Wireless Networking
LN Systems have many years experience in wireless networking, especially in the 2.4GHz band. Historically we have designed and developed solutions encompassing pre-802 WLAN solutions, we have lead design teams developing Bluetooth chipsets, and more recently have designed many systems based on the 802.15.4 low power wireless network standard.
IEEE 802.15.4
802.15.4 was conceived as a low power, low data rate wireless networking system, aimed at a 10 metre communications area with data rates of 250kbits/sec. A variety of networks can be built upon the underlying protocol to create simple point-to-point networks, star topology networks or to construct more complex routed networks for extended range.
Read more about 802.15.4 here.
LN Systems' Capabilities
Many of our wireless projects have been based around the Jennic 802.15.4 RF modules, and we are members of Jennic's Accredited DEvelopers programme (JADE).
A common attraction of a wireless system is that it appears easy to deploy. However, real world effects such as obstacles or other wireless devices can make the reality turn out different. LN Systems have a wide experience on wireless deployment, and have developed systems with robust abilities to coexist with others.
Wireless systems (particularly 802.15.4/ZigBee) will often include nodes which are battery-powered. Our capabilities include ultra-low power hardware design, coupled with power-efficient wireless protocols, and past projects have often incorporated battery charge/discharge monitoring.
Often a standard protocol such as Jenie or ZigBee will be suitable for a typical system design, but we can also design bespoke protocols for more specialised applications.
