Comparison of 802.15.4 radio modules

This table lists production ready-to-use modules only, not radio chips. A ready-to-use module is a complete MCU+Transceiver+Antenna on a printed circuit board. While most of the modules in this list are ZigBee, 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.

Most of the modules below contain chip solutions listed in the ZigBee Chip Comparison

Contents 1 Transceiver only modules 2 Integrated MCU + Transceiver modules 3 List of ZigBee company acquisitions 4 Other companies manufacturing 802.15.4 ready-to-use modules 5 Other notes 6 References

Transceiver only modules

These modules don't including a processing unit. They are generally lower in price and enable the integrator to choose any MCU solution. However, potentially more work is required integrating the MCU and module.

Manufacturer	Module	Transceiver Chip	Antenna	Sleep	TX	RX	TX Power	Sensitivity	PCB Size	Released	Interfacing	Protocol stacks
Uniband	U-Force manual	UZ2400 manual, errata	PCB trace	2 µA	24 mA	20 mA	0 dBm	-96 dBm	28.5 mm x 14 mm	Oct, 2007	SPI	Microchip ZigBee
Uniband	U-Power500 manual			3 µA	54 mA	26 mA	11 dBm	-101 dBm	48.3 mm x 14 mm	Oct, 2007		Microchip ZigBee
Uniband	U-Power1000 manual		SMA connector		154 mA	32 mA	22 dBm	-101 dBm	36 mm x 14 mm	Oct, 2007		Microchip ZigBee
Microchip	MRF24J40MA datasheet	MRF24J40 datasheet	PCB trace	2 µA	23 mA	19 mA	0 dBm	-94 dBm	17.8 mm x 27.9 mm	Jun, 2008		Microchip ZigBee MiWi MiWi P2P
FlexiPanel Ltd	EasyBee summary datasheet	Chipcon CC2420 datasheet errata	integral		18 mA	20 mA	0 dBm		26 mm x 20 mm	Mar, 2008		ZigBee stack

