Comparison of 802.15.4 radio modules
An 802.15.4 radio module is a small device used to communicate wirelessly with other devices according to the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol.
This table lists production ready-to-use certified modules only, not radio chips. A ready-to-use module is a complete system with a transceiver, and optionally an MCU and antenna on a printed circuit board. While most of the modules in this list are Zigbee, Thread, ISA100.11a, or WirelessHART modules, some don't contain enough flash memory to implement a Zigbee stack and instead run plain 802.15.4 protocol, sometimes with a lighter wireless protocol on top.
Transceiver-only modules
These modules only include the RF transceiver and do not include a microprocessor. As a result, the protocol stack will need to be handled by an external IC. They are lower in price than modules which contain a microprocessor and enable the integrator to choose any microprocessor. However, potentially more work is required for integrating the MCU and module.
The following table lists vendor by alphabetical order:
Integrated MCU and transceiver modules
The following table lists vendor by alphabetical order:
List of Zigbee company acquisitions
- 2016, Apr - Cypress acquires Broadcom's IoT Business
- 2016, Jan - Silicon Labs acquires Telegesis
- 2016, Jan - Microchip acquires Atmel
- 2015, Dec - NXP acquires Freescale Semiconductor
- 2012, Jul - Murata acquires RF
- 2012, May - Silicon Labs acquires Ember
- 2011, Dec - Linear technology acquires Dust Networks
- 2010, Jul - NXP acquires Jennic
- 2009, Feb - Atmel acquires Meshnetics
- 2008, Nov - Telit acquires One RF technology
- 2007, Aug - Texas Instruments acquires Integrated Circuit Designs
- 2006, Jan - Texas Instruments acquires Chipcon (intention announced 2005–10 but deal completed 2006-01-24)
- 2005, Jan - Chipcon acquires Figure 8
Other companies manufacturing 802.15.4 ready-to-use modules
The following is a list of companies producing modules yet to be added to the table.
- Adaptive Network Solutions (Atmel chipset at 900 MHz)
- Air Micro (RadioPulse chipset)
- Develco
- Develco Products
- Joymax (Jennic chipset)
- LS Research ProFLEX01, SiFLEX02
- Merlin Wireless (Ember chipset)
- Spectec (TI chipset)
- Synapse Wireless
- Telit (TI Chipset, TinyOne 2400MC, ZE50-2.4, ZE60-2.4)
- UConnect (TI Chipset)
- ZMDI (ZMDI chipset at 900 MHz)