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ZigBee: Giving People More 

Control of Their World in 2009 

World’s First ZigBee Shop Launches: 

Sensors, Tools, Gateways and Products Available 

The Smart Energy Home 

Page 8 

How to Power a Remote 

ZigBee Wireless Device for 

20+ Years Page 12 

ZigBee Connectivity in Five 

Easy Steps Page 15 

Smart Energy Apps Shine In 

5 th Year of ZigBee’s Standards 

Ratification Page 19 

ZigBee Alliance 

Member List 

Page 18 

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2009 ZigBee Alliance 

Resource Guide 

Page 26 

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Control Your World with ZigBee 

The companies participating in this edition of the ZigBee Resource 

Guide are providing a variety of products and services designed to help 

people and businesses gain more control of their surroundings, their energy 

use and even their lives. These companies are members in the more than 

300 member (and growing) ZigBee Alliance. They come from almost 

every continent and range from entrepreneurs to multi-national corporations 

with household names. Regardless of size, they share a vision for ZigBee and work 

together everyday to provide a variety of ingredients needed to create ZigBee products 

and reinforce an already enviable supply chain that ensures quality, security, compatibility, 

choice and competition. 

Open Standards Create Opportunities 

ZigBee Alliance members create public application profiles that provide a standard way 

of providing new wireless sensing and control solutions. They also allow customers to 

purchase ZigBee Certified Products manufactured by different companies with confidence 

because these products will work together seamlessly out of the box. The Alliance is 

developing a suite of public application profiles to serve the broad needs of several key 

markets. For example, ZigBee Smart Energy is a public application profile that is rapidly 

becoming the choice for residential energy management and efficiency programs because it 

is effective and because it is an open global standard. As a result, it continues gathering 

support from governments, regulators, utilities and energy service providers worldwide. At 

the beginning of January, 2009, more than 25.3 million ZigBee equipped electric meters are 

scheduled to be installed for homes across North America in the coming years. Each home 

could be equipped with a number of devices for consumers that help them achieve greater 

energy efficiency while saving money. This rapidly growing market opens opportunities for 

everyone. 

This year, the Alliance expects to complete the development of public application 

profiles for telecommunications services, commercial building automation and 

personal health care. They will join ZigBee Smart Energy and ZigBee Home 

Automation as profiles ready for your product development. Companies interested in 

these profiles, or interested in developing new profiles for new markets, are 

encouraged to join the Alliance today. ZigBee Alliance membership offers valuable 

information on how you can use ZigBee to differentiate your product portfolio. Please 

visit www.zigbee.org for the latest list of available public application profiles, 

certified products and to join the Alliance. 

Control Your World 

ZigBee is the global wireless language connecting dramatically different devices 

that are designed to improve everyday life. As you will see by the products included in 

the ZigBee Resource Guide, the number of products built with ZigBee increases every 

year. If your company needs low-cost, low power wireless products that are secure, 

self-healing and self-organizing networks, based on a global open standard, then 

ZigBee is your technology. 

Bob Heile, Chairman, ZigBee Alliance 

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Go Wireless with Atmel IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee Solution 

Atmel’s MCU Wireless product group offers a well balanced 

blend of microcontrollers, transceivers and firmware for wireless 

applications. With certified IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee® and 

6LoWPAN standards-based technologies the design will address 

the unique needs of low-cost, low-power, low data rate wireless 

control and sensor network applications. Atmel's high 

performance RF transceivers offer industry best range and 

robustness. Adding cutting edge technology and performance 

from their low power microcontrollers, Atmel provides a 

versatile platform for a wide range of wireless applications. 

Atmel's AT86RF230/AT86RF231 are low-power, highsensitivity 

2.4 GHz transceivers. The -101 dBm receiver 

sensitivity and 3 dBm transmit power give it the highest link 

budget of any 802.15.4 radio on the market today. The 

AT86RF230 has line-of-site range up to 2.8 times that of 

competing radios, reducing the total number of nodes 

required in the network and cutting 802.15.4 system cost by 

as much as 60 percent. 

The AT86RF212 700/800/900 MHz IEEE 802.15.4 RF is a 

transceiver for low power wireless applications, including 

ZigBee®. The AT86RF212 offers an industry best RF 

performance with a link budget of up to120 dB in the 700 MHz, 

800 MHz and 900 MHz ISM bands available in China, Europe 

and North America, respectively. The link budget is the result of 

the -110 dBm sensitivity offered by the device and the maximum 

output power of +10 dBm. The extremely high link budget 

combined with the reduced path loss in the 700/800/900 MHz 

enables long range wireless communication without the use of 

costly external LNA or PA. 

Atmel MCU Wireless Solution offers flexibility through the 

AVR family of 8-bit RISC microcontrollers, AVR32 32-bit 

microcontrollers, and the Smart ARM (SAM) devices. AVR 

MCUs have flash memory densities ranging from 1 KB to 512 

KB, enabling you to choose from a large number of devices to 

find the one suited for your design. With its fast core and 

feature rich peripherals, MCU Wireless will be able to offer 

both wireless communication and handle main applications. 

ZigBit Wireless Modules 

Atmel MCU Wireless Solution offers reduced design-in 

time through a set compact of pre-tested ZigBit wirelss 

modules. ZigBit modules are designed for use in the regional 

700/800/900 MHz ISM Bands and 2.4 GHz band available 

world wide. The modules holds FCC/CE/ARIB cerfications. 

Software 

A suite of free and certified software is available from 

Atmel, ranging from low level drivers (Transceiver Access 

Toolbox) to IEEE 802.15.4 MAC, 6LoWPAN and ZigBee 

stacks. Choosing Atmel and partners gives you a head start with 

ready to use wireless solutions and the shortest time to market 

ATAVRRZRAVEN Debugging and Demonstration Kit 

The RZ Raven kit enables development, debugging and 

demonstration on 802.15.4/ZigBee networks. Raven is using 

Atmel’s 2.4 GHz high performance radio and AVR picoPower 

and USB microcontrollers. The software package enables 

network control, network debugging and over-the-air 

programming. The ATAVRRZRAVEN kit comes with two 

Ravens and one USB stick. 

AVR Development Platform 

AVR Studio is a free front-end for all Atmel AVR tools, 

including free simulator and assembler. JTAGICE mkII 

support On-Chip Debug on all devices. STK600 starter kit 

with top modules supports all AVRs. Broad C-compiler 

offering from third party vendors: from free GCC compilers 

to high end IAR Systems. 

Atmel Corp., founded in 1984, is a worldwide leader in the 

design, manufacturing and marketing of advanced semiconductors, 

including advanced logic, nonvolatile memory, mixed 

signal and RF integrated circuits. 

For more information visit 

www.atmel.com/wireless 

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Telit Completes Its Wireless Offer with Short-Range Products 

The M2M arena is changing rapidly, according to a M2M 

market that is finally entering into its maturation phase. Also, 

available technologies have changed dramatically. Perhaps the 

biggest advancement has been made within wireless technologies. 

ZigBee, NFC, WiBree and Dect/Cat iq have significantly 

changed the way communication happens. 

That’s why new and sometimes complex M2M applications 

may now require multiple different wireless technologies 

competences. When the machine to be wirelessly connected 

requires extreme low power consumption in order to be active 

in the field for several years, fed only by low cost/capacity 

batteries, a cellular based technology module is not a viable 

solution for intrinsic technical and economical reasons. Also, 

the “ecological turn” that has taken place during the last few 

years, requires new and energy-efficient solutions. 

All M2M applications that present these requirements can be 

successfully connected using short range RF (radio frequency) 

low power high efficiency devices. 

The ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) license free 

frequency bands (433, 868, 915 and 2400 MHz) are the most 

suitable for these applications. Here is where the IEEE 

802.15.4, ZigBee and proprietary, point-to-point, star and mesh 

network based applications can provide a real cost-effective 

solution to the M2M connectivity requirements. 

For instance, it is the case of the upcoming country GAS 

AMM projects to be wirelessly connected – in Italy for 16 

million meters and in UK (both Gas and Electricity) for a 

total of 47 million meters. These projects require high 

competence in both cellular and short range radio since the 

remote management of a Gas meter requires a wireless low 

power data connection only fed by batteries. It is obvious that 

projects like these will sooner or later also be launched in 

other European countries. 

According to the most recent available market research on 

wireless technologies, the shipment of 802.15.4 and proprietary 

chipsets on a worldwide basis should increase within the next 

five years with a CGAR of about 130 percent, starting from the 

seven million units delivered during the year 2007 to a figure 

that has been estimated at 292 millions in 2012. This is a quite 

impressive growth rate, by far much more rapid with respect to 

the one experienced for the cellular M2M modules that all of us 

are quite familiar with. 

As a global leader in providing M2M wireless solutions, Telit 

Communications PLC understood the market requirement and 

this huge opportunity at an early stage. 

Following its long term expansion strategy, Telit dedicated 

12 months to analyzing all the relevant companies active in 

these technologies. 

Based on this analysis, Telit successfully completed the 

acquisition of One RF Technologies SaS on October 30, 

2008. One RF Technologies was a small but a very highly 

skilled wireless technology company based in the high-tech 

area of Sophia Antipolis, Cote d’Azur (France). In the 

meantime, we are working on an accurately-fitting integration 

of the company into the Telit structure. 

Thanks to this acquisition, Telit Communications PLC 

gained long-term experience in the field of short range technologies, 

full ownership of valuable Intellectual Property 

Rights on Point-to-point/Star Network, Low Power Mesh and 

fully certified ZigBee protocol stacks. Furthermore, Telit can 

now offer an incomparable product portfolio, integrated now 

with three new short range product lines (13 short- to midrange 

modules, 12 terminals plus all dedicated evaluation 

kits and accessories). 

Telit’s partners can now design dedicated wireless area 

networks even connected with a cellular concentrator for 

remote management. And as usual, Telit is putting all its 

attention to the full Total Cost of Ownership reduction by 

design, providing unattended return on investment as a 

competitive advantage. 

The full integration of Telit RF Technologies SaS within 

the Telit global organization is already in progress and will be 

completed within the first quarter of 2009. 

For more information visit www.telit.com 


Market Data 

The Smart Energy Home - By Mareca Halter, Director of Research, ON World 

Massive rollouts of smart metering systems are underway 

worldwide, driven by government legislation and billions of dollars 

in funding for “smart grid” technologies. Energy delivery 

companies in the US, Canada, EU and Australia are planning to 

install tens of millions of smart meters over the next five to seven 

years. While smart meters are the focus today, billions of dollars 

are pouring into new technologies to connect in-home electrical 

devices such as programmable thermostats, energy displays, smart 

plugs, PCs, and renewable energy sources to the electrical grid. 

