ZigBit RF Module

The module is designed for wireless sensing, monitoring, control, data acquisition applications. It has a MS-147 RF connector for RF test port and the built-in chip antenna is designed and tuned for the ZigBit design to enable quick integration of the ZigBit into any application. The all-in-one board design of microcontroller and radio transceiver comes with very minimal components on the RF path to Antenna to improves the ZigBit's compact size, range performance on signal transmission, and increases its sensitivity. It contains a complete RF/MCU design with all the necessary passive components included. Depending on end-user design requirements, the ZigBit can operate as a self-contained sensor node, where it would function as a single MCU, or it can be paired with a host processor driving the module over a serial interface.

The MAC stack running on the host processor can control the data transmission and manages module peripherals. Thus very minimal firmware customization is required for successful module design-in. Third-party sensors can then be connected directly to the module. An additional feature for every ZigBit Module is preloaded with Atmel assigned 64-bit MAC address stored in the signature bytes of the device. This unique IEEE MAC address can be used as the MAC address of the end product, so there is no need to buy a MAC address separately for the product using the ZigBit.

This project has a lot of known applications such as monitoring of plant system parameters such as temperature, pressure, flow, tank level, humidity, vibration, water metering, lighting controls, and other monitoring systems.