DULUTH, Georgia (October 2005) – Chipcon AS, the world’s leading supplier of ZigBee-ready integrated circuits, and Cirronet Inc., which has incorporated Chipcon ICs into the industry’s broadest line of ZigBee products, have aligned to facilitate the creation of third-party ZigBee wireless solutions. Under the arrangement, Chipcon and Cirronet will partner to provide developers complete module-level solutions for industrial ZigBee applications. “With over a million ZigBee-ready chips sold, and having recently announced its second-generation, single-chip solution, Chipcon has become central to the ZigBee movement,” says Bob Gemmell, Cirronet CEO. “But not everyone who needs ZigBee and Chipcon is equipped to take a direct handoff from a major chip manufacturer.
When that’s the case, Cirronet’s development experience can free them to focus on their applications and their core competencies.”Cirronet has relied on Chipcon technology at the core of its rich ZigBee product line, which includes a variety of OEM modules, developer’s kits, signal conditioning boards, sensor modems and gateways. The company is in the process of migrating its own products to Chipcon’s newly available single-chip technology. “By offering a ZigBee system on a single chip, our new CC2430 family enables the rapid introduction of cost-effective ZigBee solutions,” says Geir Forre, Chipcon CEO.
“Cirronet’s experience with our products and familiarity with our technology roadmap make them a dependable, proven partner who can help developers requiring further assistance get to market quickly and cost-effectively.”In working with Cirronet to effect Chipcon ZigBee/802.15.4 implementations, companies gain several advantages:
- Time to market – Cirronet’s extensive experience with Chipcon eliminates chip-level design and test iterations, which can be time-consuming for customers with modest RF expertise.
- Ease of integration – Cirronet adds an API to Chipcon’s technology, which speeds integration.
- Cost reduction – Low- to moderate-volume customers can realize lower overall cost, by leveraging Cirronet’s volume chip purchases and avoiding the expense of resourcing an RF design and support effort.
- Rich functionality – In addition to Chipcon’s chipset, Cirronet supplies a high RF power (100 mW) option and such complementary products as ZigBee Modbus and Ethernet gateways.
- Integration services – Cirronet can assist with the creation of custom ZigBee profiles and application code integration.
- Homologation services – Cirronet modules and products are FCC/ETSI approved, so customers do not need to repeat those approval processes.The arrangement by which Chipcon refers industrial wireless developers to Cirronet for these advantages is effective immediately.
About Cirronet
Headquartered in metro Atlanta, Georgia, Cirronet has 18 years of success in developing innovative wireless products for industrial, scientific and military use.
Cirronet offers the industry’s most complete selection of wireless OEM modules and ready-to-use devices, with separate product lines featuring the company’s patented frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS), ZigBee, 802.11b and Bluetooth™ implementations.
Cirronet products, which are FCC certified, UL certified and CE marked, operate in license-free ISM bands.
For more information, visit www.cirronet.com .