Embedded controllers add wireless options

he latest RabbitCore modules offer a choice of Wi-Fi/802.11 or ZigBee/802.15.4 wireless communications
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Rabbit Semiconductor is boldly going wireless by offering two new wireless technologies directly integrated in new RabbitCore modules. Customers can now connect their products to the Internet and network their devices without wiring headaches. The new RCM4400W is a Wi-Fi/802.11 based core module that leverages the increasing penetration of Wi-Fi in businesses around the world.

The RCM4510W is a ZigBee/802.15.4 based module that taps into the exciting, high growth ZigBee market for low cost, low power wireless sensor networks.

These modules add to the powerful list of embedded control features that have made RabbitCore modules so appealing to design engineers around the world.

These wireless solutions have been engineered into the Rabbit product line as part of a fundamental goal to provide easy-to-use connectivity built on proven platforms that can accommodate the typically long embedded product life cycles.

The RCM4400W and RCM4510W expand on the family of pin-compatible modules already based on the Rabbit 4000 microprocessor, giving customers greater freedom to now select from serial, wired Ethernet, wireless Ethernet/Wi-Fi or wireless ZigBee/802.15.4 as their communication link in their industrial control, RTU or building automation applications.

The RCM4400W features Wi-Fi/802.11 connectivity and is powered by the Rabbit 4000 microprocessor, running at 58.98MHz.