Chandler, Ariz.—Microchip Technology Inc. announced the availability of Integration Associates' EZLink Development Kit (Microchip part # TDKEZ915) for $240 on the www.microchipdirect.com e-commerce Web site.
The kit provides wireless customers an option for easy sub-GHz RF modem development. The EZLink radio module contains an onboard PIC18F2520 8-bit flash microcontroller and Integration's IA4421 EZRadio transceiver.
The EZLink development kit provides a complete, ready-to-use RF module through EZRadio technology. A single-chip, low-power solution, the IA4421 is a 434, 868 and 915 MHz multi-channel, Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) transceiver that uses only one external component—a crystal. The IA4421 is appropriate for low-power, high-performance wireless applications such as toys, consumer electronics, automotive and building security. Additionally, the kit's two EZLink radio modules are populated with Microchip's PIC18F2520 8-bit MCUs.
Microchip customers may now create proprietary and standard-based short-range wireless networking products using the unlicensed Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency bands from 415 MHz to 2.4GHz. Integration's EZLink Development Kit joins Microchip's RF product portfolio of 2.4 GHZ, IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) MRF24J40 transceiver-based solutions, to provide options for wireless engineers' sub-GHz networking needs.
Integration Associates, www.integration.com
Microchip Technology Inc., www.microchip.com
