New wireless networking standards can simplify the implementation of and add flexibility to industrial control systems. The first standard is IEEE 802.15.4 is a low data rate, wireless standard that ...

Ember claims to be the world’s first ZigBee technology provider to support multiple interconnecting networks on a single system-on-chip (SoC) or network co-processor (NCP) for Connected Home ...

Are you tired of dealing with a tangled mess of wires and complicated setups when it comes to connecting your smart devices?

Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet, predicted last week that the ZigBee wireless standard would be hugely successful -- which makes sense, as his company Polaris Ventures, has a stake in its ...

ZigBee applications are different from other wireless networking applications, such as Wi-Fi, WiMAX, CDMA, GSM, and Bluetooth. In these latter applications, the network is the application. With 802.15 ...

MaxStream recently took the wraps off its 802.15.4/ZigBee-ready modules. The XBee family of 2.4-GHz ZigBee-ready modules lets OEMs and integrators design wireless networks that incorporate ...

Imagine a golf course that can sense rainfall, and adjust the automatic sprinkler system to delay a scheduled watering session or focus on parts of the course that didn’t get as much rain as others.

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dust Networks®, the leading supplier of wireless sensor networks (WSN), today announced that it has joined the ZigBee® Alliance. The ZigBee Alliance is an association ...

Alliance reaches milestone as it approves a standard specification for the ZigBee wireless network. The ZigBee Alliance has ratified the first ZigBee specification, making a reality the development ...

Bluetooth and ZigBee have much in common. Both are types of IEEE 802.15 “wireless personal-area networks,” or WPANs. Both run in the 2.4-GHz unlicensed frequency band, and both use small form factors ...

This year, almost 3 million Americans will turn 60. While rapid advances in health care are keeping people healthier longer, designers are increasingly looking for ways to enable individuals with ...

If you would like to start your journey by setting up your own home automation system, Zigbee, offers a robust wireless protocol, and has been transforming the way we control and automate our homes.