Airbee Wireless Delivers ZigBee-Ready Solutions Based on Atmel Platform.Airbee Enables Atmel[R]'s AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulation) See voltage regulator. [R] Platform for Integrators and OEMs Looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. Turnkey ZigBee Products ROCKVILLE, Md. & SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Airbee Wireless (ABEW) today announced that their ZNS ZNS Zentrales Nervensystem (German: Central Nervous System) ZNS Zenger News Service ZNS Zephyr Nassau Sunshine (ZNS Radio Bahamas) 2006 ZigBee protocol stack The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being sent) to the data link layer at the bottom (transmitting the bits on the wire). has been ported to Atmel([R])'s AVR([R]) microcontroller for ZigBee[TM] applications. ZigBee platform certification is under way at National Technical Systems, one of the test houses contracted by the ZigBee Alliance. Airbee and Atmel will further integrate and bundle Atmel's hardware solution, Airbee's ZNS 2006 ZigBee certified protocol stack and Airbee's ZNS Pro ZigBee protocol stack - enabling customers to quickly and easily integrate and deploy the Atmel wireless networking See wireless network. platform with ZigBee networks. Airbee's ZNS 2006 has already been certified on other platforms and has also received certification on its ZNS 2004 protocol stack. The port to Atmel platform is significant for ZigBee developers because it brings a host of benefits. Having a certified protocol stack on the AVR solution ensures interoperability with other ZigBee products. OEMs developing with Airbee's ZNS 2006 protocol stack software and Atmel's AVR hardware solution can now be confident that their products are interoperable with other ZigBee certified platforms, thereby allowing a single, solid network for the monitoring and collection of data for all applications on the network. As the deployment of ZigBee technology rapidly increases in the commercial and industrial automation markets, the partnership between Atmel and Airbee will further promote the adoption of cost-effective and interoperable ZigBee networks. Magnus Pedersen, Director AVR Marketing of Atmel, commented, "This collaboration provides integrators and OEMs with the ability to effectively juggle the various factors of cost, essential features and hardware platform technical considerations. Airbee's embedded software outlines a direct path for end-product certification and enables designers to bring products to market without additional delays. Delivering on our commitment to serve the emerging ZigBee industry, we jointly enable our mutual customers to shorten time-to-market and customize specific product features to best fit their wireless connectivity needs." "The popularity of the AVR microcontroller made it important for us to offer a ZigBee certified solution on an Atmel silicon platform. By partnering with Atmel, we now have a new platform for ZigBee integrators who wish to implement ZigBee technology. They can use Airbee software along with the latest Atmel microcontrollers to bring end products to market quickly knowing we are interoperable and certified. Airbee is working hard to put partnerships in place that allow companies to select their preferred hardware manufacturer," said Raj Sundaresan, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Airbee Wireless. As a provider of the industry's premier hardware-independent software products, Airbee's intelligent networking solutions adhere to ZigBee specifications. Airbee-ZNS[TM] provides a platform that delivers the most choice without compromising quality. Airbee's ZNS ZigBee-2006 and ZNS ZigBee-PRO compliant protocol stack software is designed for maximum adaptability and portability on any microcontroller and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.15.4 radio solution. The highly-efficient Airbee ZNS-2006 software stack incorporates enhancements for performance and reliability considerations that enable OEMs to develop products with ease-of-use and with the support of best-in-class development tools for real world deployments. Atmel's AVR Z-Link([R]) offers a fast core and a feature-rich set of peripherals. The Atmel ATmega 1281 is a low-power, CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. microcontroller that provides a highly flexible and cost-effective solution for many embedded control applications. This high-performance microcontroller combines an 8-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. with In-System Self-Programmable Flash on a monolithic chip. Allowing the system designer to optimize power consumption versus processing speed, the ATmega 1281 executes powerful instructions in a single clock cycle achieving throughputs approaching 1 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. per MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. . The ATmega 1281 features: 128K bytes self-programming Flash program memory, 8K bytes SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory , 4K bytes EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Although EEPROMs spawned flash memory, EEPROMs are byte addressable at the write level, whereas flash chips must erase a block of bytes before rewriting. , 54 general purpose I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output lines, 32 general purpose working registers, an 8-channel 10-bit A/D converter and a JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) An IEEE standard for boundary scan technology. See scan technology. JTAG - Joint Test Action Group interface for on-chip-debug. About Airbee Wireless Products Airbee has created a full spectrum of product offerings tailored to meet the particular requirements from early product development through productization, certification, and production ramp-up. The company's product offering leverages an extensive background as a short-range wireless and Low-Power mesh networking pioneer, along with the expertise of the industry's broadest and deepest development team. Airbee provides a portfolio of ZigBee-ready networking software for any number of 802.15.4 radio/microcontroller combinations used in ZigBee networks. Designed and engineered to comply with ZigBee / IEEE 802.15.4 global standards, Airbee's embedded software offers affordability, a streamlined path for end-product certification, shortened time to market, and the flexibility to tailor specific product features within a comprehensive software environment. About Airbee Wireless Airbee Wireless is a pioneer and the leading expert in short-range wireless and low-power wireless mesh networking, as well as the last remaining independent software provider in this market segment. Airbee provides OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and developers a unique blend of proven standards-compliant software solutions, hardware-independent implementation alternatives and the hands-on assistance to assure product success. Airbee is one of the first companies to have a software platform certified to the most current ZigBee 2006 standards and has also been selected as one of the "Golden Units" for ZigBee Pro, which is the latest ZigBee specification. For more information, please visit www.airbeewireless.com. About ZigBee: Wireless Control That Simply Works The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard. The ZigBee Alliance membership comprises technology providers and original equipment manufacturers worldwide. Membership is open to all. Additional information can be found at www.zigbee.org. Forward-Looking Statements "Forward-looking statements" may be included in this news release. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future results or events. Airbee Wireless, Inc. disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. There are important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to risks associated with changes in general economic and business conditions (including in the information technology and financial information industry), actions of our competitors, the extent to which we are able to develop new services and markets for our services, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand and market acceptance of our services, and/or changes in our business strategies. Airbee is a trademark of Airbee Wireless. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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