Product design: ZigBee specification, platforms released to all

ZigBee 2006 specification and the first four platforms supporting this wireless technology standard are now available to the public, according to the ZigBee Alliance. The organization released the latest specification to members in September. The move brings to 34 the total number of ZigBee compliant platforms OEMs can use to develop product designs.

The first platforms implementing the 2006 ZigBee specification and passing independent testing by one of two ZigBee-qualified testing labs are from Ember, Freescale Semiconductor, Integration Associates, and Texas Instruments.

Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance cited the development as “an important step in providing a networking foundation for OEMs to develop a variety of products that offer more control for customers and businesses.” He noted that with the certification of the four platforms, “it made perfect sense for us to post the latest version of ZigBee earlier than our original Q1 2007 date.”

For information on the upcoming ZigBee developers conference, set for April 3-5, 2007, in San Diego, visit www.zigbee.org .

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