Jennic has shipped 1000 of its IEEE802.15.4 and ZigBee wireless microcontroller evaluation kits. The kits provide all the software and hardware tools to enable product designers to develop and monitor complex tree or mesh network topology wireless sensor networks using the company's JN5121 wireless microcontroller.

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Jennic's evaluation kits contain a controller board with display and four sensor boards. They include a home automation demonstration system that monitors data from temperature, humidity and light-level sensors, and then displays the results on the controller's LCD display, while commands sent between the nodes activate control signals.

This example system can be used directly as the basis for many product developments. The applications for which the kits are being used go far beyond the usual building control and industrial automation environments that might be expected for wireless sensor networks.

The software development environment for the kit includes a complete tool suite for application development, including compiler, assembler, debugger and flash programmer. Library builds for coordinator, routers and end-devices with different network configurations are also provided.