• Shipping now! CC8520 PurePath™ Wireless audio development kits and free Configurator PC tool 1.0
• CC2531 128K Flash version available

• Ubilogix Protocol Analyzer for IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee

• Low-power wireless devices achieve a reliable wireless link in a multi-path environment
• Frequency hopping diversity improves low-power wireless system performance

• New Personal Help Button from Philips
• Introducing SiFLEX01™, LSR’s 900MHz CC430 module
• Radiocrafts RC2400HP-ZNM – High Power ZigBee Network module
• Pinter Electronics Consultants - your RF engineering department

• Bluetooth® Innovation World Cup 2010
• Building a better future – TI’s 2009 Corporate Citizenship Report

• Meet TI at the Bluetooth® Technology Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, July 19
• Join Our Free Webinar: Realizing Ubiquitous Wireless Connectivity with the World’s Lowest Power Microcontroller. Thursday, July 8, 2010
• Texas Instruments Technology Days 2010

• PER & RSSI
• Smart RF 04EB; how to recognize in device manager
• Simple_link.c

The CC2531, a 2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4 compliant RF transceiver with full speed USB 2.0 support, now supports a 128K Flash version, in addition to the already available 256K version. Combined with the golden-unit-status RemoTI™ stack from Texas Instruments, the CC2531 provides a robust ZigBee RF4CE remote-control target for USB dongle or TV/STB implementations.

Texas Instruments has partnered with Ubilogix to provide a protocol analyzer for IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee. Ubilogix’s Ubiqua Protocol Analyzer now supports the TI’s CC2531USB Dongle which can be ordered as the CC2531EMK kit. Ubiqua is a full featured analyzer that supports IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee 2007, ZigBee 2007 PRO, ZigBee RF4CE and 6LowPAN protocols.

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This article presents methods of extending the range of a low-power RF system in the typical environment of a wireless channel. It uses real-world measurements from both indoor and outdoor wireless channels, and discusses techniques to achieve reliable communication with low-power wireless devices.

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The new Philips Lifeline with AutoAlert option offers all the benefits of Philips’ Standard Lifeline Medical Alert Service—push the button for help at any time—plus an added layer of protection: Lifeline with AutoAlert is the only pendant-style help button that can automatically place a call for help if it detects a fall and you're unable to push the button yourself. The new personal help button uses Texas Instruments’ CC1101 RF transceiver and MSP430F5438 microcontroller. With this combination, Philips has developed a personal help button with long battery life, a reliable RF link and accurate fall detection.

Elite Design House member, LS Research, has just released SiFLEX01, an FCC certified module based on Texas Instruments CC430, Sub 1GHz FHSS transceiver with CC1191 RF front end. The SiFLEX01 module is tuned to 900MHz, comes with multiple antenna configurations and has a software controlled power amplifier with an output power up to 250mW for miles of range. The SiFLEX01 module is fully certified per FCC and IC standards.

Radiocrafts’ RC2400HP-ZNM module successfully combines TI’s CC2530 and CC2591 for a powerful ZigBee PRO network module. The module measures 12.7 x 25.4 x 3.3 mm including EMC shielding and has an UART or SPI interface for serial communication and configuration. Complete demo kits are available, 3 boards/modules, CC programmer dongle, antennas, connectors and software.

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Pinter Electronics Consultants is a part of Texas Instruments’ network of Low-Power RF development partners and a member of TI E2E community, providing RF engineering services related to Low Power RF and ZigBee devices. Pinter Electronics Consultants can help you develop your wireless design by providing technical expertise in radio frequency spectrum research, PCB antenna design, Wi-Fi (802.11) wireless product development, Bluetooth product development and Industrial radio technology.

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The Bluetooth® Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the start of the second Bluetooth Innovation World Cup (IWC). After a successful first year of the competition in 2009, the trade organization is once again calling on developers, entrepreneurs and students to submit concepts for applications making use of the new Bluetooth low energy wireless technology.

Texas Instruments is an official partner of the Bluetooth Innovation World Cup and an active contributor to the Bluetooth low energy standard.

For more information on the Bluetooth Innovation World Cup 2010 visit www.innovation-worldcup.com

For more information on TI’s Bluetooth low energy solutions visit www.ti.com/bluetoothlowenergy. Be sure to check out TI’s Karl Torvmark’s blog with the latest updates on markets, products, the SIG and more at www.ti.com/bluetoothlowenergyblog

The Bluetooth SIG invites you to take part in this international Bluetooth conference with top class industry representatives providing insight to future applications and business opportunities within Bluetooth low energy. Participation in the conference is free of charge. Registration deadline: July 1st.

This seminar is the second of a series from Texas Instruments to review the industry trends and solutions surrounding zero to low power consumption in embedded system designs. This webinar will focus on specific application studies around wireless connectivity and wireless sensor network solutions. TI’s MSP430 microcontroller platform of ultra-low power 16-bit RISC mixed-signal processors offers a wide range of single chip and two-chip low power, portable solutions for several wireless connectivity applications.