Wifi Adapter

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Introduction

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FCC ID:C3K-WKS168
IC: 3048A-WKS168

The Wireless Network Adapter is a dual-band (2.4/5GHz) 802.11a/b/g interface for the Xbox 360.

This is a standard USB 2.0 device, and although it is designed to clamp onto the back of the console, it works when plugged into a standard USB port, given your operating system has accompanying device drivers. See below.

Disassembly

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Disassembled; bottom and top covers, PCB, USB cable and antenna
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PCB underside, with Hannstar Board Corp. inscription.

Integrated Circuits

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PCB upper-side, showing the major ICs

Marvell MVPG16

MG16R
00A2R
521AC

The MVPG16 is an integrated DC-DC synchronous step-down switching regulator. Input voltage ranges from 3.0V-5.5V. Output voltage ranges from 0.72V-3.63V and is user-programmable via a single external resistor.

There's no readily available datasheet for this particular IC, however, one for it's modular MDx-G16 counterpart is, for download. There's a two-page brochure as well, but is rather lacking in the more technical details.

Product information page at http://www.marvell.com/products/power/dspswitcher/index.jsp


Marvell 88W8388-BDK1

88W8388-BDK1
AGW1P .2
0530 A2P
TW

The 88W8388 is an 802.11a/b/g WLAN SoC from Marvell. Embedded are an ARM946E-S core (as per the ARM Networking.pdf Networking brochure) and on-chip memory. Together with an integrated TCP/IP stack, this allows for off-loading the host processor of protocol processing. This SoC is targeted at small-footprint devices, eg. cellular/VoIP phones, PDAs, video game consoles, etc.

The 88W8388 is 88W88305-derived, as indicated below (table reproduced from http://www.clv.macnica.co.jp/product/marvell/sub1.html):

Baseband Processor Product Selection table
Part no. b/g/a Package option CLK Type Interface Feature/Advantage
88W8305 b TQFP 128pin 14x14x1.2 TBGA no option Flip chip Yes 20, 40, 44 CMOS only CF SDIO (SPI) TKIP (firmware) AES (hardware) WPA (firmware) Power Save
88W8381 b TQFP 128pin 14x14x1.2 TBGA 132pin 8x8x1 Flip chip Yes 19.2, 20, 26, 38.4, 40, 44 COMS & Low swing sine wave CF SDIO (SPI) 8305 TKIP (hardware) 802.11e (QoS) 802.11i (Security) BT coex
88W8385 a/b/g TQFP 128pin 14x14x1.2 TBGA 132pin 8x8x1 Flip chip Yes 19.2, 20, 26, 38.4, 40, 44 COMS & Low swing sine wave CF SDIO (SPI) Generic SPI 8381 a/g
88W8388 a/b/g TQFP No TBGA 132pin 8x8x1 Flip chip Yes 19.2, 20, 26, 38.4, 40, 44 COMS & Low swing sine wave SDIO (SPI) USB 2.0 8385 TCP/IP termination NAND Flash I/F Audio Codec I/F