8devices JLP User Manual

Jalapeno

Data sheet

Jalapeno is a very powerful quad-core CPU based module with dual

band concurrent radio supporting 802.11ac Wave 2 technology

Jalapeno is based on an IPQ4018 SoC from
Qualcomm, which is extremely powerful quad
core 700MHz CPU Cortex A7 CPU with NEON
(high-performance media engine), ideal for
routers, gateways and access points. It is a
surface mountable, dual-sided, Wi-Fi enabled
Linux module.

It comes with a high-power (23 dBm per chain)
dual-band concurrent radio supporting 802.11ac
Wave2 technology (2x2 MiMo) reaching 1.167
Gbps data rate. USB 3.0, USB 2.0, I2S, UART,
GPIO are the interfaces available on the module
together with two Gigabit Ethernet ports. SoC
has hardware NAT engine and high-end security
features like crypto engine, secure boot and
others.

OpenWRT linux distribution source code is
available on GitHub https://github.com/8devices
and is supported by our growing community on

http://www.8devices.com/community forum.

Quick specs

• 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wave 2, 2.4 and 5 GHz, 2x2

MIMO, 300 and 867 Mbps data rate, 23 dBm
per chain output power

• U.FL connectors for external an tenna

• 128 MB NAND and 8 MB NOR FLASH, 256 MB

DDR3 RAM

• Linux friendly , OpenWRT ash image and source

code are available for download on
www.8devices.com/wiki_jalapeno

• CPU – IPQ 4018 (700 MHz quad core Cortex A7)

• 23 dBm per chain output power dual-band

concurrent radio with dedicated Tensilica CPU
and 802.11ac Wave 2 support

• 32 by 47 mm size

• Surface mountable, dual-side design

• Available interfaces - USB 2.0, USB 3.0, I2S,

TDM, UART, GPIO, JTAG and 2 x 1000
Base-T Ethernet ports

Jalapeno Data sheet v1.2-18-2-20

Block diagram

+3.3V

USB 3.0

USB 2.0

UART

I2S

TDM

GPIO

JTA G

DDR3

256MB

MEMORY

NAND

128MB

MEMORY

IPQ4018

SOC

FRONT END

FRONT END

FRONT END

JALAPENO

MODULE

RF ANT 0

DIPLEXER

RF ANT 1

1000 Base-T ETH0

1000 Base-T ETH1

Module dimensions

NOR
8MB

MEMORY

QCA8072

ETHERNET

PHY

DIPLEXER

FRONT END

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Radio characteristics

2.4 GHz

802.11AC
(20 MHz)

2.4 GHz

802.11AC
(40 MHz)

5 GHz

802.11AC
(20 MHz)

5 GHz

802.11AC
(40 MHz)

5 GHz

802.11AC
(80 MHz)

Data rate (Mbps) 14.4 28.9 43.3 57.8 86.7 115.6 130.3 144.4 173.3

Sensitivity (dBm) -93 -90 -88 -85 80 -76 -74 -72 -68

Output power (dBm) 22 20 19 19 18 18 18 17 17

Data rate (Mbps) 30 60 90 120 180 240 270 300 360 400

Sensitivity (dBm) -90 -88 -85 -82 -77 -73 -73 -70 -66 -64

Output power (dBm) 21 19 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17

Data rate (Mbps) 14.4 28.9 43.3 57.8 86.7 115.6 130.3 144.4 173.3

Sensitivity (dBm) -92 -89 -86 -83 -80 -76 -74 -73 -68

Output power (dBm) 22 20 19 19 18 18 18 17 17

Data rate (Mbps) 30 60 90 120 180 240 270 300 360 400

Sensitivity (dBm) -89 -86 -84 -81 -78 -73 -72 -70 -66 -67

Output power (dBm) 21 19 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17

Data rate (Mbps) 65 130 195 260 390 520 585 650 780 866.7

Sensitivity (dBm) -86 -83 -80 -77 -74 -70 -69 -67 -63 -61

Output power (dBm) 21 19 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17

Power consumption

Scenario Voltage, V Current, A Power, W

Idle without beacons

Idle with beacons

MCS0 HT20

MCS9 VHT80/HT40 (Highest rates)

5 0.41 2.05

5 0.68 3.4

5 2.55 12.75

5 1.78 8.9

Operating conditions

The module can operate in a wide temperature range and dierent conditions depending on the enclosure. The following

guidelines guarantee that it will work correctly.

Parameter Units Min Max

Working environment

Storage environment

Humidity

Storage humidity

°C 0 55

°C -40 70

%RH 10 90

%RH 5 90

Heatsink size recommendations

It is essetial to use heatsink for the hardware designs based on Jalapeno module. Heatsink should be able to dissipate 7W
and the recommended area is 175 cm2. It should be directly attached to the bottom side of Jalapeno module.

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Module pinout

GND

1

ETH1_TRX0+

2

ETH1_TRX0-

3

ETH1_TRX1+

4

ETH1_TRX1-

5

ETH1_TRX2+

6

ETH1_TRX2-

7

ETH1_TRX3+

8

ETH1_TRX3-

9

GND

10

USB2_DM

11

USB2_DP

12

GND

13

USB3_SS_TX+

14

USB3_SS_TX-

15

GND

16

USB3_SS_RX+

17

USB3_SS_RX-

18

GND

19

USB3_HS_DM

20

USB3_HS_DP

21

GND

22

3.3V

23

GND

56

N.C.

55

GND

54

GND

53

N.C.

52

GND

51

GND

50

3.3V

49

N.C.

48

GND

47

RESET

46

GND

45

JTAG_TRST/ GPIO_5

44

JTAG_RST/ GPIO_4

43

JTAG_TDO/ GPIO_3

42

GND

41

JTAG_TMS

40

JTAG_TDI/ GPIO_0

39

JTAG_TCK/ GPIO_1

38

GND

37

3.3V

36

GPIO_58

GPIO_63

UART_RX/ GPIO_60

3.3V

GND

ETH0_100_LED

ETH1_100_LED

ETH0_1000_LED

ETH1_1000_LED

ETH0_TRX0+

ETH0_TRX0-

ETH0_TRX1+

ETH0_TRX1-

ETH0_TRX2+

ETH0_TRX2-

ETH0_TRX3+

ETH0_TRX3-

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