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Silicon Labs launches wireless microcontrollers
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010, 19:45 IST
Nuremberg: To address the need for energy efficiency in home automation and metering, Silicon Laboratories, a provider of analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs has unveiled single-chip wireless microcontrollers (MCUs). The company claims that the Silicon Labs' Si10xx wireless MCU family are the industry's lowest power single-chip wireless microcontrollers.
The demand for smart energy technology continues to grow each year as government initiatives mandate upgrades to the grid, as well as adding intelligence to meters that measure water, gas and heat. The market for smart home products, such as lighting and HVAC controls, in-home utility monitors and home security systems, is also on the rise, driven in part by the desire to conserve energy and by the expansion of home automation services and standards-based wireless technologies. The Si10xx wireless MCUs combine a 25 MHz 8051 core, EZRadioPRO sub-GHz RF transceiver, up to 64kB of flash and up to 12-bit ADC - all in a compact 5mm x 7mm package.
"The Si10xx family is a battery's best friend, offering best-in-class energy efficiency that makes it easier to design battery-powered products for the smart home and smart meter markets," said Mark Thompson, Vice President and General Manager of Silicon Labs' Embedded Mixed Signal products. The company claims that the Si10xx wireless MCUs offer market leading RF performance with the highest output power and sensitivity and lowest power wake-up transition. The Si10xx family's integrated power amplifier (PA) and low-noise amplifier enable an RF link budget of greater than 140dB without requiring active external elements.
