Crossbow's New ZigBee-Ready, 802.15.4 Radio-Compliant MICAz Mote an Instant Hit.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. -- Mote Enables Audio, Video and Other High Bandwidth Data Collection and Transmission Over a Battery-Powered, Wireless Ad-Hoc 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 Demand for wireless sensor networking in the industrial sector has increased by more than 30 percent this year, largely due to the increased reliability and scalability of mesh networking, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent report issued by research firm ON World, Inc. With thousands of nodes per network to be commonplace within five years, ON World forecasts 168 million nodes to be deployed by 2010. 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. (www.xbow.com) is the leading full solutions supplier in the wireless sensor networking arena and the only manufacturer of Smart Dust wireless sensors. The company announced today that its innovative, new MICAz(TM) mote, just unveiled in June, is selling right off the shelf. The MICAz is a 2.4 GHz, 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 compliant, Mote module used for enabling low-power, wireless, sensor networks. It enables higher bandwidth wireless sensor networking applications and is optimized for even harsh indoor environments that require high data rate transmissions. Crossbow's open standard wireless sensor mesh networking platform is based on the TinyOS open source operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , 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 (Industrial, Scientific and Medical band) A part of the radio spectrum that can be used by anybody without a license in most countries. In the U.S., the 902-928 MHz, 2.4 GHz and 5.7-5. compliant and can easily support ZigBee standard protocols. MICAz is 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. Best of all, it is plug and play with all of Crossbow's sensor and data acquisition boards, gateways and software. "The MICAz is a breakthrough solution for home and building automation, automotive and indoor security applications, in which reliably securing, gathering and sending audio and video data utilizing a wireless sensor network was previously impossible," 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. , President and 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 Technology. "We think the fact that our MICA product family is built on the TinyOS open architecture and our reliance on ZigBee standards plays a large part in our success." Market Potential for ZigBee Products There is an ever-expanding market potential for short-range, low data rate wireless applications, according to ON World. The sheer volume of the low data rate wireless devices are predicted to be three times the size of Wi-Fi (802.11) in the next five years, mostly due to the ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4) standard. ZigBee complements wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Ultra wideband, and is promoted by established companies such as Motorola, Honeywell, Invensys, Mitsubishi, Philips and Samsung, as well as a growing number of innovative start-ups such as Crossbow. ZigBee is targeted at applications where being wired is impossible and where ultra low power An ultra low power, or ULP device, is an electronic gadget that has milli- or micro-watt power consumption. Some examples of ultra-low power devices:
Crossbow is a member of the ZigBee Alliance, a rapidly growing, non-profit association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard. ZigBee is the only standards-based technology designed to address the unique needs of low-cost, low-power, wireless sensor networks for remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a , home control, and building automation network applications in the industrial and consumer markets. ZigBee Alliance members are defining a global specification for reliable, cost-effective, low power wireless applications based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. The alliance consists of leading semiconductor manufacturers, technology providers, OEMs and end-users worldwide. Additional information can be found at www.zigbee.org. 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. For more information about the MICAz wireless measurement system, please visit http://www.xbow.com/Products/productsdetails.aspx?sid=101. About Crossbow Technology Founded in 1995, Crossbow Technology, Inc. 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 more than 500,000 of its Smart Dust and other advanced sensors to more than 1,000 customers, including select Fortune 100 and other leading industrial, defense, technology, civil engineering and manufacturing companies. Named one of the Top 25 Companies to Watch in 2003 by Semiconductor Innovation Letter, the company's strategic partners include Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking . Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., 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 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. Contact Crossbow at 408-965-3300, e-mail info@xbow.com or visit Crossbow on the Web at www.xbow.com. |
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