Monday, April 11, 2005

Interoperable ZigBee platforms roll - 4 platforms announced compliant

(EETimes.com) - Manhasset, N.Y. - The ZigBee Alliance has announced the first four platforms to successfully complete interoperability testing for the short-range wireless technology. The platforms will be used to test ZigBee offerings that emerge in the coming months and, therefore, pave the way for ZigBee deployment in applications such as industrial control, HVAC and home automation.

"We've been testing with each other since December 2003," said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance, "and now we're coming out of the gate with four platforms with the full [IEEE 802.15.4] radio and ZigBee stack — the complete platform." The platforms are from CompXs Inc., Ember Corp., Chipcon Inc. and Freescale Semiconductor Inc. The latter two use a ZigBee protocol stack from Figure 8 Wireless, which Chipcon acquired in January.

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