> #1 > Has anyone seen any 900 MHz low-power radios in a Compact=20 > FLASH config? Yes, but there are only a few out there. > #2 > Would anyone be interested in a 900 MHz low-power radio in a=20 > Compact FLASH configuration with idle power around 1mA And TX=20 > power <10% of the best WiFi units (~17mA), and a range up to=20 > at least 1 km with a decent antennae? Anticipated price <<$100- For wearable apps distance is not really an issue - throughput is. One thing that we have been wrestling with is the problems associated = with moving away from a "standard" protocol. The benefit with sticking with Bluetooth, ZigBee or Wi-Fi is that you are not really locked into a = vendor. If the vendor goes out of business or the product just sucks you can = move to another vendor without having to retool your entire setup. The issue with a "proprietary" radio is that you are not only locking = into the vendor you are also locked into the protocol as well. Double whammy = if the company stops making the product. The benefit is that you will = probably get a solution that suits your application perfectly. -Tony -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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