The latest in Motorola’s portfolio of client radio cards for embedded mobile applications, the LA-5137 delivers the power of 802.11a/b/g wireless connectivity to application-specific enterprise clients, medical devices and other equipment. It offers robust security and high-availability features to end-user applications and peace of mind to developers.
Backed by Motorola’s strong OEM product development support and built on the same code base and common worldwide radio chipset architecture as the 802.11b/g LA-5127, the LA-5137 continues the product line’s tradition of providing enterprise mobility with the OEM customer in mind.
The LA-5137 radio card provides enterprise-class security and high-availability features to wireless handheld, portable and stationary devices alike. Advanced encryption and authentication features offer the data and network security for Linux and Windows applications required by industry standards such as HIPAA and PCI, making the card ideal for use in healthcare settings, retail environments, or anyplace security is essential.
High performance mobility features include exceptional throughput using dynamic load balancing for reduced latency and increased bandwidth; low-power modes to preserve battery life and pre-emptive roaming to allow users to transparently move anywhere within the secure wireless network—across a room or across the campus. Take advantage of the 802.11a/b/g functionality when splitting network traffic to allow one band for visitors, one band for equipment and employee traffic, and one for critical or high priority use such as patient monitoring or voice applications. The unique self-hosted card architecture also reduces the host device’s workload and maximizes power savings while maintaining authenticated connectivity.
A hardware encryption engine and security supplicant are provided with the card, so developers can concentrate on developing the device, already assured of its security.
In addition to all its great mobility and security features, the LA-5137 also comes with a full warranty, extended hardware and software warranty options, and the Motorola commitment to product quality, service and support.
Available uniquely to the OEM market, the LA-5137 comes with a comprehensive development kit and API. Easily customize and port the API and drivers for Linux and Windows CE to proprietary operating systems. Simplify profile creation, operation and control of the radio’s most advanced features in the Windows CE environment with Mobile Companion, a Windows CE card management application. Motorola’s OEM support team can work directly with designers to help leverage the LA-5137’s regulatory approvals by providing software to facilitate regulatory testing, uploading Motorola-proprietary information to labs and regulatory bodies and, in some cases, even using customers’ antennas as part of our regulatory certifications.
Because Motorola controls the source code down to the lower MAC level, we can optimize radio performance features and functions today and over the lifetime of the product. The LA-5137 is based on a worldwide radio chipset, backed by multi-tiered pre- and post-design support. Motorola’s extensive regulatory and compliance process provides a limited modular approval with the card, which can significantly reduce regulatory and compliance testing requirements for the end-product. In some cases, end-products attain certification compliance by simply referencing the LA-5137—without additional testing.
The card’s hard MAC with 8MB of on-board SDRAM makes it easily upgradeable, with substantial memory for future features and functions, and the LA-5137 is the second of a family of Motorola wireless radios to be built on a common code base and common radio architecture. This eases future product migration and means you can leverage today’s driver development efforts for future adoption of new features.
