Kits add Wi-Fi to PIC microcontrollers
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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