Hands-on ZigBee : implementing 802.15.4 with microcontrollers / by Fred Eady.

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Since its recent introduction, the ZigBee protocol has created an enormous amount of buzz in venues from magazine covers to trade show floors to water coolers. Its promise of providing a simpler, cheaper, more power-efficient WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network) alternative to WiFi and Bluetooth has opened up new data collection possibilities in application areas from industrial controls to medical devices to intruder alarms. Yet, despite this widespread interest, there is still little information available that goes beyond detailing the spec itself. Missing from the current ZigBee lexicon is practical, application-oriented guidance from an expert, specifically geared to aid engineers in implementing this new technology. Enter respected designer and popular columnist Fred Eady! With his new book, Hands-On ZigBee , he provides the only comprehensive how-to ZigBee guide available.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. ix)
• What's on the CD-ROM? (p. xiii)
• Chapter 1 Speaking the Language (p. 1)
• A True Story about a Couple of Flying Bugs (p. 1)
• Deja vu (p. 3)
• The Muhammad Ali of Networks (p. 3)
• ZigBee Devices (p. 5)
• ZigBee Network Topologies (p. 6)
• Patty Cake, Patty Cake (p. 7)
• Chapter 2 You Are Dangerous and You're Going to Hell (p. 9)
• The IEEE 802.15.4 PHY (p. 9)
• The PHY Data Service (p. 12)
• The PHY Management Service (p. 14)
• Primitive Passing Technique (p. 18)
• The Envelope, Please (p. 22)
• Chapter 3 Keep Running (p. 23)
• Tired Yet?? (p. 42)
• Chapter 4 A Look at the ZMD 900-MHzIEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee-Ready Radio (p. 43)
• IEEE 802.15.4 Done the ZMD Way (p. 43)
• The ZMD44102 Transceiver (p. 45)
• Preflighting the ZMD44102 (p. 48)
• Our First Steps (p. 50)
• Our First Network...Sorta (p. 56)
• We're On Our Way (p. 60)
• About ZMD (p. 60)
• Chapter 5 Atmel Does IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee Too (p. 63)
• The Atmel AT86RF230 (p. 63)
• AT86RF230 Modes of Operation (p. 65)
• Stepping It Up a Notch (p. 68)
• AT86RF230 Extended Mode (p. 70)
• Still, No Stack (p. 72)
• An AT86RF230 PAN Coordinator Application (p. 75)
• An AT86RF230 End Device Application (p. 93)
• Yet One More Way (p. 111)
• About Atmel (p. 111)
• Chapter 6 They Do Everything BIG in Texas (p. 113)
• One of Two (p. 113)
• Two of Two (p. 127)
• About Texas Instruments (p. 129)
• Chapter 7 Maxstream/XBee (p. 131)
• The XBee ZigBee Module (p. 132)
• About MaxStream (p. 152)
• Chapter 8 Hopping Down the Bunny Trail (p. 153)
• Rabbit Semiconductor (p. 165)
• Chapter 9 Cirronet Adds Southern Flavor to IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee (p. 167)
• About Cirronet (p. 191)
• Chapter 10 Silicon Laboratories (p. 193)
• About Silicon Laboratories (p. 208)
• Chapter 11 Renesas (p. 211)
• About Renesas (p. 229)
• Chapter 12 Freescale (p. 231)
• About Freescale Semiconductor (p. 251)
• Chapter 13 Panasonic (p. 253)
• About Panasonic (p. 264)
• Chapter 14 DLP Design (p. 265)
• About DLP Design (p. 279)
• Chapter 15 Microchip (p. 281)
• Birth of a Microchip ZigBee Network (p. 282)
• ZENA (p. 288)
• Summoning ZENA (p. 289)
• About Microchip (p. 295)
• Chapter 16 Telegesis (p. 297)
• About Telegesis (p. 310)
• Chapter 17 Cypress MicroSystems's CapSense (p. 311)
• Capacitive Sensing Basics (p. 311)
• CapSense Basics (p. 312)
• CapSense Hardware (p. 315)
• CapSense Logic (p. 316)
• About Cypress MicroSystems (p. 324)
• The Final Word (p. 325)
• Index (p. 327)

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