These smart grid connected devices, that make up the Home Area 

Network or “HAN,” empower consumers with real-time control of 

their energy use as well as helping utilities build the “smart grid.” 

As awareness increases about the benefits of a connected 

electrical grid, governments are starting to mandate that smart 

meters include a HAN interface and the energy industry is pushing 

for global standards. In fact, utilities, vendors and research 

institutes are working together on an emerging standard to ensure 

robust, plug and play interoperability for the HAN. The ZigBee 

Smart Energy Profile is a key component of this effort. 

In five years, ON World projects that there will be 126 

million smart meter households worldwide. This represents 

an enormous market for energy management, demand 

response and wireless sensor network technologies such as 

802.15.4 and ZigBee. 

* Households capable of 2-way electric smart metering 

Some of the largest smart meter rollouts over the next five 

to 10 years include the following: 

North America: 

California: 

• SCE: 5.3 million 

• PG&E: 5.1 million 

• SDG&E: 1.4 million 

Texas: 

• Oncor: 3.4 million 

• Centerpoint: 2.2 million 

Florida: 

• Florida Power & Light: 4.5 million 

Michigan: 

• Detroit Edison: 2.6 million 

Arkansas (and 10 other states): 

• American Electric Power: 5 million 

Ontario, Canada: 

• Hydo One: 1.2 million 

• Others: 3.1 million 

Europe: 

• Scandinavia : ~12 million 

• Spain: 20 million 

• France: 33 million 

• UK: 26 million 

Asia Pacific: 

• Victoria State, Australia: 2.5 million 

• Singapore: 1.2 million 

The Home Area Network 

HAN enabled households promise to magnify the benefits of 

smart meter infrastructures through dynamic pricing, advanced 

load control and the potential to contribute to renewable power 

generation. While direct load control and time of use plans have 

been available for more than a decade, these are only used by a 

fraction of all households today and, according to FERC, only 

about 8 percent of utilities currently offer some type of demand 

response program. 

Why such low adoption rates? Because the net benefits have 

been too low for both consumers and utilities due to high 

upfront costs, proprietary systems and the lack of precise, realtime 

energy information. Wireless sensor network technologies 

are making in-home energy systems more capable and 

affordable while the in-progress standards promise to make 

HAN systems ubiquitous over the next decade. 

Through the use of a HAN, consumers get real-time 

information about their energy consumption and the current cost 

of energy in order to shift their usage off the peak usage times 

when energy is most expensive and the electrical grid is most 

strained. The benefits are even higher for households using 

energy-smart thermostats and appliances that can automatically 

The Traditional Home Compared with a “Smart-Energy” Home 

Metering 

Technology 

Communications 

Pricing Models 

Load Control 

Conservation 

Functionality 

Traditional Home Smart-Energy Home 

Measures and records total 

consumption usage. 

Typcially not automated (or 

communicates one-way for meter 

reading only). 

Total consumption over one month 

or even longer. 

Consumers can sign up for direct 

load control, however they have 

little control and all participants are 

paid the same regardless of how 

much of their load is reduced. 

Minimal impact; energy is used as 

needed regardless of the load 

levels of the energy grid. 

Utilities must fix power outages 

and delivery quality situations after 

the problem has already occurred. 

Very little communication with 

customers results in missed opportunities 

for energy conservation, 

peak energy savings and 

distributed power generation. 

Measure, record and communicate 

consumption in real-time intervals 

(at-least hourly). 

Automated and allows for two-way 

communications between the utility 

and customer. 

In addition to time of use options, 

dynamic pricing is possible such as 

critical peak pricing and real-time pricing. 

Consumers can choose when to reduce 

their energy use based on current 

energy pricing, which results in the most 

effective reduced energy use during 

peak times. 

Consumers are provided with more realtime 

information about their energy use so 

they can adjust their behavior in ways that 

will likely result in increased conservation. 

With much more information from their 

networks & customers, utilities improve their 

energy delivery services as well as provide 

advanced programs to their customers to 

help them conserve, save money and shift 

the load off-peak times. Smart energy 

homes will have plugs for electric cars as 

well as connect their solar panels and wind 

generation turbines to the grid. 


espond during critical peak pricing and grid reliability events. 

Over the past two years, there have been dozens of pilot 

studies that have documented the benefits from using HAN 

enabled devices with smart metering. The initial major benefit 

is that smart metering supports the most effective demand 

response programs such as dynamic pricing for electricity such 

as Critical Peak Pricing and Real-time Pricing. Studies have 

found that dynamic pricing options can result in as much as 50 

percent load reduction during critical peak periods. In addition, 

consumers can save up to twice as much on their energy bills 

using dynamic pricing compared with traditional “time of use” 

plans. Southern California Edison has calculated that consumers 

reducing their energy use during the peak energy alerts will 

reduce the overall peak power consumption by as much as 1,000 

megawatts which is the entire output of a major power plant. 

While much of the impetus for developing smart grid and 

HAN technologies originated in the US (especially California 

and Texas), this is quickly spreading worldwide. Recently, the 

Ministerial Council on Energy in Australia concluded that the 

home area network interface must be included as a minimum 

requirement in smart meter implementations. In the United 

Kingdom, the current smart meter supplier specification includes 

a requirement for “resilient communications to and from local 

devices.” Also, Canada’s Hydro One is participating in the most 

recently formed alliance for HAN standardization. 

ZigBee’s Role 

Open standards are essential for achieving the vision of 

millions of smart energy households connected to the electrical 

grid. In addition to providing consumers with the most choices 

for their in-home energy systems, standards also ensure the lowest 

total overall costs, for both the utility infrastructure and 

consumers. Illustrating this trend is that smart meters are increasingly 

being manufactured with two radios on board, one for the 

advanced metering network between the meter and concentrator 

and one for communications between the meter and the home. 

Driven by need, utilities and vendors are working together in 

an unprecedented fashion to complete standards for developing 

the smart grid. Over the past two years, there have been several 

HAN related standards achievements from the UtilityAMI forum 

and subsequent OpenHAN specification that provides 

technology independent requirements between the HAN and 

utility network. While other technologies are also targeted at the 

HAN, ZigBee has garnered the most support from the energy 

sector starting with mandates from major utilities such as 

Southern California Edison. Today, the ZigBee Alliance’s 

promoting members include Landis+Gyr, Itron and Reliant, and 

its 300 members consist of many of the world’s leading metering 

vendors, utilities and automation manufacturers. 

With all of this momentum and urgency, the ZigBee Smart 

Energy profile was completed in record time and today there 

are 20 certified ZigBee Smart Energy products, just eight 

months after the profile was ratified. Other indicators of 

ZigBee’s dominance for the HAN are that many of the participants 

in the OpenHAN task force are also ZigBee Alliance 

members. In fact, utility ZigBee Alliance members have 59 

million customer accounts, approximately two-thirds as many 

as the OpenHAN participants. 


Market Data 

From a technology standpoint, 802.15.4 and ZigBee have 

strengths that make these particularly suited to wireless HANs. 

First, they offer low costs through small sizes and potentially 

high volumes by many chipset suppliers. Second, our in-house 

software simulations have shown that, compared with other 

radios/protocols, 802.15.4 and ZigBee offer ultra low power 

consumption during sleep mode which is an essential consideration 

for battery powered end devices. Our tests show that 

802.15.4/ZigBee devices can have as much as a 17 year power 

lifetime with one transmission per hour. 

* Device contains 1 temperature sensor, powered by 2 AA batteries 

The Smart Energy Profile 

While ZigBee is the most popular networking protocol for 

the HAN, the reality is that the Smart Energy home will 

consist of several types of devices and networking technologies. 

To prevent ongoing market fragmentation, the ZigBee 

Alliance, HomePlug Powerline Alliance, EPRI and leading 

utilities are collaborating on a universal standard and certification 

process in order to ensure plug and play interoperability 

among HAN devices, regardless of the underlying physical or 

transport layers. This effort is being led by the UtilityAMI’s 

ZigBee+HomePlug Steering Committee which consists of 

leading North American utilities such as American Electric 

Power, CenterPoint, Consumers Energy, Duke Energy, DTE 

Energy, Florida Power & Light, Hydro One, Oncor, Reliant, 

SCE, PG&E, SDG&E and Xcel Energy. 

The significance of this open standards effort is that 

consumers will be able to purchase thermostats, in-home 

displays, and smart appliances from any retail channel and 

register these with their energy delivery company in order to 


Market Data 

participate in advanced demand response and energy conservation 

programs. The future Smart Energy Home will consist of 

heterogeneous devices that are capable of uniquely responding 

and interacting with the energy grid. Eventually, Smart Energy 

homes will be able to feed renewable power sources such as 

solar and wind back into the grid, which some experts believe is 

the only way we can meet the ever increasing energy demand. 

Smart Energy 2.0 is slated to be released in November 2009 

with commercial availability targeted for May 2010. 

Energy Solutions for Today 

As the smart metering infrastructures are rolled out, utilities 

and their customers are looking for energy management solutions 

that can be deployed today. The ubiquity of broadband and 

advances with wireless sensor networking has enabled innovative 

energy systems that leverage existing utility infrastructures and/or 

public broadband networks. Driven by smart grid legislation and 

increasing smart metering initiatives, energy focused wireless 

sensor network products and services have exploded over the 

past two years. Today, there are more than 200 companies with 

energy management and demand response solutions with many 

of these available for less than a few hundred dollars. 

Examples include TXU Energy’s ZigBee enabled demand 

response program over broadband using Comverge’s programmable 

thermostats that communicate through ZigBee/Ethernet 

gateways by Digi International. Other companies with 

affordable HAN systems that can be used without a smart meter 

include 4Home, Blue Line Innovations, Control4, Energate, 

Awarepoint is the leading 

healthcare market source of 

ubiquitous sensor network 

solutions which facilitate enterprise-wide visibility and 

enhanced management of crucial resources. Collecting and 

transforming raw sensor data into high-value positioning 

information, Awarepoint's Real-time Awareness Solutions® 

(RTAS) add asset management, environmental sensing ability 

and workflow optimization to a variety of healthcare applications, 

providing hospital leaders with exceptional business intelligence. 

