New wireless networking standards can simplify the implementation of and add flexibility to industrial control systems. The first standard is IEEE 802.15.4 is a low data rate, wireless standard that ...

Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet, predicted last week that the ZigBee wireless standard would be hugely successful -- which makes sense, as his company Polaris Ventures, has a stake in its ...

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dust Networks®, the leading supplier of wireless sensor networks (WSN), today announced that it has joined the ZigBee® Alliance. The ZigBee Alliance is an association ...

Ember claims to be the world’s first ZigBee technology provider to support multiple interconnecting networks on a single system-on-chip (SoC) or network co-processor (NCP) for Connected Home ...

It’s been quite some time since I mentioned ZigBee, the emerging low-cost sensor network based on IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standards in the 2.4 GHz band. Well, the ZigBee 1.0 specification is poised for ...

MaxStream recently took the wraps off its 802.15.4/ZigBee-ready modules. The XBee family of 2.4-GHz ZigBee-ready modules lets OEMs and integrators design wireless networks that incorporate ...

Are you tired of dealing with a tangled mess of wires and complicated setups when it comes to connecting your smart devices?

Are you ready to take your home to the next level of convenience and control? In today’s fast-paced world, technology continues to revolutionize the way we live, and home automation is no exception.

Bluetooth and ZigBee have much in common. Both are types of IEEE 802.15 “wireless personal-area networks,” or WPANs. Both run in the 2.4-GHz unlicensed frequency band, and both use small form factors ...

How large can a ZigBee network be? In a few years, a typical house might conceivably have 100 or more devices, while a large office building or factory could contain tens of thousands of ZigBee nodes.

This year, almost 3 million Americans will turn 60. While rapid advances in health care are keeping people healthier longer, designers are increasingly looking for ways to enable individuals with ...

Imagine a golf course that can sense rainfall, and adjust the automatic sprinkler system to delay a scheduled watering session or focus on parts of the course that didn’t get as much rain as others.