Product category:
Wireless Communications
News Release from: Adcon Telemetry | Subject: Addlink
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 March 2003
Drop-in transceiver module speeds
development time
The Addlink smart wireless connector is a low cost miniature RF modem for use in applications where fast and reliable data transmission is required.
Adcon Telemetry's Addlink smart wireless connector is a low cost miniature radio frequency (RF) modem for use in applications where fast and reliable data transmission is required The Addlink module combines all necessary components for radio transmission including the antenna, in a single device with a standard RS232 interface that offers licence free operation and ETSI300-220 type approval
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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As a result, Addlink allows designers to rapidly bring wireless capability to their application.
Housed in a surface mount device (SMD) package, the first iteration of the module to be launched measures just 21 x 38 x 7mm, and contains an 868MHz transceiver, an 8bit microcontroller and an integrated antenna.
With datarates up to 10Kbit/s and a line of sight range of 300m, Addlink is ideal for use in applications such as handheld computers, remote meter reading and household and building automation.
The ability to operate in several different modes that include transparent mode, verified transparent mode, addressed secured mode, I/O copy mode, standby mode and RTS/ CTS, gives Addlink a high degree of flexibility.
Other key specification features include a 38k4 maximum baud rate, integrated digital I/Os and an optional ADC and DAC.
The built-in microcontroller offers 8Kbyte of Flash memory, 1Kbyte of RAM, as well as an internal 512byte EEPROM that eliminates the need for external data storage.
The availability of a software development kit enables designers to embed their own custom code within Addlink to meet the needs of their specific application without having to introduce additional external components.
Adcon's Addlink module requires a 3 to 5V power supply and has very low power consumption down to just 20uA in standby mode.
Operating temperature range is -10 to +95C.
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