Redpine Signals is a fabless semiconductor company that started its operation in 2001. The company makes

chipsets In a computer system, a chipset is a set of electronic components in one or more integrated circuits known as a "Data Flow Management System" that manages the data flow between the processor, memory and peripherals. It is usually found on the m ...

and system-level products for

wireless networks A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes. Wireless networking is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and business installations avoid the costly process of introducing ...

. It serves the

Internet of Things The Internet of things (IoT) describes physical objects (or groups of such objects) with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other com ...

and wireless embedded systems market, enabling all volume levels of chipsets and modules.Swamy, Vimali
"Redpine Signals: Disrupting the Wireless Industry"
''Silicon India'', 3, November 2011. In 2005, Redpine Signals developed a low power 802.11 b/g chipset, which it licensed to a semiconductor company for use in its product or SoC as a wireless interface. The company established a single stream 802.11n Wi-Fi product in 2007 for handheld devices. In 2012, Redpine Signals developed a simultaneous dual-band Wi-Fi 11n/BT 4.0 + 5 GHz MIMO 11ac convergence SoC for

smartphones A smartphone is a Mobile device, portable computer device that combines Mobile phone, mobile telephone and Mobile computing, computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities ...

and tablets. The company also introduced a simultaneous dual-band 450 Mbit/s 3x3 802.11n chipset for digital home and enterprise applications. In 2020, its connectivity business, including Wi-Fi and

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs). In the most widely used mode, transmission power is limit ...

products, its development center in

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, and patent portfolio, was acquired by

Silicon Labs Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (Silicon Labs) is a fabless global technology company that designs and manufactures semiconductors, other silicon devices and software, which it sells to electronics design engineers and manufacturers in Internet of Thi ...

Products and services

Redpine Signals' products include single stream 802.11abgn chipsets and modules, and system products for Wi-Fi based

Real-Time Locating System Real-time locating systems (RTLS), also known as real-time tracking systems, are used to automatically identify and track the location of objects or people in real time, usually within a building or other contained area. Wireless RTLS tags are ...

s (RTLS). The company also offers 'Wi-Fi Starter Kits' that include Redpine Wi-Fi Interface cards integrated with

microcontroller A microcontroller (MCU for ''microcontroller unit'', often also MC, UC, or μC) is a small computer on a single VLSI integrated circuit (IC) chip. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs ( processor cores) along with memory and programma ...

development kits from partnership companies. There is an open-source device driver mainlined in the

Linux kernel The Linux kernel is a free and open-source, monolithic, modular, multitasking, Unix-like operating system kernel. It was originally authored in 1991 by Linus Torvalds for his i386-based PC, and it was soon adopted as the kernel for the GNU ...

for some rsi91x hardware that uses the

mac80211 A wireless network interface controller (WNIC) is a network interface controller which connects to a wireless network, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, rather than a wired network, such as a Token Ring or Ethernet. A WNIC, just like other NICs, wor ...

framework. Other drivers are documented in

Comparison of open-source wireless drivers Wireless network cards for computers require control software to make them function (firmware, device drivers). This is a list of the status of some open-source drivers for 802.11 wireless network cards. Linux Status Driver capabilities ...

. The company offers a comprehensive Internet of Things

IoT The Internet of things (IoT) describes physical objects (or groups of such objects) with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other com ...

platform that includes hardware boards, application development environment, cloud software and services framework as well as a product synthesis solution for synthesizing the final product. The platform significantly reduces the time it takes to develop and bring to market new IoT devices by providing integrated sensing, computing, communication, power management, cloud and application support.

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* ttp://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9445/1 RedPine Signals Intros Dual-Frequency Wi-Fi RFID Tagbr>Frost & Sullivan Presented the 2012 Growth, Innovation & Leadership AwardsRed Herring Americas 2012 Top 100
* ttp://m2mworldnews.com/tag/rtls-tags/ Redpine Signals Introduces Industry’s First 5 GHz Wi-Fi RTLS Tagsbr>Ascom i62 VoWiFi delivers longer battery life, enhances enterprise productivityMigrating to the 5 GHz Wi-Fi Band Will Advance RTLS and M2M CommunicationsWhy Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things will move to 5 GHzBrainstorm: M2M CommunicationsM2M Communications with Wi-Fi in the 5 GHz BandTelevic Selects Redpine Signals Wi-Fi Technology for the Next Generation of its Confidea® Audio Conferencing Solution
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