Specifications
Ô
60
Wireless Connectivity Guide Texas Instruments 4Q 2014
Resources
Texas Instruments Design Network (TIDN)
The TI Design Network for low-power
RF developers, Wi-Fi
®
and Bluetooth
®
dual-mode is a worldwide community
of respected, experienced, and well-
established companies including
those servicing the low-power RF
market in the sub-1-GHz and 2.4-GHz
ISM frequency bands and the 2.4-GHz
wireless technologies market for Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth.
This network consists of recom-
mended companies, RF consultants
and independent design houses that
provide scalable projects from antenna
circuit-board layout to turnkey
system design and FCC or ETSI
compliance testing.
Benefits include:
• Afasterdesign-to-production
schedule and experience with the TI
Low-power RF product portfolio
• RFcircuit,low-powerRFand
ZigBee
®
design services
• Low-powerRFandZigBeemodule
solutions
• Developmenttoolsfortestingand
troubleshooting RF systems
• RFcertificationservicesandRF
circuit manufacturing
• Onlinesearchtooltodetermine
suitable RF development partners
To find a suitable partner for your
design and test project go to:
www.ti.com/lprfnetwork for ZigBee,
sub-1 GHz, Bluetooth low energy and
other proprietary wireless technologies
www.ti.com/tidn for Wi-Fi and
Bluetooth 4.0 technologies
Are you interested in becoming a
TI development partner?
Send an e-mail to
m.grazier@ti.com
for more information.
Featured third-party developers
Europe
Amber Europe:
Amber Wireless GmbH is a German electronics company
specializing in the design, manufacturing and marketing
of compact short range radio modules and modems for
rapid implementation of cable-free data links and have
become one of the leading suppliers for ISM/SRD radio
modules and radio modems in Europe.
Wireless connectivity ICs:
CC430, CC1101, CC2520, CC2530
Contact details:
Contact: Wolfgang Esch
E-mail: wolfgang.esch@amber-wireless.de
Phone: 0049-2203-6991950
URL: http://www.amber-wireless.de/
Radiocrafts:
Radiocrafts designs, manufactures and markets standard
RF modules for operation in the license-free ISM bands at
315 / 433 / 429 / 868 / 915 MHz and 2.4 GHz.
Low-Power RF ICs:
CC2420, CC1020, CC2430, CC2431, CC2400, CC1000,
CC2530
Contact details:
Contact: Peder Martin Evjen
E-mail: radiocrafts@radiocrafts.com
Phone: (+47)40005195
URL: http://www.radiocrafts.com
Sensinode 6LowPAN:
Sensinode is the pioneer IP-based wireless sensor
network solution provider and offers seamless Internet
integration to embedded device and chip manufacturers
through all industries on a worldwide level.
Wireless connectivity ICs:
CC2430, CC1100, CC1110
Contact details:
Phone: +358103878680
URL: www.sensinode.com
United States
LS Research:
L.S. Research provides complete design services for
productdevelopmentincludingembeddedrmware,
RF design, antenna design, analog/digital design, PCB
layout, and prototyping. L.S. Compliance provides FCC,
CE, and ETSI testing services.
Wireless connectivity ICs
CC2530, CC2500, CC2550, CC2510, CC1100, CC1110,
CC2511, CC256x, CC1020, CC2520/MSP430, WL1271-
TiWi, CC3000-TiWi
Contact details:
Contact: Bill Steinike
E-mail: bsteinike@lsr.com
Phone: 262-375-4400 ext.103
URL: http://www.lsr.com/
Anaren:
Anaren (Nasdaq: ANEN) is a US-based global innovator
of microwave/RF technology for the space, defense,
wireless infrastructure, and consumer electronics sectors.
As part of TI’s Low-power RF network, the company
offer its Anaren Integrated Radio (AIR) module family –
compact,pre-certied,SMTradiomoduleseOEMscan
quickly and cost-effectively implement without deep RF
expertise and operate at 433MHz, 868MHz, 900MHz, and
2.5GHz. (AIR-equipped test boards available for use with
TI EZ430 and DK tools.)
Wireless connectivity ICs:
CC1101, CC2500, CC8520 PurePath™ uncompressed
wireless audio w/ CC2591 range extender; test boards
Contact details:
Contact: Mark Bowyer
E-mail: mbowyer@anaren.com or
AIR@anaren.com
Phone: Toll free in US: 800.411.6596 or
44-2392-232392 (in Europe)
URL: www.anaren.com
Awarepoint:
Awarepoint is providing its Real-Time Awareness
Solutions
®
to healthcare clients that include prestigious
teaching institutions, premiere independents, military
facilities and members of major integrated delivery
networks.
Wireless connectivity ICs:
CC2430, CC2431
Contact details:
Toll-Free: 1-888-860-FIND (888-860-3463)
Phone: (858) 345-5000
URL: www.awarepoint.com
Panasonic:
Panasonic Electronic Components provides powerful,
highly exible, cost effective RF modules for a wide
variety of wireless Personal Area Network applications,
while also specializing in contract manufacturing and
design services.
Wireless connectivity ICs
CC2560-PAN1325/15, CC2564-PAN1326/16
CC2567-PAN1327/17
Contact details:
URL: http://www.panasonic.com/ti
Pacific Design Engineering:
PDE provides complete product design services
including; Wi-Fi applications development, Android and
iOS development, RF design, antenna design, embedded
rmware,microcontrollerdesign,analog/digitaldesign,
mechanical and industrial design, PCB layout, and
prototyping.
Wireless connectivity ICs:
SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3000, CC2400, CC2500,
CC2520/MSP430, CC2530, CC2540,
CC2541, CC2591, CC8520 PurePath
CC1100, CC1110, CC1111, CC1190, CC430
Contact details:
Contact: Derek Pyner
E-mail: pyner@pde.com
Phone: (604) 421 1311 ext 20
Toll Free: (800) 561 3322
URL: http://www.pde.com
Global Navigation systems GNS – GmbH:
GNS-GmbH is a German electronics company. GNS
production complies with ISO 9001. GNS provides
complete design services, software IP, RF design, PCB
layout , prototyping, testing and manufacturing of GPS
only and GPS combo modules. GNS also provides
Software IP for GPS, BT, BLE, and FM / TMC based on
different OS like Android, Linux, Windows, WIN CE
Wireless connectivity ICs:
CC4000, NL5500, NL5500L, MSP430
Contact details:
Contact: Werner Koch
E-mail: w.koch@gns-gmbh.com
Phone: 0049-2405-4148-16
URL: http://www.gns-gmbh.com
Murata:
Murata is a global leader in the manufacture of electronic
components including wireless connectivity modules.
Wireless modules are world class in terms of size,
production capacity, and quality.
Wireless connectivity ICs
WL127x, WL128x, WL18xx, CC2560, CC3000
Contact details:
E-mail: modules@murata.com
URL: www.murata-ws.com