Wireless & Communications

The global testing and compliance consultancy TRaC Global has announced that it has been appointed as the first test house validated by the ZigBee Alliance to conduct ZigBee Light Link testing for the ZigBee Certified product program.

IQD Frequency Products have announced that they have joined the ONE-NET open-source wireless networking alliance. The ONE-NET wireless standard is the world’s leading multi-vendor, open source wireless control protocol and was specifically designed for optimised home control applications and includes important features such as integrated peer-to-peer operation.

The design and technology consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership has extended its ruggedised handheld system portfolio to include a versatile rugged GPS device with integrated mapping capabilities and two way terrestrial and satellite wireless communication.

Atmel has unveiled a new RF transceiver for battery-operated wireless applications. The AT86RF233 transceiver has been optimised for industrial and consumer products that comply with ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4, IPv6 over low-power wireless personal area networks (6LoWPAN) and high data rate 2.4GHz industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band applications.

Avnet Embedded has launched what is believed to be the world’s thinnest HSPA+ M2M module from Cinterion. This fully ruggedized, high-bandwidth module features flexible Surface Mounting Technology and enables secure, high-speed voice and data communications on global 2G and 3G cellular networks.

Acal BFi - a division of Acal – has the first samples of the world’s smallest complete GPS receiver. The OriginGPS ORG1410 is a complete GPS System‐in‐Package (SiP), which allows high-volume, cost-sensitive applications to achieve high levels of integration and sensitivity, combined with low power consumption and an ultra-compact footprint

Two new RFID reader chips from austriamicrosystems have been able to combine low-power operation, small size and low cost to offer an attractive route to RFID implementation in embedded, portable and consumer devices.

Acal BFi - a division of Acal plc – has unveiled the first samples of a new quad-band, GSM/GPRS/GPS mobile platform, from Novatel Wireless, which has been developed to enhance vehicle intelligence for fleet management and insurance telematics applications.

IZT, a company specialising in high-performance products for capturing, modifying and generating radio signals, has launched a new scalable multi-channel RF receiver system for direction finding (DF) systems. The IZT R3600 offers up to five channels with 24 MHz instantaneous bandwidth each and covers the frequency range from 9 kHz to 3 GHz or even 6 GHz. The multi-channel receiver system enables users to combine direction finding and monitoring by using free channels as individual monitoring channels.

The UK-based specialist components distributor serving the fast growing RF and microwave sector, Admiral Microwaves, has just announced the availability of the DBS6950 desktop antenna.  It is aimed specifically at LTE (Long Term Evolution) applications in the cellular mobile communication systems marketplace.