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Wireless Connectivity Guide Texas Instruments 4Q 2014
Resources
Software
In addition to the comprehensive
hardware portfolio, TI provides a wide
range of supporting tools and software
stacks:
SimpliciTI™ Network Protocol
www.ti.com/simpliciti
SimpliciTI is a simple low-power RF
network protocol aimed at small (<256
nodes) RF networks. Such networks
typically contain battery operated
devices, which require long battery
life, low data rate and low duty cycle.
They usually have a limited number
of nodes talking directly to each
other or through an access point or
a range extender. Access points and
range extenders are not required, but
provide extra functionality such as
storing and forwarding messages.
With SimpliciTI the MCU resource
requirements are minimal which results
in a low system cost.
SimpliciTI was designed for easy
implementation and out-of-the-box
deployment on several TI RF platforms
such as the MSP430™ family of
low-power MCUs and the CC11xx/
CC25xx transceivers and SoCs.
The latest update to SimpliciTI has
extended the stack to include auto-
acknowledgement, encryption, and
dynamic network commissioning/
decommissioning features. These
additions increase the overall
capabilities of SimpliciTI and broaden
the scope of applications to which
SimpliciTI can be applied. With the
flexibility of SimpliciTI to ride on top of
many forms of modulation, SimpliciTI
is uniquely qualified to work as a
basis for extending many existing
proprietary formats.
SimpliciTI also supports the narrow
band versions of TI’s radios in the
2.4-GHz and sub-1-GHz bands.
TIMAC – IEEE 802.15.4 medium
access control software stack
www.ti.com/timac
TIMAC is ideal when you need a
wireless point-to-point or
point-to-multipoint solution based
on a standard (e.g., multiple sensors
reporting directly to a master).
TIMAC is:
• Astandardizedwirelessprotocol
for battery powered and/or mains
powered nodes
• Supportforacknowledgementand
retransmission
• Suitableforapplicationswithlow
data-rate requirements (about
100 kBps effective data rate)
• SupportforIEEE802.15.4-2003
• SupportforIEEE802.15.4-2006
• Multipleplatforms
• Easyapplicationdevelopment
• Easyporting
TIMAC is distributed as object code
free of charge. There are no royalties
for using TIMAC.
RemoTI™ – ZigBee
®
RF4CE/IEEE
www.ti.com/remoti
RemoTI is the industry leading RF4CE-
compliant software architecture. Built
on TI’s well-proven IEEE 802.15.4
compliant TIMAC, RemoTI offers a
simple, easy-to-use, intuitive software
architectural framework and all of the
tools, documentation, and support
needed to build an RF4CE compliant
product. RemoTI allows you to
reduce development time and cost,
and enables a quick time to market.
RemoTI supports the CC2530, CC2531
and CC2533 platforms.
Z-Stack™ – ZigBee
protocol stack
www.ti.com/z-stack
Z-Stack is compliant with the ZigBee
2007 (ZigBee and ZigBee PRO)
specification. It is the perfect way
to bring the power of mesh network
connectivity to any application.
Z-Stack supports multiple platforms
including the CC2530 System-on-
Chip(SoC),CC2531SoC,CC2520+
MSP430 platform. They are all certified
as ZigBee-compliant platforms.
Z-Stack is:
• Robustandreliable(itwasone
of the first ZigBee stacks to be
certified)
• Flexible(itoffersAPIsatdifferent
levels and enable several
architectures, including network
processor)
• Interoperable(itsupportsZigBee
Smart Energy and ZigBee Home
Automation public profiles)
BLEstack – Bluetooth
®
low
energy protocol stack
www.ti.com/blestack
TI’s Bluetooth low energy (BLE)
solution includes all necessary
software to get started on the
development of single-mode Bluetooth
low energy applications using the
CC2540 system-on-chip. It includes
object code with the Bluetooth low
energy protocol stack, a sample
project and applications with source
code, and BTool, a Windows PC
application for testing Bluetooth
low energy applications. In addition
to the software, the kit contains
documentation, including a developer’s
guide and Bluetooth low energy API
guide.