IDC Products Enable Wireless Network Integration

Intelligent Distributed Controls (IDC) has introduced a range of Zigbee-based wireless products that enable machine builders and OEMs to integrate wireless networking into their own products. IDC's products are designed around the ZB108 OEM module, which features a complete system on chip (SoC), comprising a high-performance microprocessor with digital, analogue and serial connectivity. The wireless network is based on the licence-free international standard IEEE 802.15.4, which provides 2.4GHz two-way communications and is capable of connecting hundreds of devices together in a mesh network using gateways, router and end devices.

The product range features the Zigbee stack, which offers continued mainstream development and future compatibility with other manufacturers' equipment and products. The IDC range of modules includes Ethernet and serial gateways, routers, logic and serial controllers, handheld keypads, key fobs with touch-screens and analogue general-purpose modules. All of the devices are designed to operate in electrically noisy environments. They have embedded intelligence, unique 16-digit identifiers and offer low power consumption and internal position tracking algorithms based on received signal strength. Supporting the wireless OEM products are IDC's complementary software application packages.

These include over-the-air programming, data logging, remote control and position tracking. In addition, a function block logic configuration tool, based on IEC61499 distributed multiprocessor networking, is in development and due for release in 2009. For machine builders and system designers who require wireless mesh networking, IDC offers the ability to design bespoke hardware and software solutions based on existing designs, to reduce risk, cut the cost of development and time to market, and reduce certification costs.

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