The battle for the ultra low power wireless network market - New Electronics

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Traditionally, embedded applications requiring low data rates and power consumption have relied on ZigBee and Bluetooth. However, an independent study claims that ANT powered network nodes use four times less power than a ZigBee node, while providing a simpler sensor and network development environment. So could ANT be the great white hope? Dynastream Innovations, the company behind ANT, certainly believes so and has 'open book' disclosure of its battery life performance claiming nodes can operate for years on coin cells, compared to days or months with Bluetooth and ZigBee. As with other 2.4GHz technologies Bluetooth Low Energy or RF for Consumer Electronics (rf4ce), for instance ANT doesn't need line of sight to perform an operation. So, unlike long established infrared technology, an ANT+ remote control can control a device from any room in the house. The technology also allows more functions and information to be sent over the wireless link, such as displaying the name of a song on the remote control. Click Here to read more... Posted at 09:00 PM | Permalink | Reblog (0) Comments You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. The comments to this entry are closed. 1   2   3