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802.15.4 protocol. This table lists production ready-to-use certified modules only, not radio chips. A ready-to-use module is a complete system with a transceiver, and optionally an MCU and

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on a printed circuit board. While most of the modules in this list are

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, Thread, ISA100.11a, or

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modules, some don't contain enough

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to implement a Zigbee stack and instead run plain

protocol, sometimes with a lighter wireless protocol on top.

Transceiver-only modules

These modules only include the RF transceiver and do not include a microprocessor. As a result, the protocol stack will need to be handled by an external IC. They are lower in price than modules which contain a microprocessor and enable the integrator to choose any microprocessor. However, potentially more work is required for integrating the MCU and module. The following table lists vendor by alphabetical order:

Integrated MCU and transceiver modules

The following table lists vendor by alphabetical order:

List of Zigbee company acquisitions

* 2016, Apr - Cypress acquires Broadcom's IoT Business * 2016, Jan - Silicon Labs acquires Telegesis * 2016, Jan - Microchip acquires Atmel * 2015, Dec - NXP acquires Freescale Semiconductor * 2012, Jul - Murata acquires RF * 2012, May - Silicon Labs acquires Ember * 2011, Dec - Linear technology acquires Dust Networks * 2010, Jul - NXP acquires Jennic * 2009, Feb - Atmel acquires Meshnetics * 2008, Nov - Telit acquires One RF technology * 2007, Aug - Texas Instruments acquires Integrated Circuit Designs * 2006, Jan - Texas Instruments acquires Chipcon (intention announced 2005–10 but deal completed 2006-01-24) * 2005, Jan - Chipcon acquires Figure 8

Other companies manufacturing 802.15.4 ready-to-use modules

The following is a list of companies producing modules yet to be added to the table. * Adaptive Network Solutions (Atmel chipset at 900 MHz) * Air Micro (RadioPulse chipset) * Develco * Develco Products * Joymax (Jennic chipset) * LS Research ProFLEX01, SiFLEX02 * Merlin Wireless (Ember chipset) * Spectec (TI chipset) * Synapse Wireless * Telit (TI Chipset, TinyOne 2400MC, ZE50-2.4, ZE60-2.4) * UConnect (TI Chipset) * ZMDI (ZMDI chipset at 900 MHz)

References

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