Requiring no hard wiring, 

Awarepoint's plug and track 

network include its real-time 

awareness platform, 

firmware, RFID tags, sensors, 

and bridges. Through a low 

risk, fully managed service 

business model, Awarepoint's RTAS is extremely cost effective, 

non-disruptive, low maintenance, and easy to use. Track us 

down at www.awarepoint.com. 

Awarepoint, Real-time 

Awareness Solutions® 

225 Broadway Avenue, Ste 1670 

San Diego, CA 92101 

888-TAG-IT-NOW 

(888-824-4866) 

info@awarepoint.com 

www.awarepoint.com 

Greenbox, Onzo and Tendril Networks. By adopting Smart 

Energy certified devices-- or those that are capable of being 

upgraded to the open standards— utilities and vendors are 

providing a seamless evolution for households to eventually 

become connected to the smart grid. 

Despite the current economic challenges, billions of dollars 

are being invested in energy related technologies and the smart 

grid, making the energy sector the best bet for emerging technologies 

such as wireless sensor networking, 802.15.4 and 

ZigBee. With open standards underway and business models 

rapidly evolving, the Smart Energy home presents a huge market 

for suppliers, manufactures, software developers, and investors. 

About the Author: 

Mareca Hatler is the director of Research for ON World, a 

market research firm that provides platform based research on 

emerging wireless technologies. Founded in 1996, ON World’s 

business intelligence and information services are sold to 

Fortune 1000 companies, service providers, venture capitalists, 

startups and consultancies worldwide. More information is 

available at www.onworld.com. 

1 Planned electricity smart meters for residential and 

commercial users. 

2 Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. 

3 “Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced 

Metering,” December 2008. Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC), USA. 

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Making the decision to use ZigBee is often an 

easy one, but understanding where to start can be 

a challenge. In most cases, developers are faced 

with the option of using a ZigBee Compliant 

Platform chip solution or a ZigBee module 

solution. Understanding the advantages and 

compromises of each is critical to successfully 

deploying ZigBee technology. 

Chip Solutions vs. Modules 

Developers selecting chip solutions are 

primarily interested in three things: the lowest 

possible unit cost; the smallest possible form 

factor; and having complete control of the 

design. Chip solutions fulfill these requirements, 

but some drawbacks should be 

evaluated before selecting a solution. The 

sophisticated nature of ZigBee chip solutions 

requires equally sophisticated engineering 

expertise in RF design, ZigBee networking, and 

an understanding of chip level programming. 

Furthermore, chip level solutions require 

regulatory testing and certification and 

specialized test and calibration equipment for manufacturing. It 

should also be noted that when used in small quantities, chip 

solutions may not meet per-unit cost requirements. 

Wireless modules are proven technology “building blocks” 

that can be assembled into an application quickly and without 

RF expertise, greatly reducing development time and overall 

project risks. Developers considering modules are often 

interested in three things: reducing time-to-market; reducing 

development and certification costs; and avoiding the regulatory 

and operational requirements of chip solutions. Often, module 

solutions work “out of the box” without complex chip level 

development. By using a 

complete module solution, 

developers can access and 

configure their ZigBee 

application through software 

architecture such as simple 

AT Commands or an API. In 

addition, most modules ship 

with regulatory certifications, 

manufacturing testing 

and calibration complete. 

Ultimately, module 

developers can be more agile 

with their ZigBee 

development—reducing both 

time to market, and the up-front development expense 

associated with chip level development. Developers can also 

leverage complimentary products built with the module in 

mind. Of course, while modules are convenient and easy to use, 

developers usually pay for this convenience in the per-unit costs 

of the modules. They must also accept that their module may 

not access all of the features of the chips they use. 


Save Time and Money with ZigBee Modules 

ZigBee Modules and Drop-in Networking 

By making it so easy to add ZigBee technology to nearly 

any kind of device by using a ZigBee module, it has never 

been easier to connect different types of devices to a single 

network. Digi International’s Drop-in Networking product 

family includes ZigBee modules, stand-alone adapters, extenders 

and bridges, plus wireless gateways that offer the unique benefit 

of aggregating and transporting data from the ZigBee network to 

an IP network via cellular, Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Drop-in 

Networking is playing a key role in green technologies, 

providing critical data communication between machines in 

everything from medical devices, to home and building 

automation, to adding intelligence to the utility grid. 

A fitness equipment manufacturer in North America 

integrates Digi’s XBee module into its exercise machines to 

provide embedded wireless connectivity. As part of a remote 

service program, the manufacturer installs ConnectPort X 

wireless gateways inside each participating fitness club that 

allow each exercise machine to wirelessly communicate with 

an IP network. Through the gateway, the equipment supplier 

is able to monitor machine health on a daily basis, without 

making on-site visits. 

This is just one example of how ZigBee modules are 

addressing the rapidly changing needs of today’s sophisticated 

device networking applications. Please contact Digi 

for more information on how to begin your ZigBee 

development immediately. 


www.digi.com/XBeeZB 


How to Power a Remote ZigBee Wireless Device for 20+ Years 

High energy lithium thionyl chloride batteries provide longterm, 

maintenance-free power management solutions. 

As a low cost, open source communications platform for 

short range radio frequency (RF) transmission, ZigBee protocols 

are gaining traction in fast-growing market segments such as 

wireless mesh networks and automatic 

meter reading (AMR). 

Powering a ZigBee wireless sensor is 

most challenging in hard-to-access locations 

where hardwired AC power is either 

impossible or not cost effective. For applications 

that require self-contained power 

management solutions, the predominant 

choice is lithium batteries. 

In certain instances, energy harvesting 

can be used to extract power from heat, 

vibration or the sun. However, use of 

energy harvesting is severely limited due to 

size, expense and the need for back-up 

batteries or capacitors that do not operate 

reliably in extreme temperatures. 

Lithium is the preferred choice for 

powering remote sensors due to its 

intrinsic negative potential, which exceeds that of all other 

metals. The lightest non-gaseous metal, lithium offers the 

highest specific energy (energy per unit weight) and energy 

density (energy per unit volume) of all available battery 

chemistries. Lithium cells have normal OCVs of between 2.7 

and 3.6 V. These batteries also use a nonaqueous 

electrolyte, and absence of water 

allows certain batteries to operate in temperatures 

ranging from -55°C to 150°C. 

Starting in the 1980’s, the first 

widescale use of wireless sensor networks 

were for utility automatic meter reading 

(AMR). In 1984, Hexagram (now Aclara), 

began powering its AMR devices with 

high energy lithium thionyl chloride 

batteries. A quarter century later, almost all 

of these devices continue to operate 

trouble-free on their original batteries. Due 

to ongoing improvements in battery design 

coupled with low-power ZigBee protocols, 

today’s sensors can easily achieve 20+ years of service life, 

depending on the battery quality, yearly watt/hour requirements, 

and environmental factors that affect self-discharge. 

Specifying the optimal lithium battery requires careful due 

diligence, as numerous lithium battery chemistries are available. 

Design engineers need to review options based on performance 

attributes such as voltage, capacity, size and weight, expected 

service life, temperature and environmental sensitivity, cost and 

the ability to handle high current pulses or high discharge 

requirements, when applicable. 

Lithium thionyl chloride (Li/SOCL 2 ) chemistry is the 

preferred choice for applications demanding extremely long 

battery life, extended temperature range and minimized size and 

weight. Li/SOCL 2 batteries come in two styles: bobbin or 

spirally wound construction. 

PulsesPlus Batteries from Tadiran 

Water Meter Sensor Powered by 

Tadiran Batteries 

Spirally wound Li/SOCL2 cells feature an energy density 

of 800 Wh/I, a temperature range of -55°C to 85°C and a 

maximum service life of about 10 years. By contrast, Bobbintype 

Li/SOCL2 cells can provide up to 20+ years of service 

life, high energy density (1420 Wh/I), high capacity and the 

ability to withstand extreme temperatures 

(-55°C to 150°C). 

For high current pulse applications, 

Tadiran developed PulsesPlus batteries that 

combine a standard bobbin-type Li/SOCL2 cell with a high rate, low impedance hybrid 

layer capacitor (HLC) that stores and 

releases energy. While standard bobbin-type 

Li/SOCL2 cells operate at a very stable 

voltage with no drop in voltage to allow for 

an indication of battery state of charge, 

PulsesPlus batteries offer the potential for 

end-of-life indication, including a 3.6 V 

system with a 5 percent end-of-life 

indication; and a 3.9 V system with a 10 

percent end-of-life indication, allowing for 

programmed battery replacement. 

To further conserve energy, and thus extend battery life, 

wireless sensors can often be designed to operate in multiple 

modes including a sleep or standby mode, where power 

consumption is nil or a low background current; a measurement 

or interrogation mode, where the unit requires a few hundred 

milliamps of energy; and a transmission 

mode that requires high current pulses for 

a period of seconds up to 20 minutes 

before returning to sleep or standby status. 

Once the ideal battery chemistry has 

been identified, the next step is to conduct 

due diligence to carefully evaluate battery 

suppliers. With the knock-off products 

now flooding the marketplace, design 

engineers must be increasingly vigilant to 

verify manufacturer claims, as all batteries 

are not created equal. Start by demanding 

100 percent product traceability back to 

the raw materials, customer references and 

fully documented test results for parameters such as battery 

pulse, low-temperature pulses, discharge and repeatability. 

Careful due diligence during the vendor selection process will 

help ensure that a ZigBee remote wireless sensor delivers up to 

20+ years of maintenance-free performance. 

For more information, contact Jim Gadomski at 

(516) 621-4980, email sales@tadiranbat.com or visit 

www.tadiranbat.com 


2008 was a good year for 

ZigBee module manufacturer 

Telegesis. Several key milestones 

and design wins were achieved 

by the UK based company. 

Telegesis was the first 

company to achieve certification on the ZigBee PRO feature 

set in February, and the move to high volume production 

and general availability of ZigBee PRO modules was 

completed by mid year. 

In September, a revised ZigBee USB stick was released 

offering designers a 40 percent slimmer module, making it ideal 

for applications where physical 

size is important or where the 

ETRX2USB must reside close 

to other USB peripherals. 

In December, the company 

updated both its logo and web 

site, offering customers an 

improved online ZigBee resource. 

Telegesis goes into 2009 in a confident mood. Several 

new ZigBee module products based around next generation 

Ember silicon will be launched and the company will be 

building on its in-depth skill, supporting customers using 

the ZigBee smart energy profile with new hardware and 

software products. 

