Wireless Self-Paced Product Training
VIDEOS
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WEB-BASED UTILITIES
The Battery Life Calculator gives designers a quick and easy way to understand the discharge characteristics of different system configurations to help optimize ultra low-power applications. With 3 easy steps this web-based utility instantly returns a detailed comparison of the Estimated Capacity, Average Current, Self Discharge Current and Estimated System Operating Time for single, parallel and series battery configurations, as well as graphical configurations of the minimum system voltage, and the battery shelf life.
Silicon Labs' Wireless Chip Selector will help you identify the right wireless product for your application. Simply make the selections that best describe your design, and the appropriate product with all supporting documentation, development software and hardware will be displayed. In less than a minute, we'll match you to the right wireless product for your project!
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WHITE PAPERS
The goal for wireless system manufacturers is to provide low-cost, robust nodes that maximize battery life while extending the range of the network as far as possible. Today’s developers have a wide range of RF technology choices and must consider many factors when selecting the best one for their design, including sub-GHz versus 2.4 GHz frequency trends, operating range and battery life, sensitivity and data rate, network topology and node intelligence, and more.
System-on-chip (SoC) transmitter solutions greatly simplify the process of designing a remote control and reduce system bill of materials (BOM) cost by eliminating the need for numerous discrete components. The three most common challenges that designers have when designing RF remote controls are maximizing transmission range, ensuring long battery life and maintaining low system costs.
Designing a smart water or gas utility meter can present a vexing low-power challenge for embedded control systems requiring RF connectivity. Since a single service call from a technician often exceeds the entire cost of the smart meter, battery life must exceed 20 years.
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To build an advanced wireless system, most developers will end up choosing between two industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) radio band options – 2.4 GHz or sub-GHz frequencies. Depending on your priorities like range, power consumption, data rates, antenna size, interoperability, etc., which frequency you choose will determine the best combination of wireless performance and economy. Learn the benefits of both 2.4 GHz and sub-GHz frequencies and how they apply to specific applications like radio, smart metering and medical.
Examine the principles of antenna diversity and how RSSI (received signal strength indicator) can be used in a software-based algorithm to reduce the processor load when managing multiple antennas.
As batteries become more sophisticated in design and function, you must weigh a set of sometimes-conflicting requirements when determining the optimal battery type for your embedded system, including energy capacity, terminal voltage, physical dimensions, self-discharge rate, power-delivery requirements, etc. Learn more about how to select the optimal battery for your embedded system.
The ability to power wireless sensor nodes from harvested energy sources allows embedded designers to offer self-sustaining systems with significantly reduced cost of ownership for the end-user as well as benefits to the environment. Discover key design considerations for wireless sensor nodes powered by harvested energy sources as they become commercially viable and commonplace technologies used in our homes, offices, factories and infrastructure.
As green energy management becomes a global imperative, the idea of implementing intelligent systems and wireless technology to more efficiently use energy and other natural resources has become a pervasive reality. It began with a relatively simple idea. If you add embedded intelligence and a communications link to a traditional metering device, you have the ability to remotely access the data that the "smart meter" has collected. Whether designing a new smart meter or equipment to retrofit existing meters, there are a number of design considerations that will result in power savings, wireless range improvement and lower system cost.
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PRESENTATIONS
Tutorial on how to get from quick configuration of the radios to generating basic link code in Wireless Development Suite (WDS). Focuses on the radio control panel.
This module covers the technical aspects of the Si1000 single chip wireless MCU and the integrated features of the device. It covers the internal operation of the device as well as application advantages such as antenna diversity and automatic frequency control. In addition, a short overview of the available tools is provided.
This training module introduces the EZMac® PRO MAC layer software stack. The module starts with a network overview and then provides a comprehensive overview of features including the packet format, Listen Before Talk, frequency redundant reception. In addition, network functions are covered including packet forwarding and auto-acknowledgement. The module concludes with an overview of the API and how EZMac PRO is implemented in the end system.
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