Mary Rose Roberts
Mary Rose Roberts is the associate editor of Urgent Communications, formerly Mobile Radio Technology magazine. She can be reached at maryrose.roberts@penton.com
DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RF Monolithics, Inc. (“RFM”) (NASDAQ: RFMI), a leader in machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless communications, today released the DNT900, the first product to be introduced in an innovative new line of highly configurable, low-cost, long-range frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) modules for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Operating in the 900 MHz ISM band, the DNT900 is a multi-purpose, multi-function OEM RF module suitable for wide variety of applications including Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) applications, Industrial Automation and Control, and Wireless Sensor Networking. The RFM advanced networking features and robust proprietary frequency hopping technology found in the DNT900 provide an extremely reliable radio with sophisticated features at a remarkably low single piece price of $69.
“The release of this inventive new line of highly configurable OEM RF modules couldn’t be more timely,” said Tim Cutler, Director of Product Marketing for RFM. “Now, more than ever, OEM design engineers are looking for OEM RF module alternatives with great performance and low unit prices.”
In addition to its low unit price, Cutler cited the DNT900 high configurability feature as a key cost-saving benefit, “The DNT900 provides the OEM designer complete flexibility over the radio’s performance. This configurability feature lets the designer fit the radio to the application rather than having to fit the application to the radio.” As a result, design engineers no longer have to be familiar with or stock multiple radio modules, saving precious design time and production costs.
Starting with multiple RF data rates and RF transmit power, the DNT900 provides total flexibility in how fast the radio hops, how bandwidth is allocated between remotes and the base, support for co-located networks, and a variety of sleep modes, to name but a few of the configuration options available. When designers have multiple products needing different radio performance, they can use the DNT900 for all their products by simply configuring the DNT900 for the desired performance.
Over-the-air data rates vary from 38.4 to 500 kbps while the transmit power can be adjusted from 1mW to 1W. At 38.4 kbps and 1W transmit power the DNT900 can achieve line-of-sight ranges in excess of 40 miles.
The DNT900 provides a TDMA mode for guaranteed bandwidth as well as a CSMA mode that supports networks of unlimited numbers of nodes. RFM’s advanced networking features and robust frequency hopping technology along with a full 24-bit CRC and ARQ error detection and correction scheme provide an extremely reliable radio with sophisticated features.
For WSN applications, the DNT900 provides the ability to collect sensor data directly from devices using its analog and digital I/O to wirelessly transmit sensor data. With both a standard UART serial port supporting standard baud rates as well as a collection of 3 ADC inputs, 2 DAC outputs and 6 GPIOs, the DNT900 is well suited for any sensor application. The DNT900 is also suitable for battery operation with its ability to auto-report sensor data and to sleep in between reports.
RFM offers a developer kit - the DNT900DK - to help design engineers fast track their designs. The DNT900DK developer kit will be available by the end of January from RFM distributors Avnet, Digi-Key, Mouser Electronics, and Nu Horizons.
RFM offers one of the broadest range of wireless sensor networking platforms in the RF module and boxed radio product categories in the market. RFM has earned a reputation for outstanding support of the integration of their OEM RF modules by customers with little or no RF expertise. Design engineers looking for RF module solutions look to RFM first. The RFM OEM RF module portfolio includes ZigBee® / 802.15.4, Proprietary Mesh, Proprietary FHSS, Bluetooth®, and 802.11 b/g RF modules and boxed radios.
About RFM
RF Monolithics, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a provider of solutions-driven, technology-enabled wireless connectivity for a broad range of wireless applications – from individual standard and custom components to modules for comprehensive industrial wireless sensor networks and machine-to-machine (M2M) technology. For more information on RFM, please visit the Company’s website at www.RFM.com.
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwire - January 7, 2009) - Arada Systems, a leading developer of next-generation WLAN software, today announced the availability of its Loc-Air technology platform, the industry’s only 802.11a/b/g-based, low-power, wireless design for applications including RFID, sensor networks, security devices and consumer electronics. The new solution leverages Atheros’ market-proven ROCm technology for mobile WLAN, which delivers the industry’s highest performance, integration and breakthrough low-power. The Loc-Air complete hardware and software solution from Arada Systems is the world’s first RFID 802.11a/b/g solution. It can deliver up to 10 years of operation on a standard double-AA battery. With a unique architecture designed to enable industry-leading power efficiency, the solution targets a new range of sensor applications for Enterprise, SMB, and verticals including security, medical, and automotive tolling. The production-ready reference design features Atheros’ 802.11a/b/g WLAN technology with a tuning range of 2.3-2.7GHz and 4.9-5.95GHz, as well as Atheros’ single-chip GPS technology, an accelerometer, and a temperature sensor that can be customized to meet the demands of various market segments.
