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Advanced Digital Institute: Advanced Digital Institute becomes Jennic partner(M2 PressWIRE Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) RDATE:10102007 The Advanced Digital Institute (ADI) today announces that it has become an accredited development partner of Jennic's JADE (Jennic Accredited DEvelopers) programme. The accreditation is ADI's first collaborative partnership, and will see the Embedded Systems team at ADI working closely with Jennic to carry out research and development work for Jennic's ZigBee solutions. ADI has already developed a PDA based Windows Mobile interface to Jennic's wireless ZigBee modules in the area of Home Automation and it is actively pursuing a technology interest in large scale ZigBee network implementation. Russell Wilkes, Sector Manager for the Embedded Systems team at ADI said, "We are very much looking forward to establishing a long term collaborative partnership with Jennic, and we are delighted that our applied research and development activities utilising Jennic's IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee wireless technology have resulted in ADI being invited to join Jennic's JADE partner program." The JADE programme is designed to establish a tightly integrated network of companies which help Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) reduce time to market and cost of entry into the wireless sensor market. Colin Faulkner, Marketing Manager - ZigBee at Jennic commented, "JADE is a key part of our program to enable our customers to develop products with the assurance that they are working with our accredited design partners. ADI's accreditation is therefore a testament to the work they have already done with our wireless microcontrollers. We are confident that the Embedded Systems team's development activities and expertise in areas such as home automation will lead to new and exciting applications for wireless sensor networks based on our products". About Advanced Digital Institute The Advanced Digital Institute (ADI) is the UK's first independent research and development organisation dedicated to supporting high-tech companies maximise the exploitation of innovative product ideas and the intellectual property rights attached to them. Working directly with industry it will also collaborate with the region's universities. ADI is funded by a GBP2M Yorkshire Forward contract, Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Airedale Partnership, and EU Regional Fund support. For further information on ADI visit www.adi-uk-com. About Jennic Jennic is a fabless semiconductor company leading the wireless connectivity revolution by providing wireless microcontrollers for a broad range of applications. Its expertise in systems and software combined with world class RF and digital chip design provides low cost, highly integrated wireless microcontrollers with a focus on the IEEE802.15.4 and ZigBee standards. The company's products include state-of-the-art low power wireless microcontrollers, modules, development platforms, protocol and application software. Headquartered in Sheffield, UK, Jennic also has offices in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, East and West coast USA. For more information, visit www.jennic.com. ZigBee: wireless control that simply works The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard. The ZigBee Alliance membership comprises technology providers and original equipment manufacturers worldwide. Membership is open to all. Additional information can be found at www.zigbee.org. CONTACT: Alf Lombardi, Shrewdd Tel: +44 (0)7879 634864 e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.shrewdd.com ((M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). Copyright 2007 M2 Communications Ltd. |