Building the Foundation
The IEEE® 802.15.4 Standard, introduced in 2003 is designed to address the need for a low cost and low power wireless solution and has become the foundation for monitoring and control solutions, including ZigBee® technology, SynkroRF technology, the WirelessHART™ specification as well as numerous other proprietary network stacks.
IEEE® 802.15.4
The 802.15.4 Standard is the benchmark for low power wireless solutions and is the basis for both proprietary and standard based protocol stacks. Freescale's IEEE 802.15.4 compliant stack provides the ideal starting point for low power wireless solutions. More >
SMAC
Freescale's Simple MAC (SMAC) is a simple and cost-effective starting point for wireless networking. Based on the 802.15.4 PHY software layer, SMAC supports point-to-point as well as star networks. The small code size allows for the use of low cost 8-bit MCUs, creating the ideal platform for simple, but effective wireless solutions. More >
SynkroRF
SynkroRF is Freescale's networking protocol stack that builds on the robustness of the 802.15.4 Standard and adds key network features such as low latency and channel agility. This makes SynkroRF ideal for robust, low cost wireless networks that do not need the complexity of larger mesh networks. More >
ZigBee® RF4CE
Now that the Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics (RF4CE) Consortium has merged with the ZigBeeŽ Alliance, Freescale's RF4CE protocol stack (BeeStack™ Consumer)
is the answer to RF remote control solutions, bringing remote control into the 21st century. BeeStack Consumer allows for two-way device-to-device communication and provides increased functionality, making the remote control intelligent, but simple. More >
ZigBee®
ZigBee® technology is focused on applications such as building control and automation, including devices such as lighting, heating/ventilation/air-conditioning (HVAC) and appliances in both commercial and residential buildings. ZigBee allows for more complex networking requirements including mesh networks as well as complex security requirements.More >
