Hands-On ZigBee
Implementing 802.15.4 with Microcontrollers

Master ZigBee now! From basic concepts to successful projects, popular columnist Fred Eady teaches you how to create a wireless network with just one book!

Fred Eady (Author)

9780123708878, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 23 April 2007

352 pages, Approx. 110 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 2.3 cm, 0.72 kg

"I recommend this book to anyone doing 802.15.4 or ZigBee development. It is likely that Eady touches on the platform you are or will be using and it contrasts it well with everything else out there." --William Wong, Electronic Design, August 2007

Since its recent introduction, the ZigBee protocol has created an enormous amount of buzz in venues from magazine covers to trade show floors to water coolers. Its promise of providing a simpler, cheaper, more power-efficient WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network) alternative to WiFi and Bluetooth has opened up new data collection possibilities in application areas from industrial controls to medical devices to intruder alarms. Yet, despite this widespread interest, there is still little information available that goes beyond detailing the spec itself. Missing from the current ZigBee lexicon is practical, application-oriented guidance from an expert, specifically geared to aid engineers in implementing this new technology. Enter respected designer and popular columnist Fred Eady! With his new book, Hands-On ZigBee, he provides the only comprehensive how-to ZigBee guide available.

1. Speaking the Language2. You Are Dangerous and You’re Going to Hell3. Keep Running4. A Loot At the ZMD 900 MHz IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee-Ready Radio5. Atmel Does IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee Too6. They Do Everything BIG in Texas7. Maxstream/Xbee8. Hopping Down the Bunny Trail9. Cirronet Adds Southern Flavor to IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee10. Silicon Laboratories 11. Renesas12. Freescale13. Panasonic14. DLP Design15. Microchip16. Telegesis17. Cypress MicroSystems’s CapSense

Subject Areas: WAP [wireless technology TJKW], Mechanical engineering [TGB]