Microchip Technology Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and ZigBee products

Microchip Technology has expanded its embedded-wireless portfolio with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and ZigBee products.

The Bluetooth additions include the PIC32 Bluetooth Audio Development Kit, featuring modules, stacks and codecs, and XBee footprint-compatible socket modules with integrated stacks.

The Wi-Fi offerings comprise IEEE 802.11b/g Wi-Fi modules with Microchip’s feature-rich and free source-code TCP/IP stack running on a PIC microcontroller for greater configurability, as well as XBee footprint-compatible socket modules with integrated stacks for ease of use. 

Microchip is also adding a low-power 2.4 GHz radio that supports both the IEEE 802.15.4 and proprietary data rates (from 125 kbps to 2 Mbps), including the ZigBee, MiWi and other proprietary protocols.