CXL Series Accel featured on Japanese TV!

This short clip is taken from a Japanese National TV broadcast discussing the vibrations experienced during off road activities. This clip highlights how using Crossbow's CXL accelerometer mounted on the handlebars of a mountain bike, users were able to monitor the acceleration and shock the rider experienced while running the course. 



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802.15.4 vs ZigBee - What's the difference?

The Wireless Sensor Network Research group (WSNRG) has published a new article titled 802.15.4 vs ZigBee which helps people understand and distinguish between all the communications technologies that are used in the WSN field: 802.15.4, ZigBee, Mesh protocols, 2.4GHz, 868MHz and 900MHz bands… This document compares both IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee technologies while explaining the main characteristics of each.

To summarize 802.15.4 vs ZigBee: 

• 802.15.4 is thought to be a protocol to get point to point and energy efficient communications.
• ZigBee defines extra services (start topology routing, encryption, application services) over 802.15.4.
• ZigBee creates semi-centralized networks where just the end devices can sleep
• Different completely distributed mesh algorithms are being used over 802.15.4 which is the protocol used to create.

Read the article here.