“Arada Systems’ Loc-Air technology platform is enabling a new class of applications that require extraordinarily low power consumption and enable a host of new applications and markets that extend beyond more traditional WLAN applications such as routers and laptops,” said Praveen Singh, president and CEO of Arada Systems. “We are pleased to be the first to offer an RFID solution that delivers the benefits of the full spectrum of both the 2.4 and 5GHz wireless bands. With Atheros’ market-proven, cost-effective mobile WLAN solution behind us, I am confident that we will deliver a highly reliable technology to satisfy even the most demanding industrial requirements for high-performance RFID.”
“Arada’s entry into the RFID market with its innovative wireless-enabled Loc-Air technology should expand the adoption of WLAN-based locationing applications in a wide array of markets including healthcare, transportation and security,” said Amir Faintuch, vice president and general manager of the mobile business unit for Atheros. “We are pleased that Atheros’ ROCm technologies for WLAN and GPS will support Arada’s RFID platform with unmatched wireless performance and versatility, with a cost structure that meets the requirements of the emerging, low-power, Wi-Fi sensor and location markets.”
Arada Systems Loc-Air Solution Details
Arada Systems is a technology innovator in the WLAN software and systems area and focuses on developing cutting-edge applications of Wi-Fi for Enterprise, SMB, Outdoor, Automotive and other emerging markets. Arada’s Loc-Air solution is comprised of a customizable reference design that incorporates Wi-Fi and GPS technologies, an accelerometer, and temperature sensor as well as a software platform that allows customers to easily develop and deploy solutions. By adding expanded frequency support, LocAir enables 2.3-2.7GHz, 4.9-5.95GHz, channelization from 20Mhz, 10MHz and 5MHz, which covers the Wi-Fi®, WiMAX, Public Safety, Automotive (802.11p) and all proprietary bands all over the world.
Availability
The Arada Systems Loc-Air evaluation kit is available today from Arada Systems.
About Arada Systems
Arada Systems is a leader in advanced software solutions based on Atheros’ world-class Wi-Fi chipsets. Arada Systems offers a wide array of products, services, testing solutions licensing solutions. Arada Systems provides solutions to customers that are developing leading-edge applications of Wi-Fi in the enterprise, outdoor, automotive, industrial and consumer electronics market segments. Consisting of a versatile team of leading wireless experts from Atheros Communications as well as other Wi-Fi companies, Arada Systems has the expertise to solve complex issues regarding the use of WLAN technology in a variety of applications. Arada Systems is headquartered in Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, CA with development centers in India’s Silicon Valley in Bangalore. For more information, please visit: http://www.aradasystems.com.
PHILADELPHIA, PA–(Marketwire - January 8, 2009) - As a result of growing customer demand, NextPhase Wireless (OTCBB: NPHS), a nationwide developer of WiMAX-ready networks and a provider of advanced broadband solutions, today announced the opening of its new Tier 1 data center in Philadelphia, PA.
Through its subsidiary, InterActive Network Systems located in New Jersey, NextPhase Wireless is a leading provider of high capacity broadband services in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, with a focus on providing mission critical data services to schools and municipalities throughout the region.
“This new data center accomplishes two key goals for us as we continue to grow and move forward,” said Michael Jones, CTO of NextPhase Wireless. “First, this allows us to increase our network capacity to meet growing customer demand and second, it allows us to increase our service footprint and support our planned licensed WiMAX deployment over the first quarter of this year,” Jones added.
According to Jones, the new network facility sits on fiber from more than a dozen Tier 1 and Tier 2 networks with national as well as global peering arrangements. To NextPhase this means exponential capacity for growth as well as multiple possibilities for redundancy, assuring 100 percent network availability to its customers.
