Product category:
Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Advanced Power Components (APC) | Subject: RadioPulse MG2450
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 March 2008
Integrated devices shrink ZigBee
applications
The MG245x product family claims world-class performance, with the highest Tx power, highest Rx sensitivity, high datarates and low power consumption compared with existing ZigBee chip offerings.
APC-Hero, the specialist product management division of UK electronics distributor Advanced Power Components, now offers a novel voice-enabled ZigBee single chip, the RadioPulse MG2450 This new wireless sensor has a range of industrial and commercial applications including lighting controls, heating and ventilation controls, wireless headset/earpiece, low-power door intercoms, intelligent remote controllers etc
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Feb 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The chips, manufactured by RadioPulse, a leading provider of ZigBee and LR-WPAN chips, are compliant to ZigBee and IEEE802.15.4 standards, supporting on-chip Flash memory and ZigBee 2006 stack profile.
According to Wang Sung Ho, CEO of RadioPulse: "RadioPulse has worked closely with the ZigBee Alliance to develop the ZigBee compliant chip and stack software".
"We're glad to be the first in the world to release the voice-enabled ZigBee single chip to the market".
The MG245x product family claims world-class performance, with the highest Tx power, highest Rx sensitivity, high datarates and low power consumption compared with existing ZigBee chip offerings.
Each device combines a 2.4GHz RF transceiver with an 8bit microcontroller, a-law/u-law/ADPCM voice codec, 64-key scan, 96Kbyte embedded Flash, 8Kbyte SRAM and 8bit A/D convertor.
There is an embedded voice encryption/decryption codec with I2S interface, and the device supports datarates of 250Kbit/s, 500Kbit/s and 1Mbit/s.
With these new and enhanced features, developers can easily develop wireless applications with smaller-form-factor circuits and lower BOM costs.
The RadioPulse MG245x series is available immediately through Advanced Power Components, the sole UK and Ireland distributor.
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