Atmel Corporation today announced that the BitCloud(TM) ZigBee PRO stack has been awarded ZigBee Smart Energy product certification. BitCloud Smart Energy offers utility companies a secure, proven and easy-to-use technology for wireless home area networks (HANs) by connecting in-premise devices, such as meters, thermostats and smart appliances, to each other and to wide area energy distribution and control networks. ZigBee Smart Energy enables utility companies and individual homeowners to manage energy usage, control residential peak demand and reduce overall environmental impact.
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“BitCloud SE has been certified by National Technical Systems (NTS) using our high performance, low power AT86RF231 RF-transceiver, in combination with our newest generation of ATxmega256A3 8-bit microcontrollers,” said Magnus Pedersen, Marketing Director for MCU Wireless Solutions, Atmel Corporation. “Devices in the AVR XMEGA(TM) microcontroller family is ideal to run low-power wireless designs, simultaneous with ZigBee stack and profiles for end-user applications.”
“NTS is pleased to see manufacturers, such as Atmel, use NTS’s Smart Energy Test Harness, allowing them to quickly and easily obtain a certification for their ZigBee Smart Energy products,” said Osman Sakr, Chief Technology Officer of NTS. “We are looking forward to helping Atmel and other manufacturers bring their products to market to assist in the national development of a smart grid.”
via ATML Atmel Corporation: Atmel Receives ZigBee Smart Energy Certification For BitCloud Software Stack.
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