RF Digital's Wi-Fi Module Enables Years of Battery Life

(Product News, 8 May 2008)

RF Digital has launched its RFD21715 Wi-Fi module, which is said to provide up to a decade of battery life in a breakthrough form-factor package approximately 25.4x25.4mm. Based on GainSpan Corp.'s GS1010 802.11 SoC, the RFD21715 enables extended battery life, which can open up a raft of potential applications, such as building automation, utilities metering, telemetry and transportation, and supply chain management.

With the RFD21715's small form-factor and flexible interface, OEMs can quickly and easily engineer products with Wi-Fi capabilities that will reduce energy consumption, cut costs and improve efficiency because they are used on the existing infrastructure. The product integrates an application sub-system that is supported by a Software Development Kit (SDK) which is available from RF Digital and GainSpan. The SDK integrates a robust RTOS, network stack, Wi-Fi and I/O services that compress customer application development time by nine to twelve months.

Other key features of the new RFD21715 module include AES encryption, TCP/IP (IPv4), UDP, DHCP, and SNMP which provides for remote device configuration and management.

The RFD21715 is available worldwide during the second half of 2008.

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