(Source: MARKETWIRE)
Micrel Inc., (NASDAQ: MCRL), an industry leader in analog, Fiber,
Ethernet and Wireless solutions, today announced that it will be
showing the industry's newest and most innovative high-performance,
low-power, low-cost IC solutions at Embedded Systems Conference (ESC)
Boston. The show is being held at The Hynes Convention Center,
Boston, MA. Micrel's booth is No. 326. Micrel will showcase new
products for fiber optic and Ethernet as well as demonstrate a
wireless networking reference design, targeting low-data rate
applications, utilizing Micrel RF transceivers, Zilog
Microcontrollers and based upon Micrel's MicrelNet(TM) "Star
Cluster-of-Trees" wireless networking solution.
Analog Solutions
The low-data wireless networking reference design targets industrial
control applications, such as lighting control, AMR and
point-to-point cable replacement. The design features the MICRF505 or
MICRF506, 410MHz to 950MHz ISM-Band FHSS FSK Transceivers. These
devices support data rates up to 200kbps while only consuming 34mW of
power in receive mode, and 70mW of power in transmit mode, while
transmitting at +10dBm output power. The devices are capable of
achieving a sensitivity of -113dBm at 2.4kbps. The reference design
features MicrelNet(TM) royalty and licensing free "star-cluster"
wireless networking software. The design was developed in
cooperation with Zilog and features the Z8 Encore! XP F1680
microcontroller.
The Z8 Encore! XP F1680 Microcontroller Series is a family of highly
integrated, low voltage/low power, high performance 8-bit mixed-mode
Flash microcontrollers designed for use in a variety of RF solutions
such as RFID readers, remote controls and automatic meter readers.
The Z8 Encore! XP Z81680 Microcontroller Series, based on a 20 MHz
register-based eZ8 CPU core with memory-to-memory arithmetic
operation, includes up to 24 Kbytes Flash memory with in-circuit
programming capability, up to 2 Kbytes register RAM and 256 Bytes
EEPROM capability, a built-in internal precision oscillator with
programmable output from 43.2 kHz to 11 MHz and multiple serial
interfaces including two LIN UARTs, SPI, and I2C.
