WiQuest Announces Availability of New Wireless USB Reference Design.Wireless USB The wireless version of the universal serial bus (USB). Using ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, wireless USB is designed to provide the same 480 Mbits/sec data rate as USB 2.0 within two meters (6.6 ft.) or 110 Mbps within 10 meters (33 ft.). Device Embedded Card Enables the Complete Wireless USB Ecosystem ALLEN, Texas Allen is a city in Collin County and a northern suburb of Dallas, Texas (USA). As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 43,554. As of April 2007, the city's population is estimated at 77,465. -- WiQuest Communications, Inc., the leading ultrawideband solutions provider, today announced availability of its seventh reference design kit. This new Wireless USB Device Embedded Card reference design enables device equipment manufacturers to build complete Wireless USB solutions with minimal cost and risk. This is the latest in a series of WiQuest products that customers are using to build on as they develop wireless USB products. When coupled with WiQuest's Wireless USB Adapter A network adapter that plugs into the computer via the USB port. See network adapter and wireless adapter. See also wireless USB. , Wireless USB Mini Card or Half Mini Card on the host side, the Device Embedded Card hardware and associated software provide a complete, highly-integrated, end-to-end Certified Wireless USB solution. The Device Embedded Card is available now for integration in Wireless USB devices. Peripheral product manufacturers will be introducing products based on the Wireless USB Device Embedded Card in 2008. "We are extremely pleased with the strong customer and industry response to our existing portfolio of reference designs," commented Greg Christison, WiQuest Chief Technology Officer. "Because of WiQuest's advanced architecture and complete solution we are experiencing significant demand in a wide variety of peripheral and embedded applications. It is natural for WiQuest to offer a turnkey solution complete with regulatory modular approvals on the device side in addition to our strong offerings on the host side." The reference design kit includes hardware, software, schematics, layout source files, detailed bill-of-materials, design manual, manufacturing test solution, user's guide and a quick-start guide. The software package includes complete Device Wire Adapter (DWA DWA DreamWorks Animation (stock symbol) DWA Domino Web Access DWA Desert Water Agency (US) DWA Data Warehouse Administrator DWA Designated Waiting Area DWA Dynamic Wavelength Allocation ) driver/firmware to enable a standard USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. peripheral to be transformed into a Wireless USB peripheral. It also includes a Microsoft Windows-based utility which supports device discovery, field upgrade functionality, and comprehensive diagnostics. In addition to the Wireless USB Device Embedded Card, WiQuest's product line consists of four additional reference design kits based on Certified Wireless USB from the USB Implementers Forum The USB Implementers Forum, USB-IF, is a non-profit organisation to promote and support the Universal Serial Bus. Its main activities are the promotion and marketing of USB, Wireless USB, USB On-The-Go, and the maintenance of the specifications, as well as a compliance program. : the Wireless USB Mini Card, Half Mini Card, Wireless USB 4-port Hub and Adapter Reference Design Kits. All of these reference design kits will enable equipment manufacturers to build complete solutions from pairs of robust reference platforms. WiQuest's complete UWB (Ultra-WideBand) A wireless technology that uses less power and provides higher speed than 802.11 Wi-Fi networks or first-generation Bluetooth products. UWB is expected to provide wireless video transmission for home theater systems, cable TV, auto safety and solution is also the industry's fastest, at greater than 1 Gbps. WiQuest reference designs for wireless digital video include the Wireless Docking[R] Station and Mini Card with WiDV[R]. About WiQuest Communications WiQuest Communications, Inc. is the leading consumer solutions company designing and developing complete WiMedia-based ultra high speed, ultrawideband (UWB) platforms. WiQuest's complete solution portfolio includes chipset, software and manufacturing designs. WiQuest's world class technology and technical support enable a new class of "off-the-shelf-production" wireless connectivity to PC, digital entertainment, consumer electronics and mobile systems - enabling The New Frontier New Frontier President John F. Kennedy’s legislative program, encompassing such areas as civil rights, the economy, and foreign relations. [Am. Hist.: WB, K:212] See : Aid, Governmental of Wireless[TM]. Founded in September 2003, WiQuest's strong team comprises hundreds of years of collective industry semiconductor and systems experience, resulting in dozens of successful high-volume product implementations including Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area , DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary and Ethernet solutions. To learn more about WiQuest, please visit www.WiQuest.com. WiQuest[TM], WiDV[R], Wireless Docking[R], and The New Frontier of Wireless[TM] are trademarks of WiQuest Communications, Inc. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of the respective owners. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion