Released on = May 18, 2006, 1:42 pm

Press Release Author = Indesign, LLC

Industry = Electronics

Press Release Summary = Indesign, LLC, an engineering design services company that
develops high-tech electronic products for a broad customer base, has just published
a practical perspective for Wireless Design Magazine entitled "Tips for Designing
ZigBee Applications."

Press Release Body = Indesign, LLC, an engineering design services company that
develops high-tech electronic products for a broad customer base, has just published
a practical perspective for Wireless Design Magazine entitled "Tips for Designing
ZigBee Applications."

Authored by Indesign veteran and principal software engineer, John Sawyer, the
article provides a practical tutorial for creating and developing a ZigBee radio
application.

Mr. Sawyer begins with a list of questions that enable the reader to determine
whether ZigBee technology is appropriate for a particular application. It then
identifies tips for choosing a ZigBee technology provider and offers additional
information on what a designer should consider before selecting a partner.

The article also discusses the advantages and disadvantage of designing with a
ZigBee radio module before it launches into dialogue about architecture and network
configurations.

Complete with illustrations and photography, Mr. Sawyer's piece makes it easy for
engineers to understand the intricacies of designing a ZigBee radio application.

The article also considers other requirements such as time-to market. In this
section of the article, the author talks about high volume production, two-phase
development, and cost-effective integrated design that merges functionality from
modules into a single circuit board. Concerns about regulatory standards and
compliance testing are also mentioned in this part of the tutorial.

Mr. Sawyer even mentions important points about emission levels, product labeling,
and antenna limitations and suggests having a software-based manufacturing test for
programming the MAC address into each device

He concludes by qualifying the ZigBee as a well-defined and feature-rich radio
standard yet consents that developing a ZigBee technology product is not a trivial
exercise. It is an endeavor that involves many engineering disciplines working
together to define, architect, design, test and ready the final product for sale.

To read the complete ZigBee article, click on this link:
http://www.indesign-llc.com/news_WirelessNetDesignLine_article.asp.


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