Review: Lilygo T-Halow RJ45 (TaiXin TXW8301)

The TXW8301 IEEE 802.11ah Halow SoC from Chinese manufacturer, TaiXin Semiconductor is unique from other Halow semiconductor vendors in that it has a RMII interface for connection to an external Ethernet PHY. This allows the SoC to act as a cost-effective Long Range Halow Wireless Ethernet Bridge. As a result, the TXW8301 is commonly found in many Wireless Network Bridges (WNB) found on platforms…