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Wireless Communication
I’m working on a distributed controller for a wind power client and we have need for:
1) double redundancy in several components
2) 30 meter separation between certain stations
3) complete electrical isolation between stations
4) lightning resistance
After considering tons of wired alternatives, I came upon the Jennic 802.15.4 Zigbee radio microcontrollers development kit. See their awesome kit here.
You get up and running in no time and the microcontrollers are very full-featured. The development tools are free, which is becoming more and more of a requirement for me. I’m sick of owning 10 different compilers that are all out-of-date by the time I get around to using them on a second project.
The Zigbee is working fantastically well so far.. stay tuned for updates as I continue my development.