Integrated MCU + Transceiver modules

Manufacturer	Module	SOC/SIP Chip	MCU core	RAM	Flash	Antenna	Sleep	TX	RX	TX Power	Sensitivity	PCB Size	Released	Interfacing	Firmware options
Atmel	ZigBit 2.4 GHz (ATZB-24-B0) datasheet	AT86RF230 datasheet	8-bit ATmega 1281v	8 kB	128 kB	RF output	< 6 µA	18 mA	19 mA	-17 dBm to 3 dBm	-101 dBm	18.8 mm x 13.5 mm x 2.0 mm	2009	UART, USART, SPI, I²C, JTAG	BitCloud - ZigBee PRO, Wireless MCU Software, BitCloud stack, SerialNet, OpenMAC
	ZigBit 2.4 GHz (ATZB-24-A2) datasheet					balanced dual chip antenna						24 mm x 13.5 mm x 2.0 mm
	ZigBit 2.4 GHz Amplified (ATZB-A24-U0) datasheet					RF output		50 mA	23 mA	Up to 20 dBm	-104 dBm	38 mm x 13.5 mm x 2.0 mm
	ZigBit 2.4 GHz Amplified (ATZB-A24-UFL) datasheet					U.FL connector
	ZigBit 700/800/900 MHz (ATZB-900-B0) datasheet	AT86RF212 datasheet				RF output		26 mA	11 mA	Up to 11 dBm	-110 dBm	24 mm x 13.5 mm x 2.8 mm
California Eastern Laboratories	ZICM2410P0 datasheet brochure	ZIC2410 datasheet brochure	8-bit 8051	8 kB	96 kB	PCB Trace Antenna or U.FL connector	0.3 µA	44 mA	35 mA	6.1 dBm	-97 dBm	25.4 mm x 34.3 mm	Mar, 2009	UART, SPI, I²S	CEL ZigBee Stack Synapse SNAP Stack
	ZFSM-101 datasheet brochure	Freescale MC13192 datasheet	8-bit HC08 MC9S08GT60	4 kB	60 kB	PCB trace	3.0 µA, <1 µA	150 mA	42 mA	20 dBm	-92 dBm	25 mm x 36 mm	May, 2008	UART	Freescale Beestack
	ZFSM-201-1 datasheet brochure	Freescale MC13224V datasheet	32-bit ARM7	96 kB	128 kB	PCB Trace Antenna or MMCX connector	1.1 µA	193 mA	30 mA	20 dBm	-100 dBm	25.4 mm x 36.5 mm	Jun, 2008	UART, SPI, JTAG, I²S, I²C, keyboard
	ZAXM-201 datasheet brochure	Ember EM250 factsheet datasheet	16-bit 12 MHz RISC	5 kB		PCB Trace Antenna (optional MMCX connector)	1 µA	170 mA	37 mA		-97 dBm	25 mm x 33 mm	2009	UART, SPI, I²C	Ember Znet Pro 3.1
	ZALM-301 datasheet brochure	Ember EM260 network processor factsheet datasheet												UART, SPI
	ZMXM-400 datasheet brochure	TI CC2430 datasheet errata	8 bit, 8051	8 kB			5 µA	50 mA	27 mA	10 dBm	-92 dBm	23 mm x 29 mm	May, 2008	UART	Chipcon Z-stack
	ZMXM-401 datasheet brochure							130 mA		20 dBm
Nivis, LLC.	VersaNode 210 datasheet	MC13224V datasheet	32-bit ARM7	96 kB	128 kB	MMCX Connector	15 µA	60 mA	21 mA	10 dBm	-98 dBm	20 mm x 25 mm	2009	UART, SPI	Nivis ISA100.11a
	VersaNode 220 datasheet												2010		Nivis WirelessHART
Radiocrafts	RC2200 datasheet	Chipcon CC2420 datasheet errata	8-bit ATmega128	4 kB	128 kB	integrated, MMCX connector or RF on pin connector	23 µA, 1.3 µA	27 mA	30 mA	0 dBm	-94 dBm	16.5 mm x 29.2 mm x 3.5 mm	2008	UART, SPI, JTAG, ISP	Chipcon Z-stack or any third-party ZigBee stack
	RC2201 datasheet			8 kB			1.3 µA
	RC2202 datasheet			2 kB	32 kB			23 mA	26 mA
	RC2204 datasheet			4 kB	64 kB		23 µA, 1.3 µA	27 mA	30 mA
	RC2201HP datasheet		8-bit ATmega1281	8 kB	128 kB	integrated or RF-on-pin connector	40 µA, 2 µA	140 mA	28 mA	17 dBm	-92 dBm	16.5 mm x 35.6 mm x 3.5 mm	Jan 2008
