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News Release from: Freescale Semiconductor | Subject: MC1322x
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 March 2007
Single-chip ZigBee cuts power, boosts
performance
Single-chip platform solution based on the ZigBee specification is designed to deliver the industry's lowest power consumption and highest performance.
Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a single-chip platform solution based on the ZigBee specification that is designed to deliver the industry's lowest power consumption and highest performance The MC1322x platform is engineered to support battery life of up to 20 years, doubling the expectations for current ZigBee solutions
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Freescale's MC1322x is available in a platform in package (PiP) solution that integrates the essential components of a ZigBee application within a single package, thereby reducing component count and system cost.
The MC1322x platform contains a 32bit microcontroller (MCU), a fully compliant IEEE802.15.4 transceiver, balun and RF matching components-all integrated into a small-footprint land-grid array (LGA) package that virtually eliminates the need for external RF components.
The platform solution also features a TurboLink technology mode, engineered to increase datarates by up to 2Mbit/s between nodes.
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"We have worked closely with our customers to determine the optimal features for our next-generation ZigBee solution", said Brett Black, Manager of Freescale's Wireless Connectivity Operation.
"We designed our ZigBee platform in package from the ground up to deliver the lowest power consumption and highest performance within a highly integrated package".
"The MC1322x is designed for a new class of wireless applications that require faster streaming of audio and data files across an IEEE802.15.4 or ZigBee network".
Itron, a leader in advanced metering technology for the global utility industry, has selected the ZigBee standard for home energy management and load control applications for its OpenWay advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) platform.
"By providing high-performance functionality at a cost-effective price point, ZigBee solutions such as Freescale's MC1322x platform in package are designed to enable utilities to deploy advanced energy management and load control capabilities to their mass market residential customers", said Arun Sehgal, Product Line Manager for Itron's OpenWay AMI system.
"This capability gives electric utilities new tools to manage peak load while providing consumers with the ability to make smart choices to conserve energy and save money in their homes".
"ZigBee wireless communication not only makes this possible for the mass market, but cost-effective as well".
"Freescale's platform in package raises the bar for other global ZigBee wireless communication platform providers", said Jean-Pierre Desbenoit, Electronic and Software Research Director of Schneider Electric.
"This platform illustrates what an open-standard technology can provide to OEMs: active competition between best-in-class players who continue to produce innovative solutions".
"I am confident that the MC1322x platform will contribute to new successes for ZigBee technology".
ZigBee technology currently targets industrial, commercial and medical applications, such as energy management and asset tracking.
Freescale's proprietary TurboLink technology mode boosts the datarate up to 2Mbit/s, providing an ideal platform to support diverse applications, such as voice, wireless headsets and compressed audio, as well as large data transfers.
For healthcare-related applications, such as patient monitoring systems, TurboLink technology also enables real-time data collection from sensors on the body.
That data then can be sent via a ZigBee network to a central location for monitoring.
The MC1322x devices will switch automatically between the IEEE802.15.4 protocol and TurboLink technology packets, allowing the developer to take advantage of the high-speed capabilities, while simultaneously controlling and monitoring a ZigBee mesh network.
This high-speed capability creates a tremendous opportunity for new designs and applications.
The MC1322x platform was designed from the ground up to support battery-powered applications.
Optimised for lithium-ion or NiCad batteries, the MC1322x is designed to support batteries as small as coin cells or use standard alkaline batteries that can provide up to 20 years of system life.
Freescale's BeeKit wireless connectivity toolkit provides an easy-to-use configuration tool for creating networks ranging from simple point-to-point to full ZigBee mesh networks.
Freescale plans to offer MC1322x device samples to key OEM customers in May 2007.
General market sampling is planned for December 2007.
The company plans to offer the MC1322x device in two package options: a 9.5 x 9.5mm LGA and a 7 x 7mm QFN.
The devices also are planned to be available in standard mode or TurboLink technology mode.
Suggested resale pricing for the standard mode devices in LGA packaging is US $5.50 in 10,000-unit quantities.
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