Overview#

Introduction#

This document describes the SL Wi-Fi API that exposes the low-level Wi-Fi functions.

The SL Wi-Fi API is the new standardized Silicon Labs Wi-Fi API that provides low-level access to Wi-Fi functionality although in most cases the application code doesn't typically interact with the Wi-Fi layer but rely on higher level API and components. Applications can leverage the high-level connectivity functionalities provided by SL network and IoT sockets that use and/or abstract the low-level Wi-Fi functions.

Other use cases such as calibration, tests, or certifications may need access to low-level Wi-Fi functions.

The SL Wi-Fi API is designed to be a minimal abstraction of key Wi-Fi concepts while also being extensible and allow for simplified customer frameworks. One example of a simplified customer framework is the Callback framework that implements the Wi-Fi event handler and exposes a callback mechanism to the customer.