Extended range module enables new apps

With a range of up to 2 miles, the ZICM2410P2 MeshConnect extended range module offers 123.5-dB link budget — enabling higher data rates to be maintained for longer distances. Features include an output power of 20 dBm, a receiver sensitivity of –103.5 dBm, and a sleep-mode power consumption of less than 1 µA. Maintaining strong mesh connections even in harsh, noisy, indoor RF environments, the part enables new applications such as intelligent lighting control for LED lighting, in hospital patient monitoring, baby monitors with two-way voice, and RF4CE, a new technology for RF-based TV and set-top-box remote control.

The module also has a built-in voice codec processor and offers extended data rates of 250 kbits/s, 500 kbits/s, and 1 Mbit/s. It is supported by software (SNAP, SMAC, MAC, and Zigbee stack) and the MeshConnect module development kit, which includes an evaluation board with module, USB cables, jumper, and technical information CD. (Less than $17 ea/1,000; development kit, less than $200 — available now.)

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