For more information visit www.telegesis.com 


ZigBee Connectivity in Five Easy Steps 

There are many myths about low-power wireless communication development, but you can go 

wireless quickly and painlessly by following five simple steps: 

STEP 1: Select the Best Wireless 

Microcontroller 

Jennic’s family of wireless microcontrollers 

are powerful 32-bit processors with 

ample memory, allowing a single-chip 

implementation where the same wireless 

microcontroller runs the application and the 

communications stack to minimize cost. 

Architected specifically for low-power 

wireless applications, the Jennic devices 

balance this demand for performance with 

minimal power consumption, driven by 

Jennic’s class-leading low sleep current. 

STEP 2: Development Kit Out-of-the- 

Box Experience 

Make sure the development process 

starts well Jennic ships development kits 

with an out-of-the-box demo, allowing you 

to quickly evaluate RF technology. Also 

included are a complete development 

toolchain and example code that you can 

use as a cookbook to build your software 

quickly and efficiently. 

STEP 3: Choose the Right Protocol 

Whatever your application, Jennic 

offers a stack that is optimized for your 

needs. For interoperability and large 

network support ZigBee and ZigBee 

PRO are ideal. Jennic also have available 

a selection of stacks for ease of software 

development and IP connectivity. 

For more information visit www.jennic.com 


STEP 4: Simplify Coding 

Don’t make it difficult for yourself 

Jennic’s development environment 

includes an easy-to-use toolchain that 

abstracts the microcontroller hardware 

to C-level calls. Example code bundled 

with the development kit will help you 

build your application. Jennic’s opensource 

toolchain allows the whole 

software team to use the tools without 

additional licensing costs. 

STEP 5: Use Modules for Fast 

Prototyping and Low-Volume Production 

Perhaps the biggest challenge when 

moving to wireless communications is the 

design, development and manufacture of 

the RF circuitry. There is a simple solution 

– don’t do it For low-volume applications, 

or early production, Jennic’s off-theshelf 

modules remove risk, simplify 

approvals and reduce cost. 


California Eastern Laboratories develops ZigBee / IEEE 

802.15.4 Radio Modules and transceiver ICs. CEL modules 

provide a fully integrated, easy-to-use solution for ZigBee 

and 802.15.4 networks. Ideal for remote sensing, 

AMR/AMI, home and building automation, and security 

applications, they feature low power consumption, long 

range, and integrated antennas. 

FCC, CE and IC certified, CEL modules are the result of 

years of product development experience. They combine 

industry-leading 

transceiver ICs with 

high performance 

NEC Power 

Amplifiers, RFIC 

switches and other 

high-end 

components. CEL 

has sales offices 

throughout the country, plus a network of independent representatives 

and distributors throughout the world. 

For more information visit www.cel.com 

RadioPulse is a fabless semiconductor company leading the 

wireless personal area network technology by providing 

ZigBee- based total solution for a broad range of applications. 

The MG24XX growing product family integrates RF 

transceiver, microcontroller, flash and SRAM memory, 

peripherals, ADC and specific application logics. 

The company provides its customers with a world-class 

performance and a time-to-market solution to develop 

more competitive applications. The company also 

continues to line up the very fast and low-power sub-1 

GHz RF transceiver and the most advanced 2.4 GHz RF 

transceiver for the future market. 

RadioPulse works for customer’s success through high 

performance, low cost, multi-layer certification and onestop 

solution. 

For more information visit www.radiopulse.co.kr 

RadioPulse Inc. 

sales@radiopulse.co.kr +82-2-478-2963~5 

3rd Fl. Hans-2 B/D 111-6, Seongnae-dong, 

Gangdong-gu, Seoul, Korea 

www.radiopulse.co.kr 



ZigBee Alliance Members 

Promoters 

Ember www.ember.com 

Freescale Semiconductor www.freescale.com 

Honeywell www.honeywell.com 

Huawei Technologies www.huawei.com 

Itron, Inc. www.itron.com 

Landis+Gyr www.landisgyr.com 

Philips Electronics www.philips.com 

Reliant Energy www.reliant.com 

Samsung Electronics Co. www.samsung.com 

Schneider Electric www.schneider-electric.com 

Siemens AG www.siemens.com 

STMicroelectronics www.st.com 

Tendril www.tendrilnetworks.com 

Texas Instruments www.ti.com 

Participants 

Aclara www.aclaratech.com 

Ad-Sol Nissin Corp. www.adniss.jp 

AIJI System www.aijisystem.com 

Airbee Wireless www.airbeewireless.com 

Alektrona www.alektrona.com 

Freescale products and solutions help make the world a 

greener, safer and better connected place. 

Its broad portfolio of IEEE 802.15.4 wireless personal area 

network (WPAN) technology, including RF ICs, microcontrollers, 

sensor ICs, software and development tools enabled 

with ZigBee® technology, provides customers with a comprehensive 

ZigBee platform to help ease development time 

and speed time to market. 

Freescale Semiconductor is a global leader in the design and 

manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the 

automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless 

markets. The privately held company is based in Austin, 

Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing 

or sales operations around the world. 

www.freescale.com. www.freescale.com/802154 

Freescale Semiconductor 

(512) 996-4418 

Andy North 

andy.north@freescale.com 

AlertMe www.alertme.com 

Alpha Systems www.alpha.co.jp 

American Electric Power www.aep.com 

AMX www.amx.com 

Arch Rock www.archrock.com 

ASSA ABLOY Group www.assaabloy.com 

Atalum www.atalum.com 

Atmel Corp. www.atmel.com 

Baltimore Gas & Electric www.bge.com 

BC Hydro www.bchydro.com 

Black & Decker www.bdhhi.com/accesscontro 

Blueline Innovations www.bluelineinnovations.com 

CEL www.cel.com 

Cambridge Consultants www.cambridgeconsultants.com 

Cannon Technologies www.cannontech.com 

CASON Engineering www.casonplc.com 

CCL/ITRI www.itri.org.tw/index.jsp 

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. www.centerpointenergy.com 

Certicom www.certicom.com 

Computime www.computime.com 

Comverge www.comverge.com 

Consumers Energy www.cmsenergy.com 

Control4 www.control4.com 

Convergence Wireless www.convergencewireless.com 

Crane Wireless www.craneco.com 

Continued on page 20 

Three Paths to ZigBee® from Texas 

Instruments 

Texas Instruments offers three ZigBeecompliant 

platforms for all its IEEE 

802.15.4 radios providing designers with a solution where only the application 

needs to be added. These compliant platforms will shorten time to market and 

simplify system design and ZigBee end-product certification. All three solutions 

are built upon the CC2420/CC2520 radio and offer excellent co-existence. 

Z-Stack - TI’s industry leading ZigBee protocol stack 

Z-Stack from TI has been awarded the ZigBee Alliance golden unit status by 

the ZigBee test house TUV Rheinland and is used by thousands of ZigBee 

developers worldwide. Z-Stack supports ZigBee-2007, including both the 

ZigBee and ZigBee PRO feature sets and Smart Energy, and supports 

multiple platforms, such as the CC2530 System-on-Chip, CC2431 Systemon-Chip 

with location engine and CC2520 + MSP430 platform. TI’s newest 

version of Z-Stack introduces a new application feature called SimpleAPI . 

SimpleAPI has only 10 API calls to learn, which drastically simplifies the 

development of ZigBee applications. Z-Stack features include: 

• SimpleAPI 

• Z-Stack protocol stack extensions 

• Z-Tool (debug tool) 

By choosing Texas Instruments as your ZigBee provider we promise you 

ultimate flexibility and ease of use; simple, reliable, low-cost and low-power 

standards-based wireless platforms optimized for the unique needs of remote 

monitoring and control applications, and interoperability with other ZigBee 

systems that use the same profile. 

Texas Instruments 

12500 TI Boulevard 

Dallas, Texas 75266 

www.ti.com 


Zigbee has made inroads into a myriad set of applications 

including home and building automation, industrial monitoring 

and control, and environmental monitoring. Zigbee helps to 

reduce costs by eliminating cable maintenance and installation 

costs; therefore, it is an ideal replacement for wired networks. 

Perhaps the biggest short-term opportunity for Zigbee, 

especially in light of the current economic situation, comes in the 

form of energy management. The Zigbee alliance recognized the 

potential involved and introduced a public application profile for 

smart energy in early 2008. The importance of maintaining 

efficiency in energy management cannot be understated, particularly 

because it can have financial ramifications. This may be the 

reason why the newly formed US government, under the 

leadership of Barack Obama, has resolved to focus on the building 

of an energy-efficient economy. As part of these efforts, many 

utilities have started employing Zigbee-enabled smart meters. The 

adoption is likely to go up further in 2009 fuelled by concerns 

about the economy and the environment. Further, the partnership 

between Zigbee and the HomePlug Power Alliance has also 

witnessed support from major utilities in North America. Efforts 

are underway to increase acceptance of Zigbee Smart Energy as 

the common standard for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) 

as well as home area networks (HANs). These efforts are not 

restricted to the US alone. After all, the energy crisis is global in 


Market Data 

Smart Energy Applications Take the Limelight in the 5 th Year of Zigbee’s 

Standards Ratification By Jayalakshmi Janakiraman, Research Analyst, Frost & Sullivan 

Philips Home Control is a global leader in remote control 

technology and manufactures remotes for OEMs. As a 

technology pioneer, Philips developed many of the 

industry’s standard protocols (IR and RF) and is co-founder 

of the RF4CE consortium. RF4CE will be the first open RF 

remote control standard for audio video consumer 

electronics, based on 802.15.4 technology. The standard 

enables low cost bi-directional RF remote control applications, 

low power consumption and increased design 

flexibility for your products. 

Offering complete innovative solutions for all 

possible applications and segments, ranging from IPTV 

to cable and satellite, consumer electronics, home 

automation and pc-based applications, Philips prides 

itself with the broadest worldwide customer base. 

Whether choosing an off-the-shelf solution or a 

totally original remote control that matches your 

product or brand identity, Philips is the right partner; 

building on the experience and skills of our designers, 

engineers and sales team. 

For more information visit www.philips.com 

nature and many countries are facing energy demand and supply 

issues. Energy management solutions, such as those enabled by 

Zigbee, can help in restoring the supply-demand balance. 

Semiconductor companies are already witnessing increasing 

sales to the smart-meter market. The increasing focus on smart 

energy applications means that semiconductor vendors that 

provide solutions for metering and HANs, would need to be 

ready with Zigbee integrated solutions for these applications. 

Zigbee solutions come in various forms; some consist of a 

transceiver IC alone and others integrate many components. 

