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GreenPeak to Offer ZigBee Connectivity for the Entire Home
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August 13, 2012

GreenPeak to Offer ZigBee Connectivity for the Entire Home

By Jyothi Shanbhag
TMCnet Contributor

Smart Home RF communications semiconductor company, GreenPeak Technologies, has announced that it is now offering ZigBee connectivity for the entire home including set-top boxes, sensors and appliances, to initiate Smart Home Evolution.


Officials at GreenPeak are already integrating ZigBee chips into leading cable industry set-top boxes to enable power saving and long range RF based connections for remote controls. They’re also expanding their product portfolio and customer target base.

“Working closely with the leading operators and their suppliers, we will enable the Smart Home market – starting with Smart Home enabled set-top boxes/gateways and providing solutions for devices that will connect to it – including home security, home care, appliances, energy monitoring and control, etc.,” said Cees Links, founder and CEO at GreenPeak Technologies. “Once these systems are connected to the set-top box /gateway, operators will be enabled to provide the Fifth Play services for the Smart Home.”

GreenPeak has been offering ZigBee RF4CE and will soon introduce new radio chips that support the full range of ZigBee networking technologies, including ZigBee Pro, ZigBee IP, RF4CE and ZigBee Green Power.

“The first phase of the Smart Home has begun – proprietary stand-alone applications, like stand-alone thermostats, wired security devices, IR-remote controls, etc. – but so far, few of them are connected to the internet,” added Mr. Links. “The next phase is where these devices migrate to using the open ZigBee standard based communication technology and connect via the set-top box to the Internet.”

“The final phase will arrive when these devices together create an environmental aware, safe and secure, and energy efficient home that can be managed via Smart Phones and mobile devices over the net, from any location,” he said.

Introduction of these new technologies will enable low power consumption, low data rate sense and control applications like remote controls, energy efficiency, home security, access control, HVAC monitoring, lighting, home health care and more.


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Edited by Braden Becker


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