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tjalps
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 23 Jan 2005 21:17 ZIGBEE-How to start |
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Hello!
I'm starting with ZigBee design, because I think that it realy has great potetntial because of price and usability.
Did anyone tried Microchip demo and how it works? How is with stack?
Can you sugest with what is best to start?
Can we realy achive 25m distances and more?
Please, write anything what you think is good for new people on this subject!
regards!
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svicent
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| 23 Jan 2005 21:55 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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Issue 175 (February 2005) of Circuit Cellar magazine contains Part 1 of a tutorial on ZigBee. The tutorial contains two parts.
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DonJ
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| 24 Jan 2005 0:20 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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| tags: start zigbee zigbee how to zigbee design ember zigbee zigbee start zigbee forum zigbee ember stack |
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| tjalps wrote: |
Hello!
I'm starting with ZigBee design, because I think that it realy has great potetntial because of price and usability.
Did anyone tried Microchip demo and how it works? How is with stack?
Can you sugest with what is best to start?
Can we realy achive 25m distances and more?
Please, write anything what you think is good for new people on this subject!
regards! |
Hi
1) Try to search for Zigbee at this forum and you will find some info about Zigbee
2) Go to www.zigbee.org for introductory info
3) There are some good IEEE papers about the subject
Range: 25m should not be a problem. Freescale has achieved link over 300m!
Zigbee kits: Ember, Microchip, Chipcon and Freescale offer Zigbee kits. The Ember stack is pretty neat. I don't know about the others. Try out yourself.
Good luck 
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tjalps
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| 24 Jan 2005 12:14 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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Hello!
What do you mean that Ember stack is neat?
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DonJ
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| 24 Jan 2005 13:34 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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| tags: ember stack ember stack |
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| tjalps wrote: |
Hello!
What do you mean that Ember stack is neat?
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"It seems to function well".
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tjalps
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| 24 Jan 2005 14:15 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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Hello!
Did you buy complete development system from ember or you started working only with Ember IC's?
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DonJ
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| 24 Jan 2005 19:17 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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| tjalps wrote: |
Hello!
Did you buy complete development system from ember or you started working only with Ember IC's?
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Hi
Our team recently started on this mixture of external kit and our own technology.
A.T.B
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milojames
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| 24 Jan 2005 22:07 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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Take a look at http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=13192DSK&parentCode=ZRP-1&nodeId=02XPgQhCQ6m6cy7103
. I've been playing around with the freescale development kit and it works pretty well. You can get 25m, but you have to build your own antennas. The ones on the eval board are not very good.
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DonJ
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| 25 Jan 2005 0:46 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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| milojames wrote: |
Take a look at h**p://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=13192DSK&parentCode=ZRP-1&nodeId=02XPgQhCQ6m6cy7103
. I've been playing around with the freescale development kit and it works pretty well. You can get 25m, but you have to build your own antennas. The ones on the eval board are not very good. |
Is it correct that you need two antennas? It looks like it from the brochure.
Thanks.
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tjalps
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| 25 Jan 2005 9:02 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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Which is better EMBER or FREESCALE?
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DonJ
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| 25 Jan 2005 10:09 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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| tjalps wrote: |
Which is better EMBER or FREESCALE?
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Hard to say. You need to work with both to tell. I haven't.
A.T.B
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milojames
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| 28 Jan 2005 1:17 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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Yes, the freescale parts have a seperate tx and rx antenna. I used a tx/rx switch to only use one antenna, but I suppose you could also design a passive combining circut since the device never transmits or recieves at the same time.
the chipcon CC2420 is a much nicer part and has the tx/rx switch built in, as well as hardware based encryption, but is more expensive, so I must use the freescale part.
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DonJ
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| 28 Jan 2005 10:19 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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| milojames wrote: |
Yes, the freescale parts have a seperate tx and rx antenna. I used a tx/rx switch to only use one antenna, but I suppose you could also design a passive combining circut since the device never transmits or recieves at the same time.
the chipcon CC2420 is a much nicer part and has the tx/rx switch built in, as well as hardware based encryption, but is more expensive, so I must use the freescale part. |
The upcoming parts also from newcommers seem to be better. Hard to say which will be best.
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mitesh
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| 29 Jan 2005 11:31 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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Hi Do any body have full details on ZigBee. Do any body have extra Freescale development board.
Please support me, i want one.
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DonJ
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| 29 Jan 2005 15:00 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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| mitesh wrote: |
Hi Do any body have full details on ZigBee. Do any body have extra Freescale development board.
Please support me, i want one. |
I think it is not for free.
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tjalps
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| 29 Jan 2005 17:30 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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Hello!
Yest that is true. From begining Freescale had limited number of development kits and now he stoped the action and if I'm right you can order development kit for around 99 USD which is much cheaper than Ember and ChipCon.
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ivoblog
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omara007
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| 03 May 2005 5:42 Re: ZIGBEE-How to start |
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| tags: zigbee how to how to zigbee c zigbee code c code for zigbee zigbee how to |
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| I heard that Freescale is distributing its ZIgBee MAC code for free but under certain conditionds or something like that .. is that true ? .. if yes, how can I get to have this code given that I will use it in my masters ?
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