Crossbow's New MICAz Mote Enables Audio, Video, and Other High Bandwidth Data Collection and Transmission Over Its Battery Powered Wireless Ad-Hoc Mesh Networking Platform.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2004 Crossbow Technology
Crossbow Technology, Inc. (also referred to as XBow) is a California-based company with two distinct product lines. One is based on MEMS inertial sensor systems. , Inc. -- First ZigBee-Ready, 802.15.4 Radio Compliant Mote Uses DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) See spread spectrum. to Provide the Highest Degree of Interoperability, Reliability and Data Security Available for Home and Building Automation, Automotive and Indoor Security Applications Crossbow Technology, Inc. (www.xbow.com) the leading full solutions supplier in the wireless sensor networking arena and the only manufacturer of smart dust wireless sensors, today announced the June 1, 2004 availability of its MICAz (TM) Mote. The MICAz enables higher bandwidth wireless sensor networking applications and is optimized for even harsh indoor environments that require high data rate transmissions. The latest in a rapidly expanding family of Crossbow crossbow: see bow and arrow. crossbow Leading missile weapon of the Middle Ages, consisting of a short bow fixed transversely on a stock, with a groove to guide the missile and a trigger to release it. Motes tailored to support specific application requirements, the MICAz is plug and play with all of Crossbow's sensor and data acquisition boards, gateways and software. Modular Application Specific Product Family for Wireless Sensor Networks "Crossbow's roadmap for supporting the growing number of wireless sensor networking applications its customers wish to deploy is to package specific capabilities into a modular, battery-powered product family that can be easily deployed, managed and maintained," said Mike Horton Dr. Michael William Horton (born 1964) is a fictional character on the soap opera Days of our Lives. He was named after Mickey Horton, who was thought to be his father, and Bill Horton, his father. , 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 Crossbow. "The company's new MICAz Mote provides a plug and play solution for battery powered, high bandwidth applications that must operate without interference in even harsh indoor environments. This is a breakthrough solution for home and building automation, automotive and indoor security applications, where reliably securing, gathering and sending audio and video data utilizing a wireless sensor network was previously impossible to achieve." Latest in Series of Standard Compliant New Motes Supports Full Interoperability Crossbow's open standard wireless sensor mesh networking Mesh networking is a way to route data, voice and instructions between nodes. It allows for continuous connections and reconfiguration around broken or blocked paths by “hopping” from node to node until the destination is reached. platform is based on the TinyOS open source operating system which supports fully modular interoperability and migration to any emerging radio, protocol and transmission standards. For example, the 2.4 GHz MICAz is 802.15.4 and ISM band compliant and can easily support ZigBee standard protocols. Crossbow's MICA Family of Motes are specifically tailored to support a broad range of wireless sensor networking applications. The MICA2 and MICA2DOT (quarter-sized) Motes support the application requirements found in industrial monitoring, environmental, agricultural and outdoor security applications in wide area, remote, harsh or infrastructure-constrained environments. The MICA2DOT also addresses mobile and embedded applications such as RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. and wearable computing. High Data Security And Flexibility The MICAz reinforces and extends Crossbow's market leadership in the rapidly growing indoor and high data rate wireless sensor networking arena. The MICAz Mote is the first to deliver low power, true mesh networking support for these applications that typically also require high levels of security for data transmission along with programmable power configuration for optimizing battery life. Crossbow boasts a long list of technology firsts and patents and has the largest installed base of commercial customers running large-scale wireless sensor networks in the industry. MICAz Description -- 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/ZigBee compliant RF transceiver -- 2.4 to 2.4835 GHz, a globally compatible ISM band -- Direct sequence spread spectrum modem, resistant to RF interference, inherently data security -- 250 kbps data rate -- Hardware MAC encryption and authentication (AES-128) -- Programmable RF output power (-10 to 0 dBm) -- FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. licensed -- Less power required than Bluetooth -- Plug and play with all of Crossbow's sensor boards, data acquisition boards, gateways, and software -- Greater than 1 year battery life with sleep modes on 2 AA batteries About Crossbow Founded in 1995, Crossbow Technology, Inc (www.xbow.com) is the leading full solutions supplier in the wireless sensor networking arena and the only manufacturer of smart dust wireless sensors. Crossbow has for years been at the forefront of creating and deploying smaller, smarter, wireless sensing devices and mesh networking platforms for large-scale defense, environmental, agricultural, industrial monitoring and control, building automation, security and asset tracking applications. Crossbow's open architecture, TinyOS-based platform, enables highly intelligent multi-sensing devices to dynamically and reliably self-organize to efficiently capture and send detailed physical data anywhere, anytime. Crossbow is also a leading supplier of inertial sensor systems for aviation, land and marine applications and other instrumentation sensors. The company has shipped over 500,000 of its smart dust and other advanced sensors to over 1,000 customers including select Fortune 100 and other leading industrial, defense, technology, civil engineering and manufacturing companies. Named one of the Top 50 Companies to Watch by Electronic Business Magazine in 2000, the company's strategic partners include Intel Corporation (INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ). Headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , Crossbow has distributors in 24 countries worldwide. The company received its ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001/2000 Certification in May 2002 and its FAA Certification for the AHRS AHRS Attitude Heading Reference System AHRS Attitude and Heading Reference System AHRS Attempted Hours (educational transcript) AHRS Altitude Heading Reference System AHRS Army Human Resources System AHRS Automatic Heading Reference System 500GA in January, 2003. |
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