November 16, 2006 -- Dust Networks, Inc. is extending its product platform to include network-ready system-on-chip (SOC) products that combine extremely low-power radio technology and robust networking capabilities with the industry-proven Time Synchronized Mesh Protocol (TSMP) in a Mote-on-Chip (MoC) for reliable wireless sensor networking.

Dust’s network-ready MoC products provide a reduction in power consumption, using 80% less power than comparable commercially available radios. This decrease in power consumption provides customers with broad flexibility when designing battery-operated or power scavenging monitoring and control devices. Dust Networks’ SmartMesh-XD family of products introduces the first MoC-based motes and managers in standards-based IEEE 802.15.4 compliant, 2.4-GHz and narrow-band 900-MHz versions. The SmartMesh-XD MoC requires zero external components and no embedded programming, enabling OEMs to reduce the development time and cost for wireless sensor networking solutions.

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