Comments on: Epic http://groklab.org/handhygiene/2010/01/06/epic/ Just another Groklab.org weblog Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:43:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tedherman http://groklab.org/handhygiene/2010/01/06/epic/comment-page-1/#comment-106 tedherman Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:04:25 +0000 http://groklab.org/handhygiene/2010/01/06/epic/#comment-106 This is a bit preliminary (haven't looked into it in any detail), but there's a new chip in the AVR line (think Arduino) that combines an atmega processor and a radio chip compatible with BOTH 802.15.4 -- what the Telos is using -- and 802.11 (wifi). Pretty sweet, if it works http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/8266S.pdf Don't know if this is on the market yet, if there is a platform (board with antenna, etc) or anything else. But it's definitely the direction that vendors will be going for a wireless embedded platform. So, think of the link above as something on the horizon. The Epic platform is a proven, working thing, and something we could just design a board around if it works out to be cost-effective. This is a bit preliminary (haven’t looked into it in any detail), but there’s a new chip in the AVR line (think Arduino) that combines an atmega processor and a radio chip compatible with BOTH 802.15.4 — what the Telos is using — and 802.11 (wifi). Pretty sweet, if it works http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/8266S.pdf

Don’t know if this is on the market yet, if there is a platform (board with antenna, etc) or anything else. But it’s definitely the direction that vendors will be going for a wireless embedded platform. So, think of the link above as something on the horizon.

The Epic platform is a proven, working thing, and something we could just design a board around if it works out to be cost-effective.

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