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Wireless Communications
News Release from: Radiometrix | Subject: SpacePort modem evaluation kit
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 May 2003
Evaluation for wireless RS232 datalinks
A new evaluation kit from Radiometrix is designed to test the company's low-cost and highly integrated bidirectional wireless serial interface module - the SpacePort modem (SPM).
A new evaluation kit from Radiometrix is designed to test the company's low-cost and highly integrated bidirectional wireless serial interface module - the SpacePort modem (SPM) The evaluation kit makes testing in application fast, simple and accurate
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The SpacePort modem is an OEM product that can be easily incorporated into both new and existing designs and it uses addressable data packets with error checking, packet acknowledgements and retransmissions to achieve a reliable and invisible wireless datalink.
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Built for ease of use and rapid installation, the SPM has many applications in point to point telemetry, telecommand and telecontrol to/from outstations or machinery, communications to and from PDAs, organisers and laptops, handheld/portable terminals, EPOS equipment, high-end security, dataloggers, environmental monitoring, PLCs and alarm/exception signalling, automatic database interrogation, job allocation and status reporting, automatic location reporting/polling and anywhere wireless RS232 datalinks are required.
As such, it is important that the SpacePort modem be easily tested for functional integrity when in application and Radiometrix's SpacePort modem evaluation kit will ensure this, adding to the ease of use and low cost of ownership that is the SPM's hallmark.
The new evaluation kit transforms the SPM into a complete radio modem and it features a 5V, 1A supply, ideal for powering up DTE such as barcode scanners.
Test operations are made simpler still through the use of optical cues using light emitting diodes.
An onboard RS232 driver is used for direct serial port connection and a hyper terminal gives access to internal diagnostic and test modes.
The hyper terminal also eases setup and configuration routines.
In addition, users of the evaluation kit can gain access to each data/control pin for external interfacing or testing. Request a free brochure from Radiometrix ...
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