System designers have started looking for higher levels of 

integration in Zigbee offerings and manufacturers are responding 

by integrating all the components – the Zigbee radio, transceiver, 

processor and memory – into a single chip. Freescale Semiconductor 

Inc., Ember Corp., Atmel Corp. and Texas Instruments 

Inc. are some of the vendors that supply Zigbee chipsets. 

2009 marks the fifth year since the first Zigbee specification 

was ratified. With mounting energy concerns and the rapid 

adoption of Zigbee in utility metering, the year could very well 

witness the technology’s movement into the foreground as a 

truly global interoperable standard. 

For more information contact David Escalante at 

david.escalante@frost.com or visit www.frost.com 



Crossbow Technology www.xbow.com 

CSIR www.csir.co.za/ 

Cyan www.cyantechnology.com 

Cypress Semiconductor www.cypress.com 

Daintree Networks www.daintree.net/index.php 

Develco www.develco.com 

Digi International www.digi.com 

Dresser, Inc. www.dresser.com 

DTE Energy www.dteenergy.com 

Eaton Corporation www.eaton.com 

Ecobee www.ecobee.com 

Eka Systems www.ekasystems.com 

ELDAT www.eldat.de 

Electrochem www.electrochempower.com 

Elster Integrated Solutions www.elster-eis.com 

embeX www.embex.de 

Energate, Inc. www.energate.ca 

Energy Aware Technology www.energy-aware.com 

ETRI www.etri.re.kr 

Eurotech Group www.eurotech.com 

Exegin Technologies www.exegin.com 

Fisher Pierce OLC www.fisherpierceolc.com 

France Telecom www.francetelecom.com/en/ 

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft www.fraunhofer.de/EN/index.jsp 

Frontline www.fte.com 

Fujitsu www.fujitsu.com 

GE Energy www.geenergy.com 

Gigatek www.gigatek.com.tw 

Golden Power Manuf. www.gpm-china.com 

GreenPeak www.greenpeak.com 

GridPoint, Inc. www.gridpoint.com 

Grundfos www.grundfos.com 

Hitachi www.hitachi.com 


Ingersoll Rand www.ingersollrand.com 

Inovonics Wireless www.inovonicswireless.com 

INSTA www.insta.de 

III www.iii.org.tw 

Institue for Networking www.int.spb.ru 

Intellon Corp. www.intellon.com 

Iskraemeco, d.d. www.iskraemeco.si 

Jemena www.alinta.net.au/ 

JENNIC www.jennic.com 

Johnson Controls, Inc. www.johnsoncontrols.com 

Kanepi Innovations www.lightcorp.com 

KDDI R&D Laboratories www.kddilabs.jp/english/index.html 

Korwin www.korwin.net/eng/ 

Kroger Co. www.kroger.com 

Legrand Electric www.legrandelectric.com 

LG Electronics www.lge.com 

Lixar SRS www.lixar.com 



Cees Links 

Chief Executive Officer 

Greenpeak 

GreenPeak Founder and CEO Cees Links is 

a pioneer of the wireless data industry. Under 

his responsibility, the first wireless LANs 

were developed which ultimately became house-hold 

technology integrated into the PCs and notebooks we are all 

familiar with. He also pioneered the development of access 

points, home networking routers and hotspot base stations, 

all widely used today. 

We recently caught up with Mr. Links in an effort to get his 

take on the state of ZigBee technology. 

What is the status of ZigBee technology? 

More and more ZigBee implementations are hitting the 

market. In particular, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) has 

established itself as a standard. The ZigBee technology is mature 

and a basic platform for many applications. 

Where do you see the greatest market opportunities? 

Long term market opportunities for ZigBee are very 

diversified: different network layers for different applications on 

the IEEE 802.15.4. PHY and MAC. 


Battery-less ZigBee, implementing ZigBee in every light 

switch or dimmer is by far the biggest opportunity. But there 

are many others as well, like RF-ID tags for logistics and 

shelf tags for retail. 

What do you see as the biggest misconception 

about ZigBee? 

The biggest misconception is that ZigBee should be one 

standard for every application like Wi-Fi. The market ZigBee 

is addressing is extremely diverse with many different 

requirements.There is no “one solution fits all” for the 

different ZigBee applications. ZigBee approves how the Mac 

and PHY layers are defined and then allows diversification in 

the network layers for different applications. 

What can we expect from GreenPeak in 2009 

and beyond? 

GreenPeak is very focused on ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4. 

We will address IEEE 802.15.4 opportunities and help to get 

them in the family of ZigBee standards wherever appropriate. 


www.greenpeak.com 

Executive Interview 

HAI (Home Automation, Inc.) is a 

privately held manufacturer of 

integrated automation and security 

products for residential and 

commercial use based in New Orleans, 

LA. Incorporated in 1985, HAI has 

developed a full line of award-winning automation products, 

including home control systems, programmable communicating 

thermostats, smart light switches, Whole Home Audio systems, 

video surveillance equipment, Touchscreen interfaces, and 

software that allows access and control of an automation system 

over the Internet. All products are sold through HAI’s 

worldwide network of Distribution Partners and installed by 

trained dealers in over 80 countries. 

HAI’s ENERGY STAR Omnistat2 Wireless thermostats are 

available with ZigBee transceivers 

installed, making them 

ideal for retrofit installations. 

Additionally, HAI is developing 

a number of ZigBee Load 

Control Modules for control of 

high powered devices like water 

heaters, pool pumps, and more. 

Contact Information: 4330 Michoud Blvd New Orleans, LA 70129 

1-800-229-7256 (toll-free) 

www.homeauto.com 

Sales@homeauto.com 



LS Industrial Systems http://eng.lsis.biz/main/main.asp 

LS Research www.lsr.com 

Marlin Controls www.marlincontrols.com 

MeshNetics www.meshnetics.com 

Microchip Technology www.microchip.com 

Mikrokrets AS www.mikrokrets.no/english/index.html 

Mindteck www.mindteck.com 

Mitsubishi Electric www.mitsubishielectric.com 

Motorola www.motorola.com 

Murata Manufacturing www.muratea.com 

Nagano Keiki www.naganokeiki.co.jp 

Nanotron Technologies www.nanotron.com 

NICTA www.nicta.com.au/ 

National Instruments www.ni.com 

National Technical Systems www.ntscorp.com 

NEC Electronics Corp. www.necel.com 

NEC Engineering www.nec-eng.co.jp/ 

Neptune Technology Grp. www.neptunetg.com 

Nice www.niceforyou.com/index.html 

Niko www.niko.be 

NXP www.nxp.com 

Oki Electric Industry Co. www.oki.com 

Oki Semiconductor www.okisemi.com 

Oncor Electric Delivery www.oncor.com 

One RF Technology www.one-rf.com 

ONZO www.onzo.co.uk 

OTSL Inc. www.otsl.jp/ 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. www.pge.com 

Powercor www.powercor.com.au 

PRI www.pri.co.uk 

RadioPulse www.radiopulse.co.kr/ 

Renesas Technology www.renesas.com 

RFTechnologies www.rft.com 

Rincon Research Corp. www.rincon.com 

Samsung Electro-Mechanics www.sem.samsung.co 

SDGE www.sdge.com 

San Juan Software www.sanjuansw.com 

Sensus Metering Systems www.sensus.com 

SHINKO www.shinko.co.jp 

Silicon Laboratories Inc www.silabs.com 

Silver Spring Networks www.silverspringnet.com 

Skyley Networks www.skyley.com 

SmartSynch www.smartsynch.com 

Software Technologies www.stg.com 

Southern California Edison www.sce.com 

Telecom Italia Lab www.telecomitalia.it/ 

Telefónica www.tid.es/ 

Telegesis www.telegesis.com 

Telit Wireless Solutions www.telit.com 

TRAC www.tracglobal.com 

Trilliant Networks, Inc. www.trilliantnetworks.com 

Tritech Technology AB www.tritech.se 


22 ZigBee Resource Guide • Spring 2009 www.ZigbeeResourceGuide.com

EPRI Collaborates with ZigBee and HomePlug to Define 

Smart Energy Standard for Consumer Electronics 

The ZigBee® Alliance and the HomePlug® Powerline 

Alliance have announced that the Electric Power Research 

Institute (EPRI) is now collaborating with them to develop a 

common language for home area network (HAN) devices to 

utilize advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). The groups 

will work in cooperation with the many utilities already 

supporting ZigBee Smart Energy and will look for ways to 

further expand the Smart Grid by creating a standard communication 

approach between AMI systems and HANs, as well 

as a common set of certification procedures. 

EPRI joins the ZigBee and HomePlug initiative led by 

several utilities with the goal to create a unified AMI and 

HAN solution. Development efforts of the initiative will 

center on expanding the ZigBee Smart Energy public 

application profile. The initiative will enhance the capabilities 

of Smart Energy to incorporate new features, support 

ZigBee wireless and HomePlug wired devices, and accelerate 

the development and certification of HAN devices capable of 

plugging into the Smart Grid such as thermostats, pool 

pumps, water heaters, appliances and plug-in vehicles. 

“There are a number of ways that EPRI can contribute to this 

effort,” said Arshad Mansoor, vice president of power delivery 

and utilization for EPRI. Using our collaborative model, we have 

the ability to bring multiple perspectives outside the alliance to 

create a broader consensus for establishing standards. 

“EPRI's involvement in this effort will focus resources and 

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bring together a strong coalition whose work to establish the 

standard for Smart Energy HAN devices will accelerate the 

deployment of the Smart Grid,” said Bob Heile, ZigBee 

Alliance chairman. 

Wireless Sensor Networks Make Headway in Smart Energy, 

Industrial Controls and Other Applications Through IEEE 

802.15.4 Technologies 

According to In-Stat, wireless sensor networks are making some 

headway in smart energy, industrial control and other applications 

through IEEE 802.15.4 technologies. While ZigBee, through its 

impressive marketing efforts in the US, owned the largest mind 

share in the wireless sensor networking space for the past several 

years, a whole host of proprietary software stacks are being used in 

applications where ZigBee is more than what is required by the 

specific applications. This is resulting in a large number of technologies 

being used for countless applications, and ZigBee usage more 

focused on a single, yet fast growing application - smart energy. 

In addition to proprietary standards, other consortia are building 

industry standards on 802.15.4 for other applications including 

industrial, building and home automation. These technologies will 

help drive volume and lower chip costs for 802.15.4 components. 

