Wireless automation makes manual tasks easier, faster and error-free

There are many routine, manually-intensive tasks that would benefit from the accuracy and reliability of wireless automation – such as greater control of building environment controls and thus energy efficiency. Nordic's latest 2.4GHz solutions bring state-of-the-art wireless performance, reliability, and features to industrial, building, and home automation, at a mass-market pricing point.

Nordic Semiconductor's ultra low power (ULP) wireless solutions provide attractive solutions for a range of industrial and home automation and wireless monitoring applications and provide the following advantages:

• Range – 2.4GHz RF solutions for short to medium range, Sub 1-GHz RF solutions for long-range applications
• Class-leading battery lifetimes – Up to years from regular AA or AAA cells
• Robust wireless connectivity – 2.4GHz solutions with excellent co-existence performance with other popular 2.4GHz wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. High performance Sub 1-GHz radios
• Attractive price point - Single chip solutions with low cost external Bill-of-Materials (BoM) supporting entry-level product pricing
• All network topologies – ANT solutions provide built-in support for all common networking topologies including practical mesh, star, and tree
• Multivendor interoperability – ANT and Bluetooth low energy solutions for networking products that need to support multivendor interoperability

2.4GHz RF, ANT™ and Bluetooth^® low energy ICs

Nordic's nRF24L Series, nRF24AP2 ANT Series, and μBlue™ Bluetooth low energy Series provide a flexible, low cost, and ultra low power solution for a range of short to medium range automation applications including:

• Remote controls
• Lighting controls
• HVAC controls
• Industrial automation
• Access controls
• Asset tracking
• Price tags
• Garage door openers
• RF ID
• RF SIM cards

Sub 1-GHz RF ICs

Nordic's Sub 1-GHz Series is an ideal solution for longer range industrial and home automation and wireless monitoring applications and include: the Nordic nRF9E5 – a multiband Sub 1-GHz RF System-on-Chip (SoC) with integrated 433/868/915MHz multiband radio and 8-bit CPU, and the Nordic nRF905 - a multiband 433/868/915MHz transceiver IC. Both these Nordic SoCs are suitable for long range applications, including:

• Remote controls
• Fire alarms
• Alarm systems
• Lighting controls
• HVAC controls
• Industrial automation
• Access controls
• Asset tracking
• Price tags
• Garage door openers
• RF ID