TI Korea (CEO Kent Jeon, www.ti.com/ww/kr ) June 8, 2012 – TI announced the industry's first demonstration of the new ZigBee® Light Link (ZLL) standard on its CC2530 ZigBee System-on-Chip (SoC). Developed by leading lighting technology vendors in the ZigBee Consortium, ZLL standardizes wireless network-connected LED lighting systems, simplifying installation, management, and operation compared to existing closed, paid systems. As an industry-leading solution, TI's CC2530 has been certified as a Golden Unit for ZLL, enabling developers and manufacturers to rapidly develop ZLL products and test interoperability. (For more details, please refer to the Mobile Momentum blog post.)

During Computex Taipei, held from June 5 to 9, TI plans to showcase an integrated LED lighting management system using smartphones, low-cost gateways, and LED devices through a ZLL demonstration at booth TICC 101D. A feature to directly control lighting using an Android smartphone equipped with a microSD card integrated with the CC2530 SoC will also be introduced. The second demonstration controls and monitors ZigBee lights and other devices using an Android smartphone connected to a low-cost gateway (a CC2531 ZigBee USB dongle attached to a BeagleBone, and an open-source community board-based Sitara™ AM335x ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor).

Mark Grazier, TI’s Wireless Sensor Network Program Manager and a member of the ZigBee Association’s board representing the global third-party developer network, stated, “ZLL is expected to transform the lighting industry by enabling non-experts to easily control their LED lights via network connections through smartphones, tablets, gateways, and more.” He added, “TI’s CC2530 is a certified Golden Unit that supports manufacturers in rapidly commercializing their ZLL devices. Furthermore, because aftermarket devices can also connect to ZigBee lights via CC2530-compatible microSD cards, it provides another avenue for manufacturers and customers to embrace ZigBee-enabled LED lighting.”

The CC2530 is a complete SoC solution for IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee, and RF4CE applications. With an integrated RF transceiver, microcontroller, in-system programmable flash, and RAN, the CC2530 enables the construction of rugged wireless network nodes at a very low total bill-of-material (BOM) cost. Because it offers various operating modes, the CC2530 is suitable for systems requiring ultra-low power consumption characteristics, such as LED lighting, and the SOC operates at temperatures up to 125°C for industrial applications. The CC2530 SoC integrates with TI's industry-leading Z-Stack™ ZigBee protocol stack to provide a robust and complete ZigBee solution for rapid time-to-market for ZigBee devices.

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The CC2530 ZigBee SoC is currently available through TI and its authorized distributors. It is offered in a ROHS-compliant 6 mm x 6 mm QFN-40 package. Samples of the Z-Stack for ZLL are being provided to key customers, and mass production supply is scheduled for the third quarter.

The TI ZLL Computex demonstration is available by advance reservation only. (For more information on ZLL, please contact ZLL1@list.ti.com .)

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