Three New System-on-Chip Products Form Chipcon's Second Generation ZigBee(TM)
Solution and Allows More OEMs to Quickly Bring Cost Effective ZigBee(TM)
Solutions to Market
OSLO, Norway and SAN DIEGO, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Chipcon, the world's
leading provider of low system cost, low power RF chipsets and networking
software, announced the availability of the CC2430 family, the world's first
available true One-Chip ZigBee(TM) solution. Chipcon will demonstrate the
CC2430 at the Embedded Systems Conference September 12-15, 2005 at the Hynes
Convention Center in Boston (booth number 1217) and at the ZigBee(TM) Open
House September 14, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield Hotel in Chicago, IL.
The CC2430 is the first true SoC Zigbee(TM) one-stop-shop offering,
providing on-chip programmable flash memory as well as a certified Zigbee(TM)
software stack, all on a single silicon die. It is a key part of Chipcon's
SmartRF(R)03 product family, and is based on Chipcon's industry leading CC2420
ZigBee(TM) radio transceiver, which has already surpassed 1 million units
shipped. Measuring approximately the size of a 1 ct diamond (7W7 mm), the
CC2430 represents an extremely clean design combining a robust radio,
programmable micro-controller, flash memory, and both IEEE802.15.4 and
ZigBee(TM) software -- all in one easy-to-use and cost-effective chip. The
CC2430 SoC family will be available as three different products (CC2430-F32,
CC2430-F64 and CC2430-F128). The difference between these three products is
the size of on-chip flash memory, each cost-optimized for different IEEE
802.15.4/Zigbee(TM) applications.
The availability of Chipcon's ZigBee(TM) SoC solution is a huge leap for
OEMs with products targeted at home and building automation, HVAC, automated
meter reading (AMR), medical devices, home entertainment, logistics, and other
end markets where wires will be replaced by extremely inexpensive low-power
wireless communications. The CC2430 will enable OEMs to seamlessly develop
compact, high performance and reliable wireless networking products using the
chip as the only active device in the system, thus reducing both time-to-
market and, production and test costs to the minimum. The CC2430 combined
with the market leading Z-Stack(TM) ZigBee(TM) protocol software and other
Chipcon software tools represent the market's most comprehensive and
competitive ZigBee solution. It provides a significant design advantage and
reduces engineering risk.
"Using an industry, global standard creates many opportunities in the
automation application markets, and complete SoC solutions will offer the
ability for manufacturers to add this wireless capability with less in-house
expertise," said Joyce Putscher with market research firm In-Stat.
"True single chip solutions like Chipcon's CC2430 will drive the cost of
standard ZigBee(TM) solutions down thereby increasing the demand and market
acceptance of the ZigBee(TM) standard," commented Pat Gonia, Senior Staff
Scientist at Honeywell and member of the ZigBee(TM) Board of Directors. "This
is an extremely positive step for the market," he added.
"From the very outset, we positioned ourselves to be the company that
doesn't just announce solutions for ZigBee(TM), but actually delivers real,
shippable solutions," commented Geir Forre, President and CEO of Chipcon.
"Chipcon delivers real products today, with a robust set of development tools
for a complete ZigBee(TM)-compliant solution. While other providers struggle
with their first generation solutions, Chipcon already has two ZigBee(TM)
generations and has a bona-fide roadmap to generations three and four. The
fact that Chipcon is a Promoter of the ZigBee(TM) Alliance and has delivered
the world's first IEEE 802.15.4 radio, the world's first ZigBee(TM) one-chip
solution, and the world's leading ZigBee(TM) software is not a simple
coincidence. It's a testament to our ability to deliver real market leading
solutions."
CC2430 One Chip Technology
The CC2430 represents Chipcon's second generation ZigBee(TM) compliant
platform and is a true System-on-Chip (SoC) solution, combining the industry
leading radio 2.4GHz transceiver of the IEEE 802.15.4 compliant CC2420 with an
industry proven, compact and efficient 8051 microcontroller. The CC2430 SoC
family consists of three products (CC2430-F32, CC2430-F64 and CC2430-F128).
The difference between them is the different flash configurations, 32, 64 and
128 kBytes with each configuration having 8 kBytes of RAM and other powerful
supporting features. The CC2430 is based on Chipcon's SmartRF(R)03 technology
platform in 0.18 micron CMOS and is available in a small 7x7 mm 48 pin
package. During receive and transmit modes, the current consumption of the
CC2430 is as low as 27 mA and 25 mA respectively. CC2430's sleep modes and
its short transition times to active modes make it an ideal solution for
applications that require very long battery lifetime. This configuration can
be used for all kinds of ZigBee(TM) wireless network nodes, including
coordinators, routers and end devices.
CC2430 is supported by a powerful integrated development environment
(IDE). In-circuit interactive debugging is supported for the industry
standard IAR compiler's IDE, well recognized in the embedded community.
Combined with Chipcon's industry leading ZigBee(TM) protocol stack, tool-chain
and reference designs, the CC2430 represents the market's leading ZigBee(TM)
solution.
Pricing and availability
Chipcon's CC2430 per unit price in high volumes are US$3.90 (CC2430-F128),
US$3.60 (CC2430-F64), and US$3.30 (CC2430-F32) Chipcon's CC2430 Zigbee(TM)
development kits are already in production, and will start shipping in
November, with CC2430 chip mass production shortly thereafter. The CC2430
Zigbee(TM) development kit will be offered with 2 days ZigBee(TM) software
training included.
For further information contact:
Barry Rudolph, CFO: Tel +47 92 84 32 76;
E-mail: b.rudolph@chipcon.com
Birgit Opland, VP Marketing: Tel: +47 22 95 83 19;
E-mail: b.opland@chipcon.com
About Chipcon Group
Chipcon is a leading international semiconductor company that designs,
produces and markets high performance standard radio frequency integrated
circuits (RF-ICs) for use in a variety of wireless applications in the 300 to
1000 MHz and 2.4 GHz frequency bands. Chipcon targets both consumer
electronics and home and building automation end markets and has strong
positions both in proprietary and standards-based radio technologies. Chipcon
Group ASA is the parent company and holding company that controls the
activities of its wholly owned subsidiaries Chipcon AS, Chipcon Inc. and
Figure 8 Wireless Inc. Chipcon's products are distributed worldwide and we
are represented at 55 locations in 31 countries. For more information, visit
Chipcon's Web site at http://www.chipcon.com, e-mail at pr@chipcon.com or call the
company directly at +47 22 95 85 44.
SOURCE Chipcon Group
 back to top
Related links:
http://www.chipcon.com
CONTACT:
Barry Rudolph, CFO, +47 92 84 32 76,
b.rudolph@chipcon.com, or Birgit Opland, VP Marketing, +47 22 95
83 19, b.opland@chipcon.com, both of Chipcon Group
|
