password
  "wifi_password"

• Bluetooth Usage

  1. If using the Radxa Wireless A8 module, the following blacklists must be added for BT to work properly.

  root@rock-5b:/home/radxa# cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf blacklist
  pgdrv blacklist btusb blacklist btrtl blacklist btbcm blacklist btintel
  root@rock-5b:~# reboot

  2. Radxa APT includes the broadcom-wifibt-firmware package for Broadcom wireless modules and the intel-wifibt-firmware package for Intel wireless modules. The corresponding packages need to be downloaded

  root@rock-5b:/home/radxa# apt-get update -y root@rock-5b
  :/home/radxa# apt-get install -y broadcom-wifibt-firmware intel-wifibt-firmware

  3. Test the status of the Bluetooth module and check the Bluetooth device

  root@rock-5b:/home/radxa# systemctl status bluetooth

  4. Run the Bluetooth device.

  root@rock-5b:/home/radxa# systemctl start bluetooth

  5. Detect Bluetooth devices

  root@rock-5b:/home/radxa# hciconfig hci0: Type: Primary Bus: UART BD
  Address: 10:2C:6B:49:D5:53 ACL MTU: 1021:8 SCO MTU: 64:1 UP RUNNING RX
  bytes:850 acl:0 sco:0 events:58 errors:0 TX bytes:2814 acl:0 sco:0
  commands:58 errors:0

  6. Test: Connect the Bluetooth speaker, first install pulseaudio

  root@rock-5b:/home/radxa# apt-get install -y
  pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio

  7. Run pulseaudio

  root@rock-5b:/home/radxa# pulseaudio --start

  8. Connect with pulseaudio

  root@rock-5b:/home/radxa# bluetoothctl [bluetooth]# default-agent
  [bluetooth]# power on [bluetooth]# scan on [bluetooth]# trust
  41:42:1A:8D:A9:65 #BT-280 [bluetooth]# pair 41:42:1A:8D:A9:65 [bluetooth]#
  connect 41:42:1A:8D:A9:65

  9. Now you can listen to music