ZigBee PRO communication controller offers long battery life
The GP490 has been specifically developed to address the Smart Home market demand for low power sensor applications like door sensors, window sensors, temperature sensors and light switches.
With the GP490, these kinds of low power, low data rate Smart Home applications equipped with the energy optimized GP490 will be able to operate on a coin cell battery for over 10 years, eliminating the maintenance problem of frequent battery replacement.
The GP490 is designed as a Low Power ZigBee PRO chip and supports all features including bi-directional commissioning, bi-directional communication and full security mode. With GreenPeak’s superior range and robustness and best in class WiFi interference rejection mechanisms, the devices can guarantee a reliable full home coverage.
The low cost GP490 enables developers and manufacturers to supply ZigBee Smart Home sensor solutions that can be offered as low as $5 each.
The GP490 development kit with reference design and software is available and allows a quick time to market. The kit will guide device manufacturers to build low cost, low power sensor nodes, optimized for battery and coin cell battery operation. Certification guidelines and tools are provided to ensure an efficient ZigBee certification for a cost optimized feature set of the ZigBee Home Automation (HA 1.2) Application Profile.
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