	RC2300 datasheet	Chipcon CC2430 (CC2431 for location engine option) datasheet errata	8-bit 8051				300 µA, 0.9 µA, 0.6 µA	27 mA	27 mA	0 dBm		12.7 mm x 25.4 mm x 2.5 mm	Jul 2008	UART, SPI, proprietary serial debugging interface
	RC2301 datasheet
	RC2302 datasheet				32 kB
	RC2304 datasheet				64 kB
Jennic	JN5139-xxx-M00 Product brief	JN5139 Product brief	16 MHz 32-bit RISC	96 kB	192 kB	on board	2.6 µA	37 mA	37 mA	2.5 dBm	-96 dBm	18 mm x 30 mm	Jun 2008	UART, SPI	JenNet stack ZigBee stack
	JN5139-xxx-M01 Product brief					SMA connector
	JN5139-xxx-M03 Product brief					U.FL connector
	JN5139-xxx-M02 Product brief					SMA connector		125 mA	45 mA	19 dBm	-100 dBm	18 mm x41 mm
	JN5139-xxx-M04 Product brief					U.FL connector
STMicroelectronics	SPZB250 datasheet	SN250 datasheet	16-bit XAP2b	5 kB	128 kB	Integrated murata antenna	2 µA	36 mA	36 mA	3 dBm	-92 dBm	26.5 mm x 16.4 mm	Aug, 2008	UART, SPI, I²C	Ember Znet
	SPZB260 datasheet	SN260 network processor datasheet					1 µA				-95 dBm	25 mm x 13.7 mm		SPI
RF Monolithics	ZMN2405 datasheet	Chipcon CC2430 datasheet errata	8-bit 8051	8 kB	128 kB	RFIO pad	3 µA	28 mA	27 mA	0 dBm	-92 dBm	30.5 mm x 21.2 mm	2008	UART, SPI,	ZigBee stack, RFM’s CSM standard module application profile
	ZMN2430 datasheet											25 mm x 20.3 mm
	ZMN2430A datasheet					built-in				-2 dBm	-90 dBm	25 mm x 26.9 mm
	ZMN2405HP datasheet					RFIO pad		130 mA	33 mA	17 dBm	-95 dBm	40.6 mm x 21.2 mm
	ZMN2405HPA datasheet					built-in				15 dBm		47 mm x 21.2 mm
	ZMN2430HP datasheet					RFIO pad				17 dBm		30.48 mm x 25 mm
	ZMN2430HPA datasheet					built-in				15 dBm		36.83 mm x 25 mm
Radios, Inc.	MXR-EM20 datasheet	Ember 2420 datasheet	8-bit ATmega128L	4 kB	128 kB	RF on pin	20 µA	17.4 mA	19.7 mA	0 dBm	-94 dBm	25.4 mm x 18.4 mm	Oct, 2005	SPI	ZigBee stack
RadioPulse	LM2400-C/R/S datasheet	MG2400-F48 datasheet errata	8-bit 8051	4 kB	64 kB	SMA connector (LM2400-S) or receptacle type connector (LM2400-C/R)	13 µA	35 mA	29 mA	7 dBm	-99 dBm	33 mm x 25 mm	Nov, 2006	UART	ZigBee stack
	LM2400-PC/PR/PS datasheet					SMA connector (LM2400-PS) or receptacle type connector (LM2400-PC/PR)	18 µA	95 mA		14 dBm		38 mm x 27 mm
Crossbow Technology	IRIS (XM2110CA) brochure, datasheet	ATmega128L + AT86RF230 datasheet	8-bit ATmega1281	8 kB	128 kB	internal	8 µA	10 mA, 13 mA, 17 mA	16 mA	-17 dBm, -3 dBm, 3 dBm	-101 dBm	58 mm x 32 mm x 7 mm	Apr, 2007	UART, SPI, I²C, 51-pin expansion connector	ZigBee stack, Moteworks platform
	MICAz (MPR2400) datasheet	Chipcon CC2420 datasheet errata	8-bit ATmega128L	4 kB		MMCX connector	15 µA	11 mA, 14 mA, 17.4 mA	19.7 mA	-10 dBm, -5 dBm, 0 dBm	-94 dBm	58 mm x 32 mm x 7 mm	Sep, 2005
FlexiPanel Ltd	Pixie summary datasheet	Chipcon CC2420 datasheet errata	PIC18LF4620	4 kB	64 kB	integral	2 µA	25 mA		0 dBm			Mar, 2008	UART, SPI	Microchip ZigBee
	Pixie Lite summary datasheet		PIC18LF2520	1.5 kB	32 kB
