Design News - March 15, 2004

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Bluetooth® wireless technology has received a lot of attention for wireless connectivity. Now it's ZigBee's turn. ZigBee™ is the name of an alliance of companies formed around IEEE's recently approved (May 2003) 802.15.4 specification for low data rates in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) radio bands.

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