MEDIA ALERT

Skyworks Solutions and Ember’s reference design for the industry’s first portfolio of ZigBee front-end modules targeting applications such as smart meters in energy management, home area networks (HAN), and industrial automation, is now available. The companies announced their partnership to develop these devices in September 2008. 

ZigBee is a wireless network global standard that addresses the unique needs of remote monitoring and control, and sensor-network applications. West Technology Research Solutions is forecasting the ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 market to grow at an annual rate of over 117 percent ─ from approximately 8.4 million units shipped in 2007 to as many as 516 million in 2012.

The reference designs are located at:

http://www.ember.com/zip/REF_DES_SKY65336_SKY65337.zip

For more information, please contact a Skyworks sales representative at sales@skyworksinc.com or an Ember sales representative at sales@ember.com.