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Archives by Tag 'ZigBee'
6LoWPAN – ZigBee: BOM, SOC, price?
6LoWPAN question
I have looked with great interest at the information you have compiled on 6LowPAN. This is good because the public information is so sparse. Looks like you are draining the cool aid instead of just talking about it.
There are many companies that have launched products in this space .. (Name deleted) being the latest [...]
1st Energy & Smart Home Technology & Metering Summit – Oct. 26 in Munich
Energy efficiency into the house!
Save the date: October 26th 2011 – meet industry leaders and analysts in the electronics and energy industries as well as from research institutions on the
1st Energy & Smart Home Technology & Metering Summit
Smart Home is reality – but how does the smart home look like? How the Smart Home will [...]
6LoWPAN question: A Low power, what is it good for? Just a waste of time. Everything was already set.
This question came in this morning by comment to a previous post. We’ve been talking of the Internet-of-Things for years, but we forgot to inform our engineers how it will work.
The website of the engineer who commented is showing medical applications. I am able to connect all their equipment to my WIFI network easily. I [...]
EN 300 328 V1.8.1 the end of 802.15.4 ?
Is EN 300 328 V1.8.1 the end of ZigBee, Z-Wave and all other radio protocols riding on 802.15.4?
Does it mean, that we all will deinstall our 804.15.4 based ISM devices? IEEE 802.15.4 divides the 2.4 GHz band into 15 channels. ETSI Draft 1.8.1 requires that a radio system must use at least 15 channels. Now, [...]
Google´s Open Source radio protocol on 6LoWPAN at a glance
Features of Googles Radio protocol
868 / 915 MHz instead of 2400 MHz
Frequency hopping instead of Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum like 802.15.4
Licence free 6LoWPAN instead of ZigBee
Open source instead of proprietary
Advantage of Google´s Radio protocol
Better coverage in buildings
End-to-end security if they use IPsec
Proven standard IPv6 plus 6LoWPAN
No NDAs
No approval process to build accessories
Benefits of [...]
Will Google´s Open Source Radio protocol on 6LoWPAN replace ZigBee and Z-Wave?
Google promised to release open source code for a 868/915 MHz wireless mesh protocol. It will be a low cost alternative to Zigbee or Z-Wave. It shall require less than 16 Kbytes RAM and 32 Kbytes flash. The target of the bill of material is 30 percent less than Zigbee Pro. The Google protocol will [...]
Why paying for a ZigBee fee if you can get a better Wireless Sensor Network for free?
Licence free 6LoWPAN module – IPv6 for Wireless Sensor Networks
At this year’s embedded world, to be held in Nürnberg, Germany, from March 1st to 3rd, ZMDI and Rutronik will demonstrate potential uses and advantages of 6LoWPAN modules in wireless sensor networks.
The presentation will show the ease of configuration using ZMDI’s ZWIR4512 modules in conjunction with [...]
ANTplus (ANT+) radio in smart phone will control machines
Last week I proposed to one of my project customers to use an ANTplus (ANT+) powered smart phone as remote control for their machines. As we all know, there is no Bluetooth LE available. The other reason was that the costs for qualification with ANTplus are much lower than with Bluetooth LE. Even if we [...]
ANT, ANT+, ANTplus RF module – Create your Ultra Low Power Wireless Sensor Network fast and easy
The ANT AP2 module is a drop-in module based on the reference design of nRF24AP2, a new generation of ANT system on chip family from Nordic Semiconductor.
An F antenna is integrated on the small-sized 20mm by 20mm board. The module has been certified to comply with radio regulation or standards covering global markets include North [...]
ANT the coin cell battery powered WSN (wireless sensor network) – Free webinar
ANT is a low-power wireless networking protocol. It has the same audience like Bluetooth Low Energy. In contrast to Bluetooth LE the ANT protocol allows full mesh network topology. Furtermore it is already widespread in sports and healthcare. The ANT alliance has more than 300 members (e.g. Adidas, Garmin or Timex). The member no. 300 was the manufacturer of phones, Sony Ericsson.