TCP/IP to the wireless sensor node.

May 18, 2007 on 9:30 am | In Uncategorized | No Comments

During a presentation about wireless sensor networks to the WSN-SIG in 2005, David Culler of Arch Rock said, “Don’t bet against IP.” Recents events seems to confirm that prognostication for wireless sensor networks. Zensys, who makes chips for “other Z protocol” Z-wave, publicly announced their intention to integrate TCP/IP with their proprietary low power wireless protocol. Their “Z/IP” protocol will be licensed. In other news, the IETF effort, 6lowpan, to merge IPv6 and low power wireless sensor networks has received attention in that a company is already open-sourcing their 6lowpan implementation. (This comes on the heels of the “free MAC campaign” where 802.15.4 implementations are being open-sourced or given away.

Moteiv releases new miniSDIO module

May 8, 2007 on 10:26 pm | In Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Moteiv announced the release of their new Tmote Mini — a mote module in the form factor of a miniSDIO card. This departure from the standard OEM module is refreshing and should lower the barrier for integration with existing technology platforms…with miniSDIO interfaces. This release follows the Crossbow release of their newest OEM module, IRIS.

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