“A large number of technologies are being used for countless 

applications, with ZigBee usage becoming more focused on the fast 

growing smart energy application,” said Brian O’Rourke, In-Stat 

analyst. “On a global basis, utilities and governments are leveraging 

these technologies to provision, monitor and bill customers more 

efficiently, while also benefiting the environment.” 

Battery Power 2009, an international conference highlighting 

the latest developments and technologies in the battery 

industry, will be held October 20-21 in Denver, Colorado. 

This event will feature more than 30 presentations on 

portable, stationary and electric vehicle battery technology, 

as well as battery manufacturing, materials and research & 

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The conference is designed for OEM design engineers, 

system engineers, technical and management professionals 

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TSC Systems www.tscsystems.com 

TÜV Rheinland Group www.tuv.com/global/en/index.html 

TXU Energy www.txu.com 

Uniband Electronic Corp www.ubec.com.tw 

Viconics Electronics Inc. www.viconics.com 

VDPI www.dpi.vic.gov.au 

Watteco www.watteco.com 

Wavecom www.wavecom.com 

Yamatake Group www.yamatake.com 

Yokogawa Electric Corp. www.yokogawa.com 

Adopters 

4-NOKS, S.R.L. www.4-noks.it 

Adhoco AG www.adhoco.com 

AdWave www.adwave.fr 

Air2App Wireless Telemetry www.air2app.com 

ARCX, Inc. www.arcx.com 

AUREL company www.aurel.it/en 

Autani Corp. www.autani.com 

Awarepoint Corp. www.awarepoint.com 

Aztech Associates, Inc. www.aztechinc.com 

Bartech Systems Intl. www.my-bartech.com 

Beijing Inforson Technologies Co., Ltd http://inforson.com 

Betronic Nederland BV www.betronic.nl 

BOBST S.A. www.bobstgroup.com 

Buzby Networks www.buzbynetworks.com 

CEST www.cest.re.k 

Chunghwa Telecom Co. www.cht.com.tw 

Cipher Systems, Inc. www.cipher.com 

Citycom Technology Ltd. www.citycom.com.hk 

CityGrow Technology www.citygrow.org 

Cohrane Lake Gas Co-op, Ltd. www.clgas.ca 

Colorado vNet www.coloradovnet.com 

ConMed Linvatec www.conmed.com 

CONTEC www.contec.co.jp 

Corporate Systems Eng. http://corporatesystems.com 

Crabtree Electrical www.crabtree.co.za 

Crestron www.crestron.com 

Data Respons A/S www.datarespons.com 

DBS Lodging Technologies www.entergize.net 

Delphi Medical Systems www.delphi.com 

Distech Controls www.distech-controls.com 

Dometic www.dometic.com 

dresden elektronik www.dresden-elektronik.de 

EDMI, Ltd. www.edmi-meters.com 

Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com 

Energy Optimizers Limited www.plogg.co.uk 

Energy, Inc. www.theenergydetective.com 

EpiSensor Limited www.episensor.com 

Freestyle Energy, Ltd. www.freestyleenergy.co.au 

Greenbox Technology, Inc. www.getgreenbox.com 

Helicomm www.helicomm.com 

Hidalgo Limited www.hidalgo.co.uk 

Holy Stone Enterprise Co www.holystone.com.tw/index2.htm 

Home Automation, Inc. www.homeauto.com 

Hotech Edge Limited www.hotechedge.co.uk 

Hunter Fan Company www.hunterfan.com 

IBBT VZW www.ibbt.be 

IBM Research GmbH www.zurich.ibm.com 

iControl, Inc. www.icontrol-inc.com/ 

Iflect Technologies www.iflecttech.com 

IMST GmbH www.imst.de/de/home.php 

Indesign www.indesign-llc.com/index.html 

Industrial Interface, Ltd. www.industrialinterface.co.uk 

Infotech Enterprises Limited www.infotech-enterprises.com 

Inncom International, Inc. www.inncom.com 

iRevo www.irevo.com 

Jabil Circuit, Inc. www.jabil.com 

Kaba/ Ilco/ Saflok www.saflok.com 

Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. www.taxan.co.jp 

KEPAR Electronica S.A. http://www.kepar.es/ 

KLG Systel, Ltd. www.klgsystelonline.com 

Knick www.knick.de 

Laird Technologies www.lairdtech.com 

Larsen & Toubro Ltd. www.intebg.com 

Living Independendently www.quietcaresystems.com 

Lucerne University www.ceesar.ch/cms/front_content.php 

Mambo Technologies www.mambotek.com 

MechoShade Systems, Inc. www.mechoshade.com 

Medtronic Inc. www.medtronic.com 

Melexis www.melexis.com 

Millennium Electronics www.millec.com.au 

MMB Research Inc. www.mmbresearch.com 

Mobilarm Pty, Ltd. www.mobilarm.com 

muNet www.munet.com 

Munisense BV www.munisense.com 

Netvox Technology Co. Ltd. www.netvox.com.tw 

Newport Electronics www.newportus.com 

Niigata Seimitsu Co. www.niigata-s.co.jp 

Niles Audio Corporation www.nilesaudio.com 

NMB Technologies Corp. www.nmbtc.com 

NURI Telecom Co., Ltd. www.zigbee4u.com 

Oi Electric Co., Ltd. www.ooi.co.jp 

Onity, Inc. www.onity.com 

Onset Computer Corp. www.onsetcomp.com 

Open Technologies www.ot.ru 

OPNET Technologies, Inc. www.opnet.com 

Orbis Tecnologia Electrica www.orbis.es 

Perytons, Ltd. www.perytons.com 

PowerMand, Inc. www.powermand.com 

Procept PTY, Ltd. www.procept.com.au 

Profile Systems, LLC www.profile-systems.com 

Radiocrafts AS www.radiocrafts.com 

Raymarine U.K. Limited www.raymarine.com 

Remote Technologies, Inc. www.rticorp.com 

RFM - Formerly Cirronet www.cirronet.com 

Robulink Technology Ltd. www.robulink.com 

Rosenwach Tank, LLC www.rosenwachgroup.com 

S.E.A. www.sea-gmbh.com/en/ 


Satyam Computer Services www.satyam.com 

Saudi Aramco www.saudiaramco.com 

Schindler Elevator Ltd. www.schindler.com 

SeaSolve Software Inc www.seasolve.com 

Selex Communications SPA www.selex-comms.com 

Sensor Switch, Inc. www.sensorswitch.com 

Sentientz Ltd. www.sentientz.com 

Shenyang Inst. of Automation www.sia.ac.cn 

Silicon & Software Systems www.s3group.com 

Site Controls www.site-controls.com 

SITEK www.sitek.it 

SMS Tecnologia Eletrônica www.sms.com.br 

Spectec Computer Co., Ltd. www.spectec.com.tw 

Step One Limited www.stepone.co.jp 

Synapse www.synapse-wireless.com 

System SPA www.system-group.it 

Talon Communications www.taloncom.com 

Tanla Solutions Ltd. www.tanlasolutions.com 

Tantalus Systems Corp. www.tantalus.com 

Technical Solutions, Inc. www.medallionsystem.com 

Telenor R & I www.telenor.com 

Telezygology, Inc. (TZ) www.tz.net 

Telkonet, Inc. www.telkonet.com 

Telular Corp. www.telular.com 

Teridian Semiconductor Corp. www.teridian.com 

Tessolve Services Private Ltd. www.tessolve.com 

Timelox AB www.timelox.com 

Truveon Corp. www.truveon.com 

TTA www.tta.or.kr 

UNIS, s r. o. www.unis.cz 

Universal Lighting Tech. www.unvlt.com 

V2Com www.v2com.mobi 

Venntis, LLC www.venntis.org 

VT Miltope Corporation www.miltope.com/welcome.htm 

Wellspring Wireless www.wellspringwireless1.com 

WhizNets, Inc. www.whiznets.com 

Wireless Glue Networks www.wirelessglue.com 

Wireless Measurement, Ltd. www.wirelessmeasurement.com 

XStreamHD www.xstreamhd.com 

Yaskawa www.ysknet.co.jp 

Zao Ntc Teko www.teko.biz 

Visit www.ZigBee.org for updated membership information. 

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2009 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 

APRIL 

• March 30 - April 3 - Embedded Systems Conference 

San Jose, California / esc-sv09.techinsightsevents.com 

• 1-3 - CTIA Wireless 

Las Vegas, Nevada / www.ctia.org 

• 29-May 4 - ENTELEC 

Houston, Texas / www.entelec.org 

MAY 

• 5-7 - LightFair Intl. 

New York, NY / www.lightfair.com 

• 17-21 - Interop Las Vegas 

Las Vegas, Nevada / www.interop.com 

• 26-28 - Metering China 

Beijing, China / www.meteringchina.com/event 

JUNE 

• 2-4 - Connections 

Santa Clara, California / www.parksassociates.com/events/ 

• 8-11 - Connectivity Week 

Santa Clara, California / www.connectivityweek.com 

• 8-11 - Sensors Expo 

Rosemont, Illinois / www.sensorsexpo.com 

• 30-July 1 - European ZigBee Developers’ Conference 

Munich, Germany / www.elektroniknet.de 

SEPTEMBER 

• 1-2 - Antenna Systems/Short-Range Wireless Conference 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / www.antennasonline.com 

• 9-13 - Cedia Expo 

Atlanta, Georgia / www.cedia.net/expo 

• 21-24 - Design & Manufacturing Midwest 

Rosemont, Illinois / www.dm-midwest.com 

OCTOBER 

• 6-8 - ISA Expo 

Houston, Texas / www.isa.org/expotemplate.cfm 

• 26-29 - International Telemetering Conf. 

