RF Transceivers Designed for ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 Applications

( 1 May 2008 )

Texas Instruments Inc. has developed its second-generation ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 radio-frequency (RF) transceiver—the CC2520—designed for the 2.4GHz unlicensed ISM (industrial, scientific, medical) frequency band. The device targets a wide variety of ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 and proprietary wireless systems used in industrial monitoring and control, home and building automation, set-top boxes, remote controls and wireless sensor networks.

The CC2520 reduces the load on the host controller by providing extensive hardware support for packet handling, data buffering, burst transmissions, data encryption, data authentication, clear channel assessment, link quality indication and packet timing information. The MSP430 MCU series is ideal for ZigBee-based applications due to its highly integrated peripherals like DMA and DACs and ADCs that provide high performance yet consume very little power.

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