Re: have you heard of the Zig-Bee?

Read about 'em this morning in the paper.

Call this guy up. Maybe we can get some samples! They sound pretty cool.

-- Gordon


Wayne Lundberg wrote:
>
> Five questions: Jack Sun
>
> September 26, 2005
>
> EDUARDO CONTRERAS / Union-Tribune
>
> Jack Sun is president of Carlsbad-based Helicomm, a privately held company
> founded in 2002 that is developing wireless technology for remote monitoring
> and control systems in homes and the workplace. Helicomm recently unveiled a
> line of wireless products based on the new wireless standard, ZigBee.
>
> What is ZigBee?
>
> ZigBee is the first wireless industry standard focused on remote monitoring
> and control applications. It has a range of 150 to 200 meters. It's designed
> to be simple, low-power and ultimately inexpensive. It's very flexible and
> will have applications in everything from consumer applications such as the
> universal remote control all the way to heavy industrial uses.
>
> Where did the name come from?
>
> ZigBee is a mesh-network technology. The devices communicate with each other
> to form a network. ZigBee devices communicate the same way a cluster of bees
> communicates, passing a message through the cluster.
>
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>
> How long will it be before ZigBee is in widespread use?
>
> ZigBee has been under development for four years. We'll see the initial
> volume production this year, followed by large-scale deployment next year.
> ZigBee will be widespread much more quickly than (wireless technology)
> Bluetooth, which is primarily used in cell phones. ZigBee has a much wider
> market space. It is intended to work with any type of microcontroller. The
> typical U.S. home has 250 microcontrollers, many of which are wired
> together.
>
> What are Helicomm's ZigBee products?
>
> We have a ZigBee module and tools for our customers, who are not experts in
> wireless. We have a customer with a street-lighting-control system. We have
> customers in asset tracking who will use our modules as RFID (radio
> frequency identification) technology. ZigBee has much better range than
> current RFID technologies, so it makes it easier to track inventory.
>
> Are you a gadget guy?
>
> My cell phone is my main wireless device. I use it a lot. I don't have a
> Bluetooth headset. I used to have a PDA, but I don't have one now.
>
> - JONATHAN SIDENER
>
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