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Reference designs simplify radio certification

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Nov 27, 2002

Xemics' latest XM1202 reference designs allow OEMs to add radio functionality to their products with the confidence that the radio will meet FCC/CE/ETSI certification.

Xemics' latest XM1202 reference designs allow OEMs to add radio functionality to their products with the confidence that the radio will meet FCC/CE/ETSI certification.

This has been achieved through a strategic technical alliance with LS Research, which has recently completed the first of three powerful new radio designs, a FCC compliant 915MHz reference design module for the XE1202 targeted for North America.

LS Research is an RF design partner and compliance facility working closely with Xemics to provide powerful solutions for customers.

Xemics will use LS Research's RF expertise and FCC compliance abilities to optimise the complete radio module for the XE1202.

This relationship will provide customers with a robust new radio module that meets pre-FCC/CE/ETSI certification, allowing customers to reduce the design/development timeline and minimise the risks for final product certification.

The three modules that will be offered are the 915MHz module for North America, which is available now, and a soon to be released 433MHz module for Asia and 868MHz module for Europe.

The XE1202 can operate in both European (868-870MHz) and North American (902-928MHz) as well as Asian frequency bands and is backwards compatible with the XE1201A transceiver operating in the 433MHz band.

The programmable on-chip filters allow for dynamic switching between narrowband and wideband operation, without any modification to the external RF front-end design.

Tom Hoyt, VP Sales for Xemics USA states: "For many of our customers in North America, moving into the world of RF design and FCC certifications is very new, this powerful new 915MHz design for the XE1202 is the answer to their concerns".

The XE1202 can transmit and receive data from as low as 4.8Kbit/s right up to 76.8Kbit/s, RF output power can be programmed up to +15dBm (31.5mW) and the current consumption while in reception mode is 12mA.

The on-chip frequency synthesiser ensures that the chip can handle multichannel as well as frequency hopping spread-spectrum communications.