For the first time to test, the best choice is to purchase development kits which including module, test board,and antenna, all these can speed up your development. Following is the kits link:

https://www.hlktech.net/index.php?id=432

Introduction

HLK-MT7688A based on MT7688AN is a low cost and low power consumption IOT module developed by Hi-Link.

The module supports Linux, OpenWRT operating system and custom development. It could be widely applied to 

smart devices or cloud services application with its rich interface and powerful processors.

Features

• High data processing ability，MCU frequency 580MHz 

• 150M Mbps 

• Support 802.11b/g/n 

• 20/40 Channel bandwidth 

• Support 802.11v 

• Support AP,STA and AP,STA mixed 

• Five 10/100M ETH PORT 

• 1 USB2.0 Host interface port 

• Interface SPI/SD-XC/eMMC 

• Rich peripheral interfaces，SPI,I2C,I2S,PCM,UART,JTAG,GPIO 

• Widely used in IOT 

• Inbuilt powerful PMU 

• Support 16 Multiple BSSID 

• Support multiple security methods WEP64/128, TKIP, AES, WPA, WPA2, WAPI 

• Support QoS，WMM，WMM-PS 

• Support Linux 2.6.36 SDK，OpenWrt 3.10 

Diagram

Specifications

Module Pins Definition