March
2005, Issue 176
Zeroing
in on ZigBee (Part 2)
Chipsets
and Source Code
SOURCES
AND PDF
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the PDF of this article.
Pete
Cross lives in Hamilton, New Zealand, where he helps
design on-line sensors that use a range of optical,
electronic, and assay-based techniques for measuring
biological components in fluids. You may reach him at
pete.cross@clear.net.nz.
REFERENCES
[1]
Chipcon, “CC2420: 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4/ ZigBee-Ready
RF Transceiver,” rev. 1.2, 2004.
[2]
———“Quick Start Instructions: SmartRF C2420DK Development
Kit,” rev. 1.0, 2003.
[3]
Ember Corp., “EM2420: 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee RF
Transceiver,” 2004.
RESOURCES
J.
Adams, “Meet the ZigBee Standard,” Sensors, June 2003.
V.
Bahl, “The ZigBee Alliance Over-view,” ZigBee Alliance,
September 2002.
802.15.4
Networking Model for ns2 information, The USC Autonomous
Networks Research Group, http://ceng.
usc.edu/~anrg/downloads.html.
IEEE
802.15.4-2003, IEEE Standards Association, http://standards.ieee.org/
getieee802/802.15.html.
IEEE
802.15 WPAN Task Group 4, IEEE, www.ieee802.org/15/pub/TG4.html.
The
Network Simulator (ns2) information, The University
of California, Berkeley, www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns.
Penton
Media, “The ZigBee Buzz Is Growing,” supplement to Electronic
Design, January 2004.
Software
example for blinking LED on CC2420DBK evaluation kit,
Chipcon, release 1.2, 2004.
TinyOS
information, The University of California, Berkeley,
www.tinyos.net.
SOURCES
AT86RF210
Transceiver, ATmega128L MCU, and AT86ZL3201 controller
Atmel Corp.
www.atmel.com
CC2420
RF transceiver and 802.15.4 MAC sublayer in C for the
AVRmega
Chipcon, Inc.
www.chipcon.com
MICAz
CC2420-based mote transceiver PCB
Crossbow Technology, Inc.
www.xbow.com
EM2420
Transceiver
Ember Corp.
www.ember.com
MC13192
RF Transceiver and S-MAC and 802.15.4 for the MC9S08GT60
Freescale Semiconductor
www.freescale.com
Telos
CC2420-based mote transceiver PCB
Moteiv Corp.
www.moteiv.com
ZMD44101
RF transceiver IC
ZMD America
www.zmda.com
