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Wireless Connectivity Guide Texas Instruments 4Q 2014
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Wireless Connectivity and IoT Application Areas
Introduction
Getting started: Which wireless connectivity technology is right for your design
Finding the best connectivity fit for your application or system is a must and can be daunting. Below are two basic
considerations – Maximum throughput and power source. For more information on how to get started, go to
www.ti.com/wirelessconnectivity and learn more.
The right wireless
connectivity solution
Whatever type of wireless technology
you need for your next Internet of
Things (IoT) designs, TI can help you
find the right one for your application.
With the industry’s broadest wireless
connectivity portfolio, TI supports more
than a dozen wireless technologies for:
• 802.15.4standards-basedmesh
and IP networks
• Personalareanetworks
• ProprietaryRFsub-1GHz
• ProprietaryRF2.4GHz
• RFID/NFC
• GPS
Connecting to the Internet of Things
and more
Analysts estimate that the IoT is
quickly growing with the expectation
of 50 billion connected devices by
2020. TI is connecting the IoT now
with the industry’s broadest portfolio
of embedded wireless connectivity
technologies, microcontrollers,
processors and analog solutions.
Examples of how IoT-ready
connectivity is used:
• Alarm,securityand
active/passive RFID/NFC
• Automotive
• Homeautomationandlighting
• Metering/smartenergy
• Portableconsumer
• Portableenterprise
• Consumermedicalandhealth
• Remotecontrols
• Wirelessaudio
SimpleLink™ solutions make
wireless design easier
SimpleLink self-contained solutions
were designed to simplify wireless
development and certification by
minimizing the amount of RF expertise
you need to wirelessly enable a
wide range of applications. TI offers
SimpleLink solutions for multiple
wireless technologies including Wi-Fi
®
,
ZigBee
®
, 6LoWPAN, ANT™ and GPS
with an expanding portfolio to come.
Wireless solutions optimized for TI’s
embedded processing portfolio
Decrease your development time
with TI’s wireless technologies
pre-integration and TI Embedded
Processing solutions.
Our connectivity solutions are
designed for the industry’s broadest
embedded processing portfolio – from
high-performance processors to low
power MCUs.
Resources that make
development easy
Our solutions are paired with resources
that make development fast and easy
and reduce time-to-market.
TI’s out-of-the-box development tools
will get you quickly started. Through TI
you’ll have access to a broad variety
of cost-effective development tools,
reference designs and supporting
application and design notes.
Get answers to your design questions
from the TI design experts through our
interactive online E2E™ community.
If you need help to speed up your
application development, TI has an
extensive network of third parties
to help accelerate your design. The
network consists of recommended
companies, RF consultants, and
independent design houses that
provide a series of hardware module
products and design services.
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Coin
Cell
No
Battery
Maximum Throughput
Technology
Technology
Mbps
50
3
1
0.1
NFC/RFID
Smallest Power Source
Required
BLE/ANT
ZigBee
RF4CE
6LoWPAN
Sub-1 GHZ
2.4 GHz
BLE/ANT
Sub-1 GHZ
2.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
Proprietary
BLE/ANT
ZigBee
RF4CE
6LoWPAN
Bluetooth
®
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
NFC/RFID