Las Vegas, Nevada / www.telemetry.org 

• 21-22 - Wireless Congress 2009 

Munich, Germany / www.elektroniknet.de 

• 29-30 - Remote Conference & Expo 

San Antonio, Texas / www.remotemagazine.com 


ZigBee Resource Guide 

DESIGN / HOUSE SERVICES 

4-NOKS, S.R.L. www.4-noks.it 

Ad-Sol Nissin Corporation www.adniss.jp 

Alektrona Corporation www.alektrona.com 

Arch Rock Corporation www.archrock.com 



CCL/ITRI www.itri.org.tw 

Centre de Prototips i Solucions HW/SW http://cephis.uab.cat 

Certicom Corporation www.certicom.com 

Cipher Systems, Inc. http://cipher.com/content/01home/index.php 


CityGrow Technology www.citygrow.org 

Crossbow Technology, Inc. www.xbow.com/ 

CSIR www.csir.co.za 

Data Respons A/S www.datarespons.com 

Develco A/S www.develco.com 

dresden elektronik ingenieurtechnik gmbh 

www.dresden-elektronik.de/zlink 

ETRI www.etri.re.kr 

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. 

www.fraunhofer.de 

Hidalgo Limited www.hidalgo.co.uk/ 

IMI (formerly Eazix, Inc.) http://eazix.com 

IMST GmbH www.imst.de 

Indesign, LLC www.indesign-llc.com/index.html 

Institute for Information Industry www.iii.org.tw 

Institute of Network Technologies www.int.spb.ru 

KEPAR Electronica S.A. www.kepar.es 

KETI www.keti.re.kr 

KTL (Laboratory Accreditation Solution Ltd.) www.ktl.com 


Lixar SRS Inc. www.lixar.com 

LS Research, LLC www.lsr.com/ 

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences www.ceesar.ch 

Mikrokrets AS www.mikrokrets.no/english/index.html 



National ICT Australia, Ltd. www.nicta.com.au 


NEC Engineering, Ltd. www.nec-eng.co.jp/ 

Neptune Technology Group, Inc. www.neptunetg.com/ 

NETVOX Technology Co.., Ltd. www.netvox.com.tw/ 

Niko www.niko.be 

Open Technologies 98 www.ot.ru 

OS Technology, Inc. www.ost.co.jp 

OTSL, Inc. www.otsl.jp 

Profile Systems, LLC www.profile-systems.com/ 


Rincon Research Corporation www.rincon.com 

Robulink Technology Ltd www.robulink.com 

San Juan Software, Inc www.sanjuansw.com/ 

Satyam Computer Services, Ltd. www.satyam.com 

Seasolve Software, Inc. www.seasolve.com 

Sensus Metering Systems www.sensus.com 

SENTIENTZ Ltd. www.sentientz.com 

Shenyang Institute of Automation www.sia.ac.cn 

Silicon & Software Systems (S3) www.s3group.com 

Software Technologies Group, Inc. www.stg.com 

Step One Limited www.stepone.co.jp/ 

Synapse Wireless Inc. www.synapse-wireless.com 

Talon Communications, Inc. www.taloncom.com 

Technical Solutions, Inc. www.techsol.ca/ 

Telular Corporation www.telular.com 

Tessolve Services Private Limited www.tessolve.com 


TSC Systems www.tscsystems.com/ 

Telecommunications Technology Association www.tta.or.kr 

TUV Rheinland of North America www.tuv.com 

UNIS, a.s. www.unis.cz 

Wellspring Wireless www.wellspringwireless.com 


INSTALLER / DISTRIBUTOR 

Ad-Sol Nissin Corporation www.adniss.jp 

Cannon Technologies www.cannontech.com/ 


KLG Systel, Ltd. www.klgsystelonline.com/ 



SEMICONDUCTOR 

Atmel Corporation www.atmel.com 

Cyan Technology Ltd www.cyantechnology.com/ 

Cypress Semiconductor www.cypress.com 

Ember Corporation www.ember.com 

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. www.freescale.com/zigbee 


Holy Stone Enterprise Co., Ltd. www.holystone.com.tw 


Integration Associates www.integration.com 

Jennic Limited www.jennic.com 

Melexis Connectivity Solutions www.melexis.com 

Microchip Technology www.microchip.com 

Nanotron Technologies GMBH www.nanotron.com 

NEC Electronics Corporation www.necel.com 

NXP Semiconductors www.nxp.com 

OKI Semiconductor www.okisemi.com/ 

RadioPulse, Inc. www.radiopulse.co.kr 

Renesas Technology Corporation www.renesas.com 

Silicon Laboratories www.silabs.com 


Texas Instruments, Inc www.ti.com/lprf 

Uniband Electronic Corporation www.ubec.com.tw 

WATTECO www.watteco.com/ 

WAVECOM www.wavecom.com 



Vesternet Launches World’s First Dedicated ZigBee eCommerce Store 

New eCommerce store sells development tools, components, certified products and a platform for 

the management of ZigBee devices. 

Vesternet makes two core products: 

• Zigbox - a compact ZigBee Ethernet 

gateway 

• Zigbytes - a web-based user interface 

Together, these core products form 

the backbone of any network. Zigbox 

gathers sensor data and Zigbytes 

presents it online. 

Users then purchase and plug-in multivendor 

ZigBee sensors to build up their 

own unique solution. These could be 

power sockets, thermostats, 

door/window, smoke detectors and more. 

The result is that end-users have 24/7 

web based access to their ZigBee 

devices. And as new certified products 

are released from the many ZigBee 

partners, these will easily plug into and 

extend the existing network. 


Initially the Vesternet platform will 

focus on Smart Energy and Home 

Automation. Later versions, however, 

will support new ZigBee profiles such 

as RF4CE, Building Automation and 

Healthcare. 

Aside from the end-user Vesternet 

platform – also available are individual 

components & tools for installers, 

developers, re-sellers and utilities. 

Vesternet ships worldwide from US 

and European locations. 

To browse the ZigBee shop and 

interactive home and office tools for 

the design of a customised network, 

visit www.vesternet.com. 

Vesternet is a ZigBee solution 

provider, online shop and product 

integrator. We sell multi-vendor 

sensors, as well as our own back-end 

platform for monitoring and control of 

your ZigBee network. 



UTILITY / ENERGY PROVIDER 

Baltimore Gas & Electric Company www.bge.com 

CenterPoint Energy Service Company www.centerpointenergy.com 

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. www.cht.com.tw 


Consumers Energy Company www.cmsenergy.com/ 

Convergence Wireless, Inc. www.convergencewireless.com/ 

DTE Energy www.dteenergy.com/ 

France Telecom www.francetelecom.com 

IBM Research GmbH www.zurich.ibm.com 

Jemena www.alinta.net.au 

Oncor Electric Delivery www.oncor.com 

Onzo Ltd www.onzo.co.uk 

Pacific Gas & Electric Company www.pge.com/ 

Powercor Australia, Ltd. www.powercor.com.au 

Reliant Energy, Inc. www.reliant.com 

San Diego Gas & Electric www.sdge.com 

Southern California Edison www.sce.com/smartconnect 

Telecom Italia s.p.a. TILAB www.telecomitalia.it 

Telefonica I+D www.tid.es 

Telenor R & I www.telenor.com 

Tendril Networks, Inc. www.tendrilinc.com/ 

TXU Energy www.txu.com 

HARDWARE / MODULES 


AMX Corporation www.amx.com 

Aurel S.p.A. www.aurel.it/en/ 


CityGrow Technology Company Limited www.citygrow.org 



Comverge, Inc. www.comverge.com 

Contec Co., Ltd. www.contec.co.jp 

Convergence Wireless, Inc. www.convergencewireless.com/ 

Corporate Systems Engineering http://corporatesystems.com 

Crossbow Technology, Inc. www.xbow.com/ 

Cyan Technology Ltd www.cyantechnology.com/ 

DataPath, Inc. www.datapath.com 

DBS Lodging Technologies, LLC www.entergize.net 

Develco A/S www.develco.com 


Eka Systems, Inc. www.ekasystems.com 

Electrochem www.electrochempower.com 

Elster www.elster-eis.com 

embeX GmbH www.embex.de/ 

Energy Aware Technology, Inc. www.energy-aware.com 

Energy Optimizers Limited www.plogg.co.uk/ 



Fujitsu Limited www.fujitsu.com 


Helicomm, Inc. www.helicomm.com 

IMI (formerly Eazix, Inc.) http://eazix.com 

IMST GmbH www.imst.de 

Industrial Interface, Ltd. www.industrialinterface.co.uk 

Infotech Enterprises Limited www.infotech-enterprises.com 

Kaba/ Ilco/ Saflok www.saflok.com 



Mambo Technologies, Ltd. www.mambotek.com 

Melexis Connectivity Solutions www.melexis.com 


Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. www.murata.com/ 

Newport Electronics www.newportus.com 

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. www.oki.com 

OKI Semiconductor Co., Ltd. www.okisemi.com/ 


OPTO 22 www.opto22.com 

Orbis Tecnologia Electrica S.A. www.orbis.es 

OS Technology, Inc. www.ost.co.jp 

Procept PTY, Ltd. www.procept.com.au 


RFM (formerly Cirronet) www.cirronet.com 


Telegesis www.telegesis.com 

TELIT Communications SPA www.telit.com 


V2COM www.v2telecom.com.br/ 

WATTECO www.watteco.com/ 

OEM / SERVICE PROVIDER 

Aclara www.AclaraTech.com 

Alertme.com www.alertme.com 

Alpha Systems, Inc. www.alpha.co.jp 

AMX Corporation www.amx.com 

ARCX, Inc. www.arcx.com 

Assa Abloy AB www.assaabloy.com 

Awarepoint Corporation www.awarepoint.com 

Bartech Systems International, Inc. www.bartech.com/ 


Black&Decker www.bdhhi.com/accesscontrol/ 

Blueline Innovations, Inc. www.bluelineinnovations.com/ 

Cannon Technologies www.cannontech.com/ 

CentraLite Systems, Inc. www.centralite.com/ 

Cipher Systems, Inc. 

http://cipher.com/content/01home/index.php 


Computime International Limited www.computime.com 

ConMed Linvatec www.conmed.com 

Control4 www.control4.com 

Crabtree Electrical Accessories SA www.crabtree.co.za 

Crane Co. www.craneco.com 

Crestron Electronics, Inc. www.crestron.com 


Distech Controls www.distech-controls.com 

Dometic GmbH www.dometic.com 

Dresser, Inc. www.dresser.com 


Eaton Corporation www.eaton.com 

ecobee inc. www.ecobee.com/ 


ELDAT GmbH www.eldat.de 

Elster www.elster-eis.com 

Energate, Inc. www.energateinc.com/ 

OEM / SERVICE PROVIDER 

Energy Optimizers Limited www.plogg.co.uk/ 


Exegin Technologies, Ltd. www.exegin.com 

FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. www.fedex.com 

France Telecom www.francetelecom.com 

Gigatek, Inc. www.gigatek.com.tw 

Golden Power Manufacturing, Ltd. www.gpm-china.com 


Grundfos Management www.grundfos.com 

Hitachi, Ltd. www.hitachi.com 


Hotech Edge Limited www.hotechedge.co.uk 

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. www.huawei.com 

Hunter Fan Company www.hunterfan.com 

iControl, Inc. www.icontrol-inc.com 


Inncom International, Inc. www.inncom.com 

Inovonics Wireless Corporation www.inovonicswireless.com 

Insta Elektro GmbH www.insta.de 

iRevo www.irevo.com 

Itron, Inc. www.itron.com 

Johnson Controls www.jci.com 

KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc. www.kddilabs.jp/english/index.html 

