Helicomm and Silicon Laboratories Announce Certified ZigBee Platforms

Helicomm and Silicon Laboratories Announce Certified ZigBee Platforms

Helicomm, a leading wireless networking solutions provider, and Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq: SLAB), a leader in high performance, analog-intensive, mixedsignal ICs today announced that ZigBee Compliant Platform (ZCP) certification has been granted to Helicomm’s and Silicon Laboratories’ platforms based on Silicon Laboratories’ C8051F121/133 microcontroller (MCU) products. With both platforms successfully passing certification, Helicomm and Silicon Laboratories are extending their short-range wireless technical excellence by providing customers with the richest solution portfolio for a wide variety of customer demands.

Complete ZigBee Stack Implementations Receive Compliance Certificate

Helicomm’s ZigBee-compliant IP-Link Modules leverage Silicon Laboratories’ 8051-based microcontrollers, which combine high-precision analog peripherals with a low-current consumption and high-throughput (up to 100 MIPS) 8051 CPU. These highly integrated modules come with choices of flash memory combination, flexible antenna and range solutions, which are designed for reliability and manufacturability. Helicomm’s ZigBeecompliant stack embedded with modules of different memory configurations supports both resource-rich full function device and cost-optimized reduce function device.

“This certification culminates significant efforts of extensive interoperability testing,” said Helicomm president, Jack Sun. “Customers will benefit from our ZigBee-compliant modules and stack, which enable them to exploit key markets with standards-based products in a timely, cost-effective manner.”