TI Delivers Industry's First Sub-1 GHz RF System-on-Chip with Integrated USB Controller for Wireless Sensor Networks

TI Delivers Industry's First Sub-1 GHz RF System-on-Chip with Integrated USB Controller for Wireless Sensor Networks

November 09, 2007

Combination of Radio, MCU, Flash and USB Reduces Size,
Eases Assembly and Lowers System Cost


    DALLAS, Nov. 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments
Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced the
industry's first sub-1 GHz radio-frequency (RF)
system-on-chip (SoC) with an integrated USB controller,
enabling a fast and easy bridge between PCs and RF. The
CC1111 combines the excellent performance of TI's
state-of-the-art RF transceiver (CC1101) with an enhanced
8051 microcontroller (MCU), 8/16/32 kB of in-system
programmable flash memory and a full-speed USB controller
for improved low-power wireless sensor networking. (See
http://www.ti.com/cc1111-pr .)

    (Logo:
http://www.xprn.com/xprn/sa/20061107170439-20-min.jpg )

    "The breakthrough integration of the CC1111,
combined with our SimpliciTI(TM) network protocol, allows
customers to develop state-of-the-art wireless sensor
networks with smaller PCB size, lower overall system cost
and faster time-to-market" said Art George, senior
vice president of TI's high-performance analog business.
"By delivering innovative low-power RF technology,
support and software, TI gives customers complete RF
solutions to achieve next-generation performance in both
sub-1 GHz and 2.4 GHz frequency ranges." 

    The CC1111 targets a wide variety of low-power wireless
applications including alarm and security systems, automatic
meter reading, industrial monitoring and control, home and
building automation and remote controls. The CC1111 is pin-
and register-compatible with the CC1110 (sub-1 GHz SoC),
CC2511 (2.4 GHz SoC with USB) and CC2510 (2.4 GHz SoC).

    Additional features include embedded 128-bit AES
security coprocessor, excellent receiver selectivity and
blocking performance, high sensitivity, programmable data
rate of up to 500 kBaud, wide supply voltage range (2.0 V
to 3.6 V) and four flexible power modes for reduced power
consumption.

    SimpliciTI network protocol is a proprietary low-power
RF protocol targeting simple, small RF networks (less than
256 nodes). This protocol requires minimal MCU resources
and was designed for easy implementation on the CC1110/11
and CC2510/11 SoCs or MSP430 ultra-low-power MCUs combined
with CC1100 and CC2500 transceivers. SimpliciTI network
protocol is provided as source code under a free license,
without royalties, and can be downloaded at
http://www.ti.com/simpliciti .

    Availability and Packaging

    The CC1111 is available now from TI and its authorized
distributors in a 6-mm x 6-mm QFN-36 package. Suggested
resale pricing for the CC1111 starts at $4.65 in
1,000-piece quantities. Start your development today with a
comprehensive development kit (CC1110-CC1111DK).

    Low-Power RF Developer Network

    TI's Low-Power RF Developer Network enables customers
to find a suitable partner to assist with hardware design,
modules, embedded software, gateways, commissioning tools,
etc. The Low-Power RF Developer Network consists of
recommended companies, RF consultants and independent
design houses that provide a series of hardware module
products and design services (
http://www.ti.com/lprfnetwork ).

    About Texas Instruments

    Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP
and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world
signal processing requirements.  In addition to
Semiconductor, the company includes the Education
Technology business.  TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas,
and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more
than 25 countries.

    Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located
on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com .

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    SimpliciTI is a trademark of Texas Instruments. All
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