Z-Wave SoC platform enables next-generation smarthomes
The next-generation Z-Wave 700 series chipset, says the company, is a long-range, low-power and future-proof hardware platform with integrated software tools and building blocks enabling a new generation of Z-Wave sensor devices. Offering enhancements in energy efficiency and RF performance, the chip is targeted at battery-powered devices, enabling AI and machine learning systems to use sensor data and “make smart homes smarter, safer, and more connected.”
“Sigma’s Z-Wave 700-Series chip will completely reshape the meaning of smart home,” says Raoul Wijgergangs, VP of Sigma Designs’ Z-Wave Business Unit. “It solves for many of today’s technological barriers, while being the most flexible, interoperable platform, bringing smart home functionality to a new level.”
“700-Series opens opportunities for new classes of sensors that weren’t possible before, while making remarkable improvements to existing device categories,” he says. “700-Series is creating a path to full home installations, moving from tens of Z-Wave devices to hundreds of Z-Wave devices per home. Our new platform assures the environment that will take homes from smart to truly intelligent.”
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Key features of the 700-Series include:
- Low power: 700-Series is offered as having best-in-class low-power radio performance enabling multiyear battery lifetime and more than 10-year sensor lifetime on a coin-cell.
- Long range: 700-Series platform enables a range of more than 300 feet, covering multi-stories in a house and the far end of the yard.
- Low cost and fast time to market: 700-Series is designed to help developers get started fast with low-cost developer kits, tools and ready-made certified reference code ensuring minimum time from prototype to certified product.
- High performance: 700-Series features an ARM-based platform with large memory on the chip and many peripherals, enabling intelligence at the edge with fast energy efficient computation and secure inclusion in less than one second.
- Certified interoperable and backwards compatible: 700-Series devices are claimed to have the highest level of security in the smart home with Z-Wave Security 2 (S2) framework and consistent easy install with Z-Wave SmartStart.
According to the company, the 700-Series Z-Wave platform’s energy efficiency and long-range wireless communication will enable smart home sensors to go beyond the current limits – i.e., smart homes can extend to the yard, the end of the driveway and seamlessly cover multiple stories in a home. In addition, the device’s extremely low power consumption enables new small-form-factor Z-Wave sensors that can be embedded into new places, such as in furniture, windows, and even behind dry walls.
The 700-Series platform will continue to use core Z-Wave features such as the S2 security architecture and SmartStart device setup and installation technology. The S2 security support combines existing and new security features, while SmartStart pre-configures devices to the network before they reach the home, offering dramatically reduced installation time and costs for installers and DIY homeowners.
https://z-wave.sigmadesigns.com
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