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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Kits add Wi-Fi to PIC microcontrollers
Feb 25 2009 3:59PM | Permalink |Comments (9) |
Predicting a new era in wireless connectivity, ZeroG Wireless recently announced a series of “Wi-Fi I/O” development kits for Microchip Technology’s PIC microcontrollers. The ZeroG development kits are based on the standard Microchip PICtail and PICtail Plus daughter-board connectors, allowing a designer to plug Wi-Fi connectivity into a variety of Microchip development kits. The PICtail daughter board-based kits contain a ZeroG Wi-Fi module mounted to a PICtail daughter board, along with software drivers. As a result of the joint development by ZeroG and Microchip, the ZeroG software stack runs on the 8-bit PIC18, 16-bit PIC24 and 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers as well as the dsPIC digital signal controller families, requiring little additional system resource to add Wi-Fi connectivity. The driver is integrated with Microchip’s royalty-free TCP/IP networking stack, so customers that have used the stack can easily migrate from wired Ethernet to Wi-Fi communication. The module is being FCC certified and has an onboard antenna, with options for several external antennas for production. The ZeroG development kits are currently available to customers as part of an early-access program with general availability expected in April 2009. Pricing for the development kits start at $219.
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Reader Comments
at 3/4/2009 2:19:42 PM, Emerson said:
How much are these chips ?
at 3/4/2009 3:30:17 PM, Silacon said:
Good idea but price a little to high.
at 3/4/2009 3:33:39 PM, Jace said:
You can't even ask without signing an NDA. Seems they are in early develpment.
at 3/4/2009 5:24:24 PM, Earld said:
Just the thing I need for my project. I will press ahead.
at 3/5/2009 3:35:26 AM, ismail ADAM said:
How could I've it? What about the development support?
at 3/5/2009 3:33:20 PM, roland said:
Check out www.rfdigital.com GainSpan GS1010 modules for $70.... or $50 @ 1K
at 3/5/2009 5:35:11 PM, Lien Nguyen (ZeroG Wireless) said:
We are currently accepting applications for our early-access program and will be open for general availability April 2009. Prices listed above are for development kits. Our modules are $16 for 10k quantities. Please visit ZeroG Wireless' website for more information.
at 6/4/2009 9:40:50 AM, Jon said:
Rfdigital module based on GS1010 is not even FCC certified, not having wifi certification. Its not worth to pay such high price. Wifi connection is not stable, many times disconnected.
at 11/21/2009 9:13:38 AM, Her Coupon said:
Keep up the great blog. It is really appreciated.I saw this site while browsing and think it may be relevant.
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