Airbee Delivers ZigBee-Ready Solutions Based On Atmel Platform
Airbee and Atmel will further integrate and bundle Atmel's hardware solution, Airbee's ZNS 2006 ZigBee certified protocol stack and Airbee's ZNS Pro ZigBee protocol stack – enabling customers to integrate and deploy the Atmel wireless networking platform with ZigBee networks.
Airbee's ZNS 2006 has already been certified on other platforms and has also received certification on its ZNS 2004 protocol stack. The port to Atmel platform is significant for ZigBee developers because it brings a host of benefits.
Having a certified protocol stack on the AVR solution ensures interoperability with other ZigBee products. OEMs developing with Airbee's ZNS 2006 protocol stack software and Atmel's AVR hardware solution can now be confident that their products are interoperable with other ZigBee certified platforms, thereby allowing a single, solid network for the monitoring and collection of data for all applications on the network.
As the deployment of ZigBee technology rapidly increases in the commercial and industrial automation markets, the partnership between Atmel and Airbee will further promote the adoption of cost-effective and interoperable ZigBee networks.
Magnus Pedersen, Director AVR Marketing of Atmel, commented, "This collaboration provides integrators and OEMs with the ability to effectively juggle the various factors of cost, essential features and hardware platform technical considerations. Airbee's embedded software outlines a direct path for end-product certification and enables designers to bring products to market without additional delays. Delivering on our commitment to serve the emerging ZigBee industry, we jointly enable our mutual customers to shorten time-to-market and customize specific product features to best fit their wireless connectivity needs."
"The popularity of the AVR microcontroller made it important for us to offer a ZigBee certified solution on an Atmel silicon platform. By partnering with Atmel, we now have a new platform for ZigBee integrators who wish to implement ZigBee technology. They can use Airbee software along with the latest Atmel microcontrollers to bring end products to market quickly knowing we are interoperable and certified. Airbee is working hard to put partnerships in place that allow companies to select their preferred hardware manufacturer," said Raj Sundaresan, CEO of Airbee Wireless.
As a provider of the industry's premier hardware-independent software products, Airbee's intelligent networking solutions adhere to ZigBee specifications. Airbee-ZNS provides a platform that delivers the most choice without compromising quality. Airbee's ZNS ZigBee-2006 and ZNS ZigBee-PRO compliant protocol stack software is designed for maximum adaptability and portability on any microcontroller and IEEE 802.15.4 radio solution. The highly-efficient Airbee ZNS-2006 software stack incorporates enhancements for performance and reliability considerations that enable OEMs to develop products with ease-of-use and with the support of best-in-class development tools for real world deployments.
Atmel's AVR Z-Link offers a fast core and a feature-rich set of peripherals. The Atmel ATmega 1281 is a low-power, CMOS microcontroller that provides a highly flexible and cost-effective solution for many embedded control applications. This high-performance microcontroller combines an 8-bit RISC CPU with In-System Self-Programmable Flash on a monolithic chip. Allowing the system designer to optimize power consumption versus processing speed, the ATmega 1281 executes powerful instructions in a single clock cycle achieving throughputs approaching 1 MIPS per MHz. The ATmega 1281 features: 128K bytes self-programming Flash program memory, 8K bytes SRAM, 4K bytes EEPROM, 54 general purpose I/O lines, 32 general purpose working registers, an 8-channel 10-bit A/D converter and a JTAG interface for on-chip-debug.
SOURCE: Airbee Wireless