“Customers in the region have been requesting an affordable, high capacity bandwidth solution. WiMAX will allow us to deliver a large amount of bandwidth at a reduced cost. They have also requested ancillary WiMAX services that will help increase their productivity and dependability. The increased infrastructure is the first step in answering this demand,” Jones said, “with the remaining steps to follow shortly,” he added.
“Our fiber network infrastructure is now in line with Tier 1 networks globally, and our technology will put us years ahead of our competition over the next few months as we roll out WiMAX offerings in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,” said Jones.
About NextPhase Wireless, Inc.
With a mission to build a device-agnostic, WiMAX-ready, wireless broadband connectivity/content delivery platform serving all 48 contiguous U.S. states, NextPhase Wireless is focused on providing connectivity services and solutions to businesses, public school systems and local government agencies. Using licensed WiMAX and LMDS spectrum bands, the Company offers fully-integrated solutions with the highest levels of reliability, security, flexibility, scalability and price-performance. For more information, please visit www.npwireless.com.
This press release includes statements that may constitute “forward-looking” statements, usually containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, acceptance of the Company’s current and future products and services in the marketplace, the ability of the Company to develop effective new products and receive regulatory approvals of such products, competitive factors, dependence upon third-party vendors, and other risks detailed in the Company’s periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
Atlanta Georgia – January 2009. Mark Kaltman, President of Kaltman Creations LLC, announced today the introduction of a new Handheld RF Spectrum Analyzer that breaks all “Spec vs. Price” barriers. The new model, the Spectran HF60100, is a handheld RF analyzer which features the following outstanding specifications:
Frequency Range 1MHz to 9.4GHz
Sensitivity -130dbm
Bandwidth Resolution 1KHz
Stability 0.5PPM
Accuracy +/- 1db
The HF60100 was introduced on the heels of the award winning* Kaltman Spectran HF4040. Sharing many of the same features and functions, the HF60100 continues Kaltman Creations’ line of affordable RF spectrum analyzers. The HF60100 sets the pace for unbeatable performance at an unbelievable price, thousands of dollars less than comparable units.
The HF60100 is sold as a complete analysis kit which includes: HF60100 (1MHz – 9.4GHz) RF analyzer, optional internal pre-amp, an SMA stick antenna, a precision handheld LOG Periodic antenna, AC charger / adaptor, aluminum carrying case, mini-tripod stand, 6-foot USB cable, PC software and documentation. Priced at $4,975
Kaltman said, “The timing for this analyzer couldn’t be better with the exponential use of wireless technology and the increased challenges of identifying interference and available frequencies.” Created for RF analysis, where bringing out an expensive or bulky bench-size analyzer is not reasonable, the HF60100 fills the need at a price that is affordable for anyone.
For more information on the HF60100, other Kaltman RF analyzers, and their line of precision calibrated antennas, please visit their web site at www.RFAnalyzers.com
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jan. 07, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has successfully reconfigured an on-orbit U.S. Navy satellite, adding 30 percent more communications capability. The satellite, the 11th in the Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) series built by Boeing, was launched in 2003 and supports the Navy’s global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.
UFO 11 has the most sophisticated digital signal processor in the constellation. Its ability to reprogram existing user channels allowed Boeing to exploit small, unused portions of the allocated radio frequency spectrum to add 10 channels, for a total of 54.
“Given the extremely high demand for tactical communications in Southwest Asia, our Navy customer asked us to investigate ways to maximize the current capabilities of the UFO 11 spacecraft,” said Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager of Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. “After a series of careful analyses and rigorous testing, we found a way to achieve this goal at no additional cost to the customer.
“The military’s need for communications bandwidth continues to rise,” Cooning added. “Our unique combination of highly capable satellite hardware and experienced, highly skilled engineers allowed us to provide additional bandwidth that will directly support our men and women in uniform.”
The satellite reconfiguration was accomplished in conjunction with U.S. Strategic Command, the Navy’s Program Executive Office — Space Systems, and the Naval Satellite Operations Command.
Boeing received the UFO contract in July 1988. By November 1999, all options had been exercised and the company began production of UFO 11. The spacecraft features both ultra high-frequency and extremely high-frequency payloads, which provide protected communications. Boeing UFO satellites have provided the Navy with a total of more than 100 years of service to date.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world’s largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32.1 billion business with 71,000 employees worldwide. ###Contact Info:
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