The Basics

Turning Free Wil-i On or Off

You can turn Free Wil-i on by pressing the gray button or by connecting it to USB. You can turn Free Wil-i off by holding the red button for 5 seconds. Note when connected to USB Free Wil-i remains on.

Using the USB interfaces

When you plug Free Wil-i into a host, it will present 3 USB serial ports. One port connects to the Free Wil-i FPGA, One port connects to the IO App, and the last port connects to the GUI App processor.

Updating Firmware

The Free Wil-i has an integrated USB boot loader to update firmware. Please see this topic.