Dallas, Texas — Texas Instruments announced the release of ZigBee stack (Z-Stack) for free download at www.ti.com/zigbee. Z-Stack is compliant with the ZigBee 2006 specification and supports multiple platforms including the CC2430 System-on-Chip solution for IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee and a platform based on the CC2420 transceiver and the MSP430 low-power microcontrollers (MCUs).

In addition to being compliant with the ZigBee 2006 specification, Z-Stack supports extended features such as over-the-air-download, which allows updates of nodes wirelessly over a ZigBee mesh network. Z-Stack also supports the CC2431 featuring location awareness, and enables the users to create new ZigBee applications, which can change behavior based on the nodes' current location.

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Availability: Now
Pricing: Free download at www.ti.com/zigbee

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