KLG Systel, Ltd. www.klgsystelonline.com/ 

Knick Elektronische Meßgeräte www.knick.de 


Larsen & Toubro Ltd. www.lntebg.com 

LEGRAND www.legrandelectric.com 

LG Electronics, Inc. www.lge.com 

Living Independently Group, Inc. 

www.livingindependently.com 

LS Industrial Systems Co., Ltd. www.lsis.biz 

LS Research, LLC www.lsr.com/ 

Mambo Technologies, Ltd. www.mambotek.com 

Marlin Controls, Inc. www.marlincontrols.com 

MechoShade Systems, Inc. www.mechoshade.com 

Medtronic Inc. www.medtronic.com/ 

Millennium Electronics www.millec.com.au 

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. www.mitsubishielectric.com 


Mobilarm Pty, Ltd. www.mobilarm.com/ 

Motorola, Inc. www.motorola.com 

Munisense BV www.munisense.com 

Nagano Keiki Co., Ltd. www.naganokeiki.co.jp 

Netvox Technology Co., Ltd. www.netvox.com.tw/ 

NICE SpA www.niceforyou.com 

Niigata Seimitsu Co., Ltd. www.niigata-s.co.jp 



Niles Audio Corporation www.nilesaudio.com 

NMB Technologies Corporation www.nmbtc.com 

Oi Electric Co., Ltd. www.ooi.co.jp 

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. www.oki.com 

Onity, Inc. www.onity.com 

Onzo Ltd www.onzo.co.uk 

Orbis Tecnologia Electrica S.A. www.orbis.es 

Philips www.philips.com 

PowerMand, Inc. www.powermand.com 

PRI Limited www.pri.co.uk 

Raymarine U.K. Limited www.raymarine.com 

Remote Technologies, Inc. www.rticorp.com 

RF Technologies, Inc. www.rft.com 

RFM (formerly Cirronet) www.cirronet.com 

Robulink Technology Ltd www.robulink.com 

S.E.A. Science & Engineering Applications Datentechnik GmbH 

www.sea-gmbh.com/en/ 

Samsung Electro-Mechanics www.sem.samsung.com 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. www.samsung.com 

Saudi Aramco www.saudiaramco.com 

Schindler Elevator Ltd. www.schindler.com 

Schneider Electric www.schneider-electric.com 

Sensor Switch, Inc. www.sensorswitch.com 

Sentientz Ltd. www.sentientz.com 

Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd. www.shinko.co.jp 


Silver Spring Networks www.silverspringnet.com 

SmartSynch, Inc. www.smartsynch.com 

SMS Tecnologia Eletronica, Ltd. www.sms.com.br 


Tanla Solutions Limited www.tanlasolutions.com/ 

Telecom Italia s.p.a. TILAB www.telecomitalia.it 

Timelox AB www.timelox.com 

Trane www.trane.com 

Trilliant Networks, Inc. www.trilliantinc.com 

TSC Systems www.tscsystems.com/ 

Universal Lighting Technologies www.universalballast.com 

V2COM www.v2telecom.com.br/ 

Viconics Electronics, Inc. www.viconics.com 

Vocollect Healthcare Systems, Inc. 

http://healthcare.vocollect.com 

VT Miltope Corporation www.miltope.com 


Yamatake Corporation www.yamatake.com 

Yokogawa Electric Corporation www.yokogawa.com 

ZAO NTC TEKO www.teko.biz 

TOOLS HARDWARE / SOFTWARE 


AIJI System www.aijisystem.com 

Air2App Wireless Telemetry, Inc. www.air2app.com 

Airbee Wireless, Inc. www.airbeewireless.com 





Atalum SA www.atalum.com 

Autani Corporation www.autani.com 


Bartech Systems International, Inc. www.bartech.com/ 


Blueline Innovations, Inc. www.bluelineinnovations.com/ 

California Eastern Laboratories www.cel.com 

CASON Engineering Plc. www.casonplc.com 

Centre de Prototips i Solucions HW/SW 

http://cephis.uab.cat 

Certicom Corporation www.certicom.com 

CEST www.cest.re.kr 

Computime International Limited www.computime.com 

Comverge, Inc. www.comverge.com 

Corporate Systems Engineering www.comverge.com 

Daintree Networks, Inc. www.daintree.net 


Eka Systems, Inc. www.ekasystems.com 

embeX GmbH www.embex.de/ 

Energy Aware Technology, Inc. www.energy-aware.com 


Eurotech Group www.eurotech.com 

Exegin Technologies, Ltd. www.exegin.com 

Fisher Pierce OLC/Sunrise Technologies, Inc. 

www.fisherpierceolc.com 

Freestyle Energy, Ltd. www.freestyleenergy.com.au 

Frontline Test Equipment, Inc www.fte.com 

Fujitsu Limited www.fujitsu.com 

Greenbox Technology, Inc. www.greenbox-inc.com 

IBBT VZW www.ibbt.be 



MU Net www.munet.com 

National Instruments www.ni.com 


Onset Computer Corporation www.onsetcomp.com/ 

OPNET Technologies, Inc. www.opnet.com 

Perytons, Ltd. www.perytons.com/ 

PowerMand, Inc. www.powermand.com/corp/index.jsp 

S.E.A. Science & Engineering Applications Datentechnik GmbH 

www.sea-gmbh.com/en/ 

Site Controls site-controls.com/ 

SITEK SPA www.sitek.it/ 

Skyley Networks, Inc. www.skyley.com/english/index.html 

Software Technologies Group, Inc. www.stg.com 

Tantalus Systems Corporation www.tantalus.com 

Telkonet, Inc. www.telkonet.com 

Telular Corporation www.telular.com 

Tendril Networks, Inc. www.tendrilinc.com/ 

Tessolve Services Private Limited www.tessolve.com 

Truveon Corp. www.truveon.com 

WAVECOM www.wavecom.com 

WhizNets, Inc. www.whiznets.com 

Wireless Glue Networks, Inc. www.wirelessglue.com 

Yaskawa Information Systems Corporation 

www.ysknet.co.jp/about/index.html 

ZIGBEE STACK 

Airbee Wireless, Inc. www.airbeewireless.com 

Atmel Corporation www.atmel.com 



Ember Corporation www.ember.com 

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. www.freescale.com/zigbee 


Helicomm, Inc www.helicomm.com 

Jennic Limited www.jennic.com 

Korwin www.korwin.net 

Lixar SRS Inc. www.lixar.com 


NEC Electronics Corporation www.necel.com 


RadioPulse, Inc. www.radiopulse.co.kr 

Renesas Technology Corporation www.renesas.com 

San Juan Software, Inc. www.sanjuansw.com/ 

Silicon Laboratories www.silabs.com 

Skyley Networks, Inc. www.skyley.com/english/index.html 


Texas Instruments, Inc. www.ti.com/lprf 

Uniband Electronic Corporation www.ubec.com.tw 

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for the automotive, consumer, industrial, 

networking and wireless markets. Freescale offers a comprehensive 

ZigBee® solution, including RF chipsets, MCUs, sensors, reference 

designs, protocol stack software and development tools. 

www.freescale.com 


Helicomm is a leading provider of ZigBee 

based wireless solutions. Based in San Diego, 

Calif. and founded in 2002 by professionals from 

the telecommunications and semiconductor industry, Helicomm, Inc. seeks 

to revolutionize the tracking, management and communication of assets. 

www.helicomm.com 

Home Automation, Inc. is a privately held manufacturer 

of integrated automation and security products for 

residential and commercial use based in New Orleans, La. 


Jennic is a fabless semiconductor company 

leading the wireless connectivity revolution. Our 

wireless microcontrollers provide a highly 

integrated solution for low-cost Wireless Sensor Networks based 

on IEEE802.15.4 and ZigBee standards. 

www.jennic.com 

Lemos International is a leading supplier of 

component devices that support a variety of 

commercial wireless applications. 

www.lemosint.com 

Philips Home Control is a global leader in 

remote control technology and manufactures 

remotes for OEMs. 

www.remotecontrol.philips.com 

RadioPulse is a fabless semiconductor 

company leading the wireless personal area 

network technology by providing ZigBee- based total solution for a 

broad range of applications. 


SeaSolve Software Inc. is one of the leading suppliers 

of ZigBee real-time test and measurement solutions for 

testing the performance of devices based on IEEE 

802.15.4 standard. 

www.seasolve.com 

Tadiran manufactures a complete line of 

lithium thionyl chloride batteries, including a 

variety of primary cylindrical batteries, Pulses PlusTM batteries for high 

current pulse applications, coin-sized cells and custom battery packs. 


Telegesis are ZigBee specialists who have partnered 

with Ember and ST to provide a range of complete OEM 

modules. The standard modules comprise an Ember or 

ST chip, antenna and a highly functional, easy to use AT command layer, 

giving all the key components for a successful ZigBee solution. 

www.telegesis.com 

Telit Communications PLC is a global leader in 

providing M2M wireless solutions. 

www.telit.com 

Texas Instruments (TI) designs and manufactures 

analog technologies, digital signal processing (DSP) 

and microcontroller (MCU) semiconductors. 

www.ti.com 


Atmel Nantes SAS ....................5 


Awarepoint............................10 


California Eastern Laboratories ..17 

www.cel.com 

Digi International ....................32 

www.digi.com 

Freescale Semiconductor ..........18 

www.freescale.com 

Helicomm Inc. ........................14 

www.helicomm.com 

Home Automation Inc. ..............21 


JENNIC ................................15 

www.jennic.com 

Lemos International ................14 

www.lemosint.com 

Lightfair International ..............16 

www.lightfair.com 

Philips Home Control................19 

www.remotecontrol.philips.com 

RadioPulse Inc. ......................17 


SeaSolve Software Inc ..............10 

www.seasolve.com 

Sensors Expo..........................27 

www.sensorsexpo.com 

Tadiran Batteries ....................13 


Telegisis Ltd...........................14 

www.telegisis.com 

Telit Wireless Solutions ..............7 

www.telit.com 

Texas Instruments ..................18 

www.ti.com 

Webcom Communications ..20,22,23 

www.ti.com 

ZigBee Alliance ........................2 

www.zigbee.org 

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