NEW AND UPDATED – Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi. Make your Internet of Things device cable-free by adding WiFi. Take advantage of the Raspberry Pi and Beagle Bone’s USB port to add a low cost, but high-reliability wireless link. We tried half a dozen modules to find one that works well with the Pi and Bone without the need of recompiling any kernels: its supported by the Bone’s Angstrom installation that comes with each Bone as well as the Adafruit Occidentalis distribution. You’ll have wireless Internet in 10 minutes! Works great with 802.11b/g/n networks.

If using with a Raspberry Pi:
The Wheezy distribution does not support this module out-of-the-box. However, this easy-to-use script will update the kernel to support it! Also, the Adafruit Occidentalis distribution has support built in.

• RTl8192cu Chipset
• Sticks out 7mm (0.2755″) beyond USB port
• Weight: 2.17g
• Wireless Standards: IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b
• Host Interface: High speed USB2.0/1.1 interface
• Data Rate: 802.11n: up to 150Mbps (downlink) and up to 150Mbps (uplink), 802.11g: 54 / 48 / 36 / 24 / 18/ 12 / 9 / 6 Mbps auto fallback, 802.11b: 11 / 5.5 / 2 / 1 Mbps auto fallback
• Frequency Band: 2.4GHz ISM (Industrial Scientific Medical) Band/li>
• Chipset: Realtek
• RF Frequency: 2412 ~ 2462 MHz (North America), 2412 ~ 2472 MHz (Europe), 2412 ~ 2484 MHz (Japan)
• Radio Channel: 1 ~ 14 channels (Universal Domain Selection)
• Range Coverage: Up to 3 times farther range than 802.11g
• Antenna Type: Integrated Antenna
• Roaming: Full mobility and seamless roaming from cell to cell
• RF Output Power: 13 ~17 dBm (Typical)
• Modulation: 11n: BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM with OFDM, 11g: BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, OFDM, 11b: DQPSK, DBPSK, DSSS, CCK
• Data Security: 64/128-bit WEP Encryption WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK. TKIP/AES
• Network: Auto-switch to use 802.11n or 802.11g or 802.11b mode
• Supports Ad-Hoc, Infrastructure WLAN network, Wireless roaming, Data rate auto fall-back under noisy environment or longer range distance, Site Survey with Profile function
• Configuration & Management: Plug-and-Play setup and installation, Management Utility supports 2000 / XP/ Vista
• Media Access Control CSMA/CA with ACK
• LED Indicator Link/Active ( Green )
• Operating Temperature 0°C to 40°C
• Storage Temperature -20°C to 75°C
• Operating Humidity 10% ~ 90% (Non Condensing)
• Storage Humidity 5% ~ 95% (Non Condensing)
• Regulatory Compliance FCC (USA), CE Mark (Europe), RoHS Compliant, Wi-Fi Compliant
• Requirements Available USB 2.0 port

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Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit, be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Have you tried the new “Adafruit Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro” ? It’s our tweaked distribution for teaching electronics using the Raspberry Pi.