Really interesting article about the future potential of Bluetooth Low Energy in healthcare: http://gigaom.com/2010/02/09/broadcom-bets-on-new-bluetooth-tech-for-mobile-health/
Open standard technologies really do drive adoption much more than proprietary systems mainly due to manufacturer interoperability.
We look forward to help bring people this new wave of health sensors through Vesternet
Good to see the ZigBee Alliance are busy certifying more Home Automation products – they just announced 11 more: http://www.zigbee.org/imwp/download.asp?ContentID=17116
We’ve spoken to several of these manufacturers who tell us they’ll be commercially available shortly, with just samples ready at present.
Contact Us if you’d like us to source samples for you.
Today we’ve vastly expanded our website to encompass lots of other wireless technologies apart from just ZigBee.
RFID, EnOcean, ANT+, Continua & Z-Wave are among the products we offer now.
Please checkout the new site at www.vesternet.com
We’ve just noticed a new RF4CE remote control from Philips listed on the ZigBee Alliance website: http://www.zigbee.org/Products/DesignedForZigBee/tabid/234/Default.aspx
Is this the first RF4CE product…?
Called the Philips C210 + OVU-RF4CE/TID/1 – Remote control + receiver that work with RF4CE protocol; this is likely a pre-release version currently being certified (the Designed for ZigBee products listed here are normally at that stage).
Exciting to see this first wave of new remotes being released now!
With the RF4CE spec now available, expect to see product announcements coming thick & fast over the following months.
The first of these comes from Samsung, who have just announced they’ve received ZigBee certification: http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800584348_499488_NT_4949d7cf.HTM
Meanwhile, Philips have announced the first remote control solution using ZigBee RF4CE: http://zigbee.org/imwp/idms/popups/pop_download.asp?contentID=16386
And if this article’s prediction is correct, then vendors should start shipping devices by Christmas 2009, and top 160 million units by 2012: http://www.planetanalog.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216403050
We’re really excited by the potential of this new wave of wireless consumer electronics, replacing infra-red technology that’s been around for many years.
Freescale have produced a nice video showing some of the technology benefits: www.freescale.com/rf4ce
We’ve had quite a few enquiries about availability of the recently announced ZigBee Home Automation products.
Whilst the first 17 devices have been approved by the Alliance – many are not yet readily available for purchase from manufacturers.
As soon as they are, we’ll be the first place to stock – so please keep checking back. Or add your name to our mailing list on the right to receive updates.
We should begin to see RF remotes replacing IR by year end, with the ZigBee RF4CE spec now available for download from the Alliance site. This whitepaper has just been released: http://www.zigbee.org/imwp/download.asp?ContentID=16212
This new presentation is also a good overview of the current state of ZigBee, detailing RF4CE progress as well as Green Power, Healthcare and Enhanced Smart Energy: http://www.zigbee.org/imwp/download.asp?ContentID=16299
There’s even a proposed mockup of how the first RF4CE profile may look (ZigBee Remote Control).
This news announcement today from Control4 is a really good sign of ZigBee progressing well. Much of the new ZigBee Home Automation profile originates from Control4’s involvement in the the technology since 2005. They also have two of the first HA certified products announces last week.
Full article Here
As we anticipated several weeks ago, today the ZigBee Alliance have finally announced official release of the Home Automation public profile, as well as the first 17 certified products.
This is great news for the technologies progress into the home, as the profile is also interoperable with Smart Energy devices too.
We’ll be stocking these products shortly, so please add your name to our mailing list for updates.
You can read the full press release Here
We’ve recently heard some information that ZigBee Home Automation is ready and products are to be announced shortly.
The ZigBee HA profile has been around for a long time but made way for the more ‘current’ Smart Energy, which has taken much of the media attention over the past year.
Devices should be interoperable out the box, so will be interesting to see announcements over the coming weeks & months.
We’ll certainly be the first place to purchase the latest products when released.
