| | | | ZigBee Resources |  | Zigbee Books | Zigbee Manufacturers & Services | Up until fairly recently ZigBee and WLAN together were believed by pundits to be a low data rate and high data rate, respectively, replacement for Bluetooth. Now, it appears ZigBee will be carving out a niche below and overlapping with Bluetooth integration opportunities. As a cheaper to manufacture and simpler to integrate platform, ZigBee is making rapid advancements. User groups are still hashing out details, and like with Bluetooth, ZigBee will certainly undergo a second round of specification tweaking once enough models are deployed in consumer products to gain significant feedback. Pricing appears to be in the $1 target range, which does make ZigBee more attractive then Bluetooth where application do not require more than a few 10s of kbps data. One big advantage ZigBee has over Bluetooth is a sleep mode that keeps battery drain to a minimum and allows some applications to go for years between battery changes. The links listed here will get you started in your quest for ZigBee technology information. | According to the ZigBee Alliance, it derives its name from the zigzag path of bees that serves to signal a new food source to other members of the colony. The bees’ survival depends on the continuous communication of information between every member of the colony. |
ADTMag.com ZigBee Alliance Opens Membership to Adopter Class -article by John K. Waters. | An Introduction to Embedded RF Abstract from Ember Corp. | Avoiding RF Interference Between
WiFi and ZigBee
800-XBOWTEC / San Jose, CA Application note from Crossbow Technology, Inc. | A ZigBee Radio Tutorial for the Non-RF Expert A CommsDesign Design Corner article | Design News
781-734-8178 / Waltham, MA Move Over, Bluetooth; ZigBee is here - New wireless standard could be lower-cost alternative for wireless sensing and control, by Randy Frank. | EDN.com Terminals link ZigBee with GPRS, CDMA - article by Jeff Berman, News Editor. | EETimes ZigBee meshes with sensor nets - article by Jon Adams. | Electronic Design EiED Online ZigBee Kit by William Wong. | Embedded.com Home networking with ZigBee - article by Mikhail Galeev. | Engadget ZigBee Alliance Shows off Latest Devices - article by Marc Perton. | ExtremeZigbee ZigBee news and information from ExtremeTech. | Wireless Retrofit Decreases Machinery Downtime SmartMesh wireless solution from Dust Networks. | Integrating ZigBee Brief overview of designing a ZigBee interface for your product, from Wireless Net DesignLine, by Khanh Tuan Le. | Mobile Radio Technology Magazine ZigBee-based utility meters introduced. |
| News.com World's first ZigBee phone unveiled - article by Graeme Wearden - Special to CNET News.com. | New Technologies Set the Stage for Dramatic Expansion of Wireless Control By Craig DiLouie, Lighting Controls Association. |
| PaloWireless ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 Resource Center. | Radiocrafts AS
+47 970 86 676 / Norway Offers standard RF modules for operation in the license-free ISM bands at 315 / 433 / 429 / 868 / 915 / 2450 MHz, including ZigBee, provides compact modules that are easy to integrate and easy to use, for shortest possible time-to-market, for applications such as building and industrial automation, telemetry, automated meter reading, home automation, wireless sensor networks, asset tracking. | RadioElectronics.com
+44 (0) 1784 455511 / UK An overview of of the ZigBee standard for remote sensor, data collecting applications and its relationship to IEEE 802.15.4. | Reliable Wireless Networks for Industrial Systems Abstract from Ember Corp. | RF Design Designing a ZigBee-ready IEEE 802.15.4-compliant radio transceiver, article by Khanh Tuan Le. | TechWorld ZigBee starts its rise to power - article by Peter Judge. | thewirelessweblog Finding Uses For ZigBee - by Michael Sciannamea. | Using ZigBee™ For “Last Few Hundred Feet
Connectivity in Telemetry” White paper from Arcom Solutions. | VNUnet.com ZigBee homes in on short range wireless by Tom Sanders. | Wi-Fi Planet ZigBee (Almost) Arrives - article by Eric Griffith. | Wireless Solutions for Buildings Structural
Integrity Monitoring Project involving the creation of a remote building monitoring solution. | ZDNet UK ZigBee clears ratification hurdle - article by Graeme Wearden. | Zigbee Alliance The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard. | ZigBee Overview and Products A course which discusses the ZigBee Alliance and its goals, target markets and applications, from Freescale Semiconductor. | ZigBee Stack for a Chip Maker Project involving porting the ZigBee stack from Luxoft Labs into the Jennic MCU. | ZigBee Wireless Transceiver
Engineering Options White paper from Cirronet, Inc. |
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