Anybody found a supplier for these things? Microchip Direct says they'll be in stock late in August. Unfortunately the shipping +handling charges for two boards doubles the cost of the order. Sigh. Mouser and Digikey say they wont be shipping until December! -Pete On Aug 5, 2008, at 12:53 PM, alan smith wrote: > BTW...it is real. I've seen it, touched it....not used it. Waiting > for a demo unit to do the real range tests, much what I did with the > Micrel units, that also go for $10, but of course are not zigbee > > > --- On Mon, 8/4/08, M. Adam Davis wrote: > >> From: M. Adam Davis >> Subject: Re: [PIC] MRF24J40MA - Microchip's 802.15.4 transceiver >> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." >> Date: Monday, August 4, 2008, 1:10 PM >> Shoot, I thought I read it carefully and yet I completely >> missed that >> right on the summary page! >> >> 1/4 mile in open air under ideal conditions... I'll >> probably have to >> support both this and the xbee, which complicates a whole >> bunch of >> things. >> >> Nicely low powered, though. >> >> Thanks for looking! >> >> -Adam >> >> On 8/4/08, Timothy Weber wrote: >>> M. Adam Davis wrote: >>>> Regarding Microchip's new RF transceiver >> module >>>> >> http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1335&dDocName=en535967 >>>> >>>> I was wondering if anyone knows the range of this >> particular >>>> implementation? I realize it depends greatly on >> a variety of factors, >>>> but I'm hoping someone has a ballpark figure >> so I know whether to >>>> target it out of the gate, or build in support >> for the XBEE modules in >>>> case testing comes back with dismal numbers. >>>> >>>> The data sheet appears to have lots of info >> regarding receiver, >>>> transmitter, and antenna performance, but I >> don't know how to turn >>>> that into "ideal" distance. >>> >>> The data sheet does say "Up to 400m Range >> (outdoor, line-of-sight)", >>> which seems pretty impressive on ~20 mA. And by >> impressive I mean not >>> very plausible - but I'll be interested to see. >> At $10 in singles, this >>> could give the XBee a real challenge. >>> -- >>> Timothy J. Weber >>> http://timothyweber.org >>> -- >>> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >>> View/change your membership options at >>> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >>> >> >> >> -- >> EARTH DAY 2008 >> Tuesday April 22 >> Save Money * Save Oil * Save Lives * Save the Planet >> http://www.driveslowly.org >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist