Zigbee Networks with NFC Commissioning
The world is in the process of embracing the wireless network technology that is destined to bring an unprecedented level of automation to our everyday lives.
Zigbee
Zigbee® is a networking protocol defined by the Zigbee Alliance for low-cost, low-power, wireless control and monitoring solutions. Designed on top of the IEEE® 802.15.4 standard, Zigbee is a self-healing, secure, robust, mesh protocol that can scale to hundreds of nodes across large areas. Zigbee networks can participate in the "Internet of Things" (IoT), allowing the network nodes to be remotely monitored and controlled by devices on the Internet, such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops.
| Memory | Radio Performance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Products | CPU | Flash/ SRAM/ EEPROM |
Sensitivity | Transmit Power |
Receive Current |
Transmit Current |
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JN5169 Zigbee |
Enhanced 32-bit RISC |
512 KB / 32 KB / 4 KB |
-96 dBm | Up to +10 dBm | From 13 mA | Up to 23.3 mA | ||
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JN516x(8/4/13) Zigbee |
Enhanced 32-bit RISC |
256 KB / 160 KB - 64 KB 32 KB / 4 KB |
-95 dBm | +2.5 dBm | 17 mA | 15 mA | ||
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KW21Z Zigbee Thread |
Cortex-M0+ | 256-512 KB / 64-128 KB |
-100 dBm | Up to +3.5 dBm | 6.8 mA | 6.1 mA | ||
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KW41Z Zigbee Thread Bluetooth Low Energy |
Cortex-M0+ | 256-512 KB / 64-128 KB |
-95 dBm (BLE) -100 dBm (802.15.4) |
Up to +3.5 dBm | 6.8 mA | 6.1 mA | ||
3 JN5161 only supports the ZigBee Green Power Device (ZGPD)
Energy Harvesting Wireless Switch at CES 2014 (Zigbee, NFC)
Using NFC technology, the EnOcean switch can be added to a home network simply by tapping an NFC-equipped mobile phone on the gateway to collect important network parameters and then using the phone to pass them on to the switch.
Developer Resources
Hardware
What's New
Power Amplifier Reference Design for the KW41Z Platform
The KW41Z Power Amplifier reference design uses an external power amplifier to boost the transmitter output power to +20 dBm.