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Our companies ended up with three best choices by
comparing the datasheets and use of avaialble Zigbee
devices (listed without particular
ranking):
Ember EM250/EM260
Freescale MC1321X/MC1320X
UBEC UZ2500/UZ2400
Do you have similar experience?
Regards
John
Post subject: EM250 Sigbee SoC
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:25 pm
I am writing SW for Ember EM250 and interested in
exchanging experience with other.
I really like
the 16b XAP2 microcontroller that is embedded on
the EM250.
ck
Post subject:
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:11 am
Have done some work with the Freescale MC13192/3.
Good range. Easiest transceiver I ever took through
a FCC test. Seperate TX and RX ports allows you
to consider adding a PA or LNA. However, the Freescale
HCS08 processors have clumsy sleep modes requiring
external wake-ups. The single chip MC13121X seems
to be just putting the MC13192/3 and HCS08 together
without addressing the shortcommings of the processor.
Datasheets on the Ember EM250/EM260 look interesting.
Does the sleep timer work as indicated? Does the
device retain RAM while sleeping?
rooster
Post subject: EM250 zigbee soc is great!
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:19 pm
Probably the best device in silicon!!!
I
was very skeptical to the XAP2, but now that I've
started using it, I really like it.
Ember has
also built some great and cheap tools to support
it. For my home automation application, we get use
for a 16b uC. I am skeptical
about 8b uC for
Zigbee, man.
EM250=Best Zigbee SoC !!!
Richard
Post subject: Ember EM250 as MIMO device
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:57 pm
Ember EM250 can also be used as a MIMO system due
to its excellent dual rf interface.
You get 7db
better sensitivity, assumingly. We are talking about
better than -100dBm sensitivity, guys.
Guest
Post subject: Re: Ember EM250 as MIMO device
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:07 pm
Richard wrote:
Ember EM250 can also be used as a MIMO system
due to its excellent dual rf interface.
You
get 7db better sensitivity, assumingly. We are
talking about better than -100dBm sensitivity,
guys.
Could you share how you set up the radio
registers of the EM250 to
do this? I've spent
hours and still have some problems with a similar
MIMI mode. Thanx.
raphaelgava1
Post subject: Re: Best Zigbee Devices
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:20 am
Lieutenant
Joined: Thu Apr 08, 2010
8:03 am
Posts: 1
Hey guys,
I've been trying to work with Ember
developer kit (EM250) but i'm not able to do the
communication between sensors and sick. I don't
know how I could save my program in them. Can you
help me?
