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Arch Rock Corp.'s IP-based wireless sensor networking software now runs on Atmel Corporation's RZRAVEN 2.4GHz Evaluation and Starter Kit, a tool for developing low-power embedded wireless applications.
Arch Rock based its software on the IETF 6LoWPAN standard for IPv6 wireless communication over low-power radio. It works with the key components of the RZRAVEN kit, the ATmega1284P picoPower microcontroller and the AT86RF230 transceiver chip based on the IEEE 802.15.4 low-power radio standard.
IETF 6LoWPAN (RFC 4944), approved last year by the Internet Engineering Task Force, is the first industry-standard solution that brings the native IP protocol to individual embedded devices such as wireless sensor nodes, allowing those devices to communicate directly with any other IP devices on the network.
The software includes a pre-built binary image that exposes its capabilities through TCP and UDP services on a host PC. Users can access the networked, battery-powered RAVEN boards and exercise their functionality via telnet or by writing a program using standard socket interfaces.
The software also contains demo applications that can be loaded directly onto the RAVEN boards to illustrate TCP/IP-based communication on low-power, embedded platforms.
Arch Rock's 6LoWPAN software for the Atmel RZRAVEN Evaluation and Starter Kit is available immediately. It comes with the RZRAVEN kit or can be downloaded from Arch Rock's web site support.archrock.com/asd.
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