Hands-On Zig: Bee. Implementing 802.15.4 with Microcontrollers

✍ Scribed by Fred Eady (Auth.)

• Publisher: Newnes
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 331
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since its recent introduction, the ZigBee protocol has created an enormous amount of buzz in venues from magazine covers to trade show floors to water coolers. Its promise of providing a simpler, cheaper, more power-efficient WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network) alternative to WiFi and Bluetooth has opened up new data collection possibilities in application areas from industrial controls to medical devices to intruder alarms. Yet, despite this widespread interest, there is still little information available that goes beyond detailing the spec itself. Missing from the current ZigBee lexicon is practical, application-oriented guidance from an expert, specifically geared to aid engineers in implementing this new technology. Enter respected designer and popular columnist Fred Eady! With his new book, he provides the only comprehensive how-to ZigBee guide available.

·The ONLY one-stop Zigbee resource available- from basics to sniffers to specs
·7 easy-to-assemble ZigBee projects allow the reader to follow along...hands-on!
·Working hardware and software examples included in every chapter

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Preface, Pages ix-xi
What's on the CD-ROM?, Page xiii
Chapter 1 - Speaking the Language, Pages 1-8
Chapter 2 - You are Dangerous and You're Going to Hell, Pages 9-22
Chapter 3 - Keep Running, Pages 23-42
Chapter 4 - A Look at the ZMD 900-MHzIEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee-Ready Radio, Pages 43-61
Chapter 5 - Atmel Does IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee Too, Pages 63-111
Chapter 6 - They Do Everything Big in Texas, Pages 113-130
Chapter 7 - Maxstream/XBee, Pages 131-152
Chapter 8 - Hopping Down the Bunny Trail, Pages 153-166
Chapter 9 - Cirronet Adds Southern Flavor to IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee, Pages 167-191
Chapter 10 - Silicon Laboratories, Pages 193-209
Chapter 11 - Renesas, Pages 211-229
Chapter 12 - Freescale, Pages 231-251
Chapter 13 - Panasonic, Pages 253-264
Chapter 14 - DLP Design, Pages 265-279
Chapter 15 - Microchip, Pages 281-295
Chapter 16 - Telegesis, Pages 297-310
Chapter 17 - Cypress MicroSystems's CapSense, Pages 311-324
The Final Word, Page 325
Index, Pages 327-336