CEL ZigBee module ranges 2.5 miles

California Eastern Laboratories (CEL) has introduced the MeshConnect EM357 module. It is compliant with ZigBee Alliance specifications and IEEE 802.15.4, making it applicable for all ZigBee applications and profiles. The SoC consists of an RF transceiver with a baseband modem, a hardwired MAC and an embedded 32-bit ARM® CortexTM-M3 microcontroller with internal RAM (12kB) and flash (192kB) memory. The SoC provides numerous general-purpose I/O pins and peripheral functions such as timers and UARTs


Features:

• Transmit Power: +20 dBm
• Sensitivity: - 100 dBm; +120 dB RF link budget
• Network Speed: 250Kbps
• Inverted-F PCB antenna with Optional U.FL external Antenna
• Integrated MCU functionality:
• 32-bit ARM® Cortex.-M3
• Up to 23 GPIO Pins
• 192KB Flash; 12KB RAM
• SPI Master / Slave, TWI, UART
• Timers, Serial Wire / JTAG Interface
• 5-channel, 14-bit ADC
• 1MB integrated Flash memory for over the air program updates
• Range: up to 2.5 miles
• 16 RF channels
• Advanced Power Management Scheme w/ Deep Sleep Mode
• Software support: EmberZNet PRO. (ZigBee PRO)
• Mesh, point-to-point, and point-to-multipoint networks
•  25.4 mm x 35.9 mm (1. x 1.41.)

Datasheet


Pricing and Availability
The MeshConnect EM357 module is sampling now. Mass Production is available Nov. 2010.  Part number is ZICM357P2-1.  Pricing is <$19 in thousand-piece quantities.