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TI releases plug-and-play 6LoWPAN products
Janine Love9/27/2011 9:56 AM EDT
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docdivakar
@Janine Love: thanks... I took a brief look at the documentation and app notes, ...
jaranguren
Longer distance coveraga, further reach, less succeptibility to environment.
Texas Instruments has introduced new sub-1 GHz 6LoWPAN solutions that are designed to be a gateway for remote, low-cost wireless sensors to connect to the Internet and a wireless extension of wired IPv6 infrastructures.
Operating in the sub-1GHz band, TI’s 6LoWPAN solutions support large-scale mesh networks and are suitable for applications such as Smart Grid, security, home and building automation, street lighting and other wireless sensor networks. The new product family includes the CC1180 network processor, CC430 system-on-chip (SoC) microcontrollers, 6LoWPAN software stack, and CC-6LOWPAN-DK-868 development kit.
As plug-and-play solutions, TI’s 6LoWPAN devices require little RF expertise and can be set up using standard IP socket programming to add wireless and internet connectivity to networks. They support hundreds of hops, enabling the development of wireless mesh networks with large network depth using only one gateway.
Price & Availability
The CC1180 solution is available today from TI and through authorized TI distributors, and is packaged in a ROHS-compliant, 6 mm x 6 mm QFN-36. The CC430 solutions are available today from TI and through authorized TI distributors, and are packaged in ROHS-compliant, 7 mm x 7 mm QFN-48 (no LCD driver) and 9 mm x 9 mm QFN-64 (integrated LCD driver).
The CC-6LOWPAN-DK-868 development kit will be available in mid-October for USD $899 on TI’s e-store. This kit supports 868 MHz frequency band and can quickly be reconfigured in software for operation in the 915 MHz ISM band. Additional evaluation module kits can be purchased separately to support other frequencies.
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Operating in the sub-1GHz band, TI’s 6LoWPAN solutions support large-scale mesh networks and are suitable for applications such as Smart Grid, security, home and building automation, street lighting and other wireless sensor networks. The new product family includes the CC1180 network processor, CC430 system-on-chip (SoC) microcontrollers, 6LoWPAN software stack, and CC-6LOWPAN-DK-868 development kit.
As plug-and-play solutions, TI’s 6LoWPAN devices require little RF expertise and can be set up using standard IP socket programming to add wireless and internet connectivity to networks. They support hundreds of hops, enabling the development of wireless mesh networks with large network depth using only one gateway.
Price & Availability
The CC1180 solution is available today from TI and through authorized TI distributors, and is packaged in a ROHS-compliant, 6 mm x 6 mm QFN-36. The CC430 solutions are available today from TI and through authorized TI distributors, and are packaged in ROHS-compliant, 7 mm x 7 mm QFN-48 (no LCD driver) and 9 mm x 9 mm QFN-64 (integrated LCD driver).
The CC-6LOWPAN-DK-868 development kit will be available in mid-October for USD $899 on TI’s e-store. This kit supports 868 MHz frequency band and can quickly be reconfigured in software for operation in the 915 MHz ISM band. Additional evaluation module kits can be purchased separately to support other frequencies.
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Horaira
9/28/2011 3:23 AM EDT
why not in 2.4 GHz band
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jaranguren
9/28/2011 11:01 AM EDT
Longer distance coveraga, further reach, less succeptibility to environment.
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kinnar
9/28/2011 7:22 AM EDT
This solution from TI will help making the personal and sensor area networking available over internet, standards were there but TI has come up with user friendly wireless communication devices.
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docdivakar
10/3/2011 7:33 PM EDT
@Janine Love: thanks... I took a brief look at the documentation and app notes, quite impressive. I concur with your statement above "TI’s 6LoWPAN devices require little RF expertise and can be set up using standard IP socket programming..." TI has made it easier to develop an app for M2M applications.
MP Divakar
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