ZigBee 2006 and Four New Golden Unit Platforms Now Publicly Available.Rapidly Expanding Supply Chain Offers OEMs 34 Compliant Platforms for Product Design SAN RAMON San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
The first platforms to implement the latest version of the ZigBee standard and to pass independent testing by one of two ZigBee qualified testing labs, receive Golden Unit status. These new platforms are from Ember, Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. , Integration Associates and Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. . The Alliance requires a minimum of three independent implementations to prove a specification revision and demonstrate interoperability to insure the quality of future ZigBee products. Golden Units are then established as reference points for future ZigBee Compliant Platform (ZCP ZCP Zero Cross Point ZCP zone of chondrocyte proliferation ZCP Zdech Ci Ptak (Polish punk band) ) testing. "Awarding Golden Unit status to ZigBee platforms represents an important step in providing a solid networking foundation for OEMs to develop a variety of products that offer more control for consumers and businesses around the world," said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. "With certification of these four new ZigBee Compliant Platforms, it made perfect sense for us to post the latest version of ZigBee earlier than our original Q1 2007 date. It is now available on www.zigbee.org for free download - just in time for the Holidays." The ZigBee Alliance will host a Developers Conference on April 3-5, 2007 in 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. to train attendees on the latest features and updates found in ZigBee. To register, please visit http://zigbee.org/en/events/index.asp#devconf2007. The newly qualified Golden Unit platforms supporting the latest update of the ZigBee specification ZigBee is the specification of a low-cost, low-power wireless communications solution, meant to be integrated as the main building block of ubiquitous networks. It is maintained by the ZigBee Alliance, which develops the specification and certifies its proper implementation. are: Ember - EmberZNet[TM]: EmberZNet is a rigorously tested and field proven software stack (1) A stack that is implemented in memory rather than in hardware registers. See stack. (2) A generic reference to a set of system programs or a set of application programs that form a complete system. See stack. that is now ZigBee 2006 compliant. Together with Ember's high performance 2.4 GHz low-power wireless semiconductors - the EM250 System on Chip and EM260 ZigBee co-processor - and Ember's golden unit platform provides the most reliable, scalable and advanced ZigBee solution. EmberZNet incorporates enhancements for robustness and ease-of-use and is supported by best in class development tools. For more information, see http://www.ember.com/products_index.html Freescale - BeeStack[TM]: BeeStack software is based on the ZigBee 2006 specification and allows OEMs to offer consumers new technical feature capabilities including a variety of control, convenience and energy management for devices such as remote controls, thermostats and lighting control. The software stack supports Freescale's MC1319X, MC1320X and MC1321X platforms based on the HCS HCS - Heterogeneous Computer System A distributed system project. 08 MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users core architecture. BeeStack software is currently sampling to key 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 customers. For more information, see http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code= BEEKIT_WIRELESS_CONNECTIVITY_TOOLKIT&parentCode=1321xEVK&nodeId= 01J4Fs25657103 (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra spaces if they exist.) Integration Associates - IA OEM-DAUB1 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. Dongle The term was originally slang for a "hardware key." Today, the term is often used to refer to any small adapter that has a short cable with connectors at both ends. See hardware key and PC Card dongle. : The IA OEM-DAUB1 USB Dongle drivers have been updated to support the ZigBee 2006 specification. Integration Associates is a supplier of 868/915MHz (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. and 2.4GHz ZigBee solutions and provide the only commercially available fully certified ZigBee USB dongle. The latest ZigBee drivers complement the compliant 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 interface of the dongle to provide a quick and easy way of enabling a host computer with ZigBee. The updated driver continues to be the most flexible available by maintaining support for the different ZigBee features and device types. For more information, see http://www.integration.com/products/IA_OEM-DAUB1_2400.shtml Texas Instruments - Z-Stack: Texas Instrument's Z-Stack offers a ZigBee 2006 compliant platform for designers of ZigBee applications to start their development. Developers will be able to take advantage of many new features such as the home automation cluster library. Z-Stack is certified for the CC2420 stand alone transceiver and the CC2430 transceiver and microcontroller System-on-Chip. Z-Stack will be available for download by registered users in December 2006. For more information, visit http://www.ti.com/zigbee ZigBee 2006 is optimized for use in products typically used by consumers and offers improvements and new features, simplifying application development, network management and maintenance. ZigBee 2006 uses mesh networking to communicate over the globally available 2.4 GHz frequency and 868/915 MHz technology in select countries. With digital spread spectrum technology, and the most number of channels, ZigBee networks offer superb immunity to interference. This simplicity of design and operation ensures consumers of all backgrounds can install products and maintain their network in minutes. Thanks to unique technology, a typical low-power ZigBee device runs on universally available batteries for years, eliminating the need for wiring to a power source and providing unparalleled convenience and flexibility. 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. All company, brand, and product names may be trademarks that are the sole property of their respective owners. All rights reserved. |
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