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Full FCC Certification
Granted for Radiotronix New 250mW Long Range
Embedded Radio Module
  Oklahoma
City, OKLAHOMA - Radiotronix announced
that full FCC and Industry Canada
certification has been granted for its new
long-range 250mW embedded wireless module.
The certified modules come equipped with a
core Wi.232FHSS-250- R™ embedded radio that
features the new Analog Devices ADF7020 RF
Transceiver chip. In addition, the radio is
driven by a powerful protocol engine running
on the C8051F311 microcontroller from
Silicon Labs.
Radiotronix, a leader in high performance
embedded radio modules, has a core family of
modules which offer solutions for most
RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 cable replacement
applications in markets such as industrial,
medical, transportation, oil and gas,
wireless sensing, security, consumer and
automatic meter reading (AMR).
The Wi.232FHSS-250-FCC-R™ module consists of
a 1.2” x 1.2” Wi.232FHSS-250-R™ embedded
module, a metal shield, a reverse polarity
SMA connector, and a low drop out voltage
regulator. It is pin compatible with all our
other FCC and EVMs (evaluation modules),
allowing for quick prototyping and rapid
time-to-production. It comes in both
straight and right angle versions for
maximum user flexibility.
Because the module is fully self-contained,
FCC authorized, and provided with an easyto-
use pin header interface, it eliminates the
complications normally involved with RF
layout, FCC certification, and surface mount
assembly.
The Wi.232DTS-FCC™ module has been
pre-certified with different antennas to
accommodate a broad spectrum of
applications. The Wi.232FHSS-250-R™ modules
combine a state-of-the-art, low power
transceiver with a powerful
multipoint-to-multipoint
frequency-hopping-spread-spectrum (FHSS)
protocol controller to form a complete
wireless communication solution. Some of the
new features include: Automatic Gain Control
(AGC) with six intermediate gain steps and
four module override settings, Variable
Power Output Control with four steps from
+8dBm to +23dBm output, and very useful new
RSSI registers.
“Our new 250mW module family is some of the
best products we have ever released at
Radiotronix,” states Tom Hoyt, VP Sales and
Marketing for Radiotronix. “The radio packs
250mW of output power in a small footprint
and is designed for low cost. Our customer
base requires reliable performance in some
very challenging environments, such as
communicating out of water pits for
automatic meter reading for water meters to
remote monitoring for oil and gas type of
applications. We studied many of the
pitfalls of current radios on the market
today in these applications and added
features to the new 250mW radios to address
those issues.”
The Wi.232FHSS-250-R™ supports a wide range
of data rates, allowing a designer to tune
the module’s performance to meet the
application’s throughput and range
requirements. These modules employ frequency
hopping spread spectrum modulation.
Designers can program the module to use one
of six hopping sequences. Additionally, the
Wi.232FHSS-250-R™ module family supports
four different addressing schemes:
peer-to-peer, 32-bit user-assigned, 16-bit
user-assigned, and MAC. User-assigned
addressing modes incorporate masking to
allow the formation of subnets. These
techniques allow the Wi.232FHSS-250-R™ to
operate co-located networks with minimal
interference.
Modules are now available at all Radiotronix
distributors.
About Radiotronix
Radiotronix is a leading supplier of
embedded wireless radio modules based in
Oklahoma City, OK. Its products are
value-added and solve real problems through
the innovative application of technological
advances in radio design, embedded wireless
protocol, packaging, and manufacturing
processes. Key markets include industrial
automation, automated meter reading, asset
tracking and management, law enforcement and
emergency response management, home
automation, and wireless sensor networks.
For more information, please visit
http://www.radiotronix.com.
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