Why factories struggle with wireless technology
10 September, 2007Factories have much to gain from wireless technology, such as robot control, RFID tag monitoring, and local area network (LAN) communications. Wireless systems can cost less and offer more flexibility than cabled systems. But factories are challenging environments for wireless systems, as verified by tests conducted recently by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US.
Data acquisition: no limits — digital wireless technology using the IEEE802.15.4 ZigBee standard
19 August, 2007 by Mark Lee*Wireless networking of data capture devices using the ZigBee protocol provides a more efficient and fault-tolerant method of data acquisition without wires.
Faster Wi Fi gets go ahead
01 February, 2006At the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) taskgroup meeting in Hawaii recently, there was an agreement over the next high speed Wi-Fi standard, 802.11n.