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March 18, 2004
Ember launches 802.15.4 compliant EmberNet
Ember - Embedded Wireless Networking
I have been tracking these guys for some time. While 802.15.4 (ZigBee) is not yet a totally baked standard, these guys have been selling a protocol stack, chipset and SDK to enable developers of mesh networks. Everyone is looking for a mesh network idea. Don't know if these guys are too early. Doesn't look like there are many companies shipping solutions with the Ember stack. Their customer scenarios are all just that and mostly highly specialized situations like industrial environments hostile to other network protocols or military applications.
In thinking about when I can buy Zigbee products, it doesn't look like any time soon. For some simpler home applications, Zensys has product shipping today that are much easier to install than X10 and cheaper. They aren't Zigbee compliant, but they work today.
Posted by Martin at March 18, 2004 8:33 PM
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