Wireless

NEC Electronics and Skyley Networks have announced that their jointly developed ZigBee platform has been deemed as a ZigBee Compliant platform (ZCP) on the ZigBee PRO specifications by the ZigBee Alliance. The ZigBee compliant platform is based on an NEC Electronics’ 78K0R 16-bit microcontroller, a wireless RF transceiver chip by Uniband Electronic Corporation (UBEC) and the ZigBee PRO stack, which is software to manage the network. The NECEL/S...

The TDi2 from Radiometrix is a RS232 interface board which combines a TDL2A 433-9 OEM multi-channel wireless modem module (operating at a half-duplex serial data rate of 9600bits/s ), an RS232 driver, a 9 way DB9F connector, helical SMA aerial and power connectors, and a local 5V voltage regulator.

Atmel has announced the AT42QT2160 - a touch controller IC combining touch key and touch slider functions in a single device. The AT42QT2160 can control up to 16 individual touch keys with a slider comprising between 2 and 8 of the touch key channels. In addition, the chip can also control up to 11 LEDs through a PWM output function that is controlled by the host, eliminating the need for an external LED controller.

IDT has announced the availability of a family of ultra-low-power timing devices designed for use in ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs). These ultra-low-power timing devices minimally require 1.5V power supply, as opposed to the 3.3V for standard timing devices, helping extend the battery life of the UMPC.

CML Microcircuits has announced the launch of the CMX7143 with FFSK/MSK modem functionality. The CMX7143 is a flexible wireless modem product, designed to address the growing global market requirements for multi-mode wireless data connectivity, particularly sought-after by Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Software Defined Radio (SDR) product manufacturers. The product also targets Point-to-Point telemetry systems, traffic location systems and any o...

NEC Electronics has announced that it starts shipment of the µPD809400 for mobile phones, music players, and other portable devices that integrates 8 megabits of embedded DRAM (eDRAM) memory with graphics processing logic and a high-speed graphics data interface. The µPD809400 is a system on chip (SoC) solution that can reduce material costs for mobile devices while enabling lower power consumption and convenient display panel configurations. F...

London-based wireless specialist Radiometrix has introduced the KRX416, a single-chip solution for the decrypting and decoding the company’s 32-bit encrypted code-hopping transmitters.

RF Solutions has launched its 205 transmitter, which is housed in a rugged, weatherproof, IP67 rated enclosure. Supplied with an integral antenna and capable of achieving a range of up to 500 metres in an optimum, direct line of sight application, these CR2016 battery powered handheld transmitters are available with a choice of either 8 or 16 coloured switches.

While 134.2 kHz low frequency (LF) RFID technology has been used to identify everything from livestock to automotive parts since the late 1980s, a host of new applications are demanding tags with improved performance in highly metallic and other harsh industrial environments. Texas Instruments has announced two additions to its LF product family: the 12 mm Multi-Usage Wedge Transponder and 24 mm LF Circular Inlay. The 12 mm Multi-Usage Wedge Tran...

Murata has developed a tiny RFID module, MAGICSTRAP, that enables product lifecycle tracking using any global frequency whilst minimising the amount RF expertise required to implement an RFID solution.