AsiaRF Wifi 7 module AW7991-AE2 - BE5000 NIC

It looks like there is something on AsiaRF which will be match to the category payable?

I know it is a bit sarcastic, but with that power consumption it looks like a real wifi 7 NIC :see_no_evil: :

Power Consumption: 11.5W

After I realized the new maximum power consumption of BPI-R4 … I was a bit shocked. Wifi 7 tastes wasteful :neutral_face: But this is off topic …

:thinking: Is this may the right time to create the new cooling topic? Or should I wait one month :wink: ?

So all we need is an adapter to convert the custom 2-lane mpcie of the BPI-R4 to the m.2 a+e 2 lanes. This adapter may also need a 12V → 3.3V buck converter…

Who else could solve this problem like the great company asiarf:

→ buck converter: I thought, turning off the 12V should be enough?

I’m more concerned about MT7991A driver support (in combination with MT7976C).

I found on MediaTek - WikiDevi.Wi-Cat.RU some routers with this chip: → Xiaomi BE5000 and TP-LINK TL-7DR5160 … .

→ but it looks this models will not get support from openwrt.

→ I did not no know much about the Linux driver side …

Does it support the second lane on the BPI-R4? It is not a standard pinout.

Okay,

I wrote an E-mail to AsiaRF:

I will post the answer.

They will probably tell you to buy their ap7988

We have luck, they anwered!

For the pinout of the adapter I created a own chat:

So there is the pinout that AsiaRF send me:

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