Panasonic	PAN4551 datasheet	MC13193 datasheet	8-bit MC9S08GT60 HC08	4 kB	60 kB	PCB pad, U.FL connector, internal	37 µA, 3 µA, 0.3 µA	31 mA, 22 mA	38 mA	0 dBm, -20 dBm	-98 dBm	20 mm x 26 mm x 3 mm	Oct, 2005	UART	Freescale Z-Stack
	PAN4555 datasheet	MC1321x datasheet	8-bit MC9S08GT HC08			RF out or ceramic antenna	0.25 µA, 1.9 µA, 36 µA, 1.6 mA	36.5 mA	37 mA	-4 dBm, 0 dBm	-92 dBm	12.2 mm x 16.4 mm x 2.2 mm	2008	UART, SPI	Freescale Beestack
	PAN4561 brochure	MC13213 datasheet				SMD RF out, ceramic antenna or U.FL	1.6 mA, 50 µA, 16 µA, 2 µA	202 mA	45 mA	20 dBm	-105 dBm	35 mm x 15 mm	Jan, 2009	UART, I²C
	PAN4570 datasheet	Ember EM250 factsheet datasheet	16-bit 12 MHz RISC	5 kB	128 kB		1 µA, 1.5 µA	35.5 mA, 41.5 mA, 28 mA	35.5 mA, 37.5 mA	3 dBm, 5 dBm, -32 dBm	-97 dBm	26.5 mm x 20 mm x 2.8 mm	2006	UART, SPI, I²C	Ember ZNet Stack
MeshNetics	ZDM-A1281-B0 (MNZB-24-B0) datasheet	AT86RF230 datasheet	8-bit ATmega 1281v	8 kB	128 kB	RF output	6 µA	18 mA	19 mA	-17 dBm to 3 dBm	-101 dBm	18.8 mm x 13.5 mm x 2.0 mm	2008	UART, USART, SPI, I²C, JTAG	BitCloud stack, SerialNet, OpenMAC
	ZDM-A1281-A2 (MNZB-24-A2) datasheet					balanced dual chip antenna						24 mm x 13.5 mm x 2 mm
	ZDM-A1281-PN0 (MNZB-A24-U0) datasheet					RF output		50 mA	23 mA	20 dBm	-104 dBm	38 mm x 13.5 mm x 2 mm
	ZDM-A1281-PN (MNZB-A24-UFL) datasheet					U.FL connector
	ZigBit 900 (MNZB-900-B0) datasheet	AT86RF212 datasheet				RF output		26 mA	11 mA	11 dBm	-110 dBm	24 mm x 13.5 mm x 2.8 mm
Telegesis Ltd	ETRX2 brochure datasheet	Ember EM250 factsheet datasheet	16-bit 12 MHz RISC	5 kB	128 kB	integrated, U.FL connector or 50Ω pad	1 µA, 1.5 µA	35.5 mA, 41.5 mA, 28 mA	35.5 mA, 37.5 mA	3 dBm, 5 dBm	-94 dBm, -95 dBm, -98 dBm, -99 dBm	37.75 mm x 20.45 mm	2008	SIF, UART, I²C, SPI	Ember ZNet Stack
	ETRX2-PA brochure datasheet						0.8 µA, 1.5 µA, 3 µA, 3.5 µA	56 mA, 63 mA, 106 mA, 120 mA, 121 mA	37 mA	0 dBm, 10 dBm, 18.5 dBm, 17.5 dBm	-92 dBm, -93 dBm, -96 dBm, -97 dBm	37.75 mm x 20.5 mm	2009
	ETRX2USB brochure datasheet					integrated	32 mA, 27 mA, 26 mA	55 mA, 62 mA	62 mA	3 dBm, 28 dBm			2008	SIF
	ETRX2CF brochure datasheet						20 mA, 51 mA	47 mA, 55 mA	55 mA	3 dBm, -20 dBm
Digi International Inc.	Series 1 XBee manual	Freescale MC13193[1] datasheet	8-bit 689S08A HCS08	4 kB	60 kB	integrated Whip, chip or U.FL connector, RPSMA connector	10 µA, 50 µA	45 mA	50 mA	0 dBm	-92 dBm	24.38 mm x 27.61 mm	Dec, 2006	UART	ZigBee stack, DigiMesh network protocol
	Series 1 XBee-PRO manual							250 mA, 340 mA, 180 mA	55 mA	18 dBm, 10 dBm	-100 dBm	24.38 mm x 32.94 mm
	Series 2 XBee ZB manual	Ember EM250 factsheet datasheet	16-bit 12 MHz RISC	5 kB	128 kB		1 µA	40 mA, 35 mA	40 mA, 38 mA	3 dBm, 1 dBm	-96 dBm, -95 dBm	24.38 mm x 27.61 mm	Apr, 2008		Ember ZNet
	Series 2 XBee-PRO ZB manual						10 µA	295 mA, 170 mA	45 mA	17 dBm, 10 dBm	-102 dBm	24.38 mm x 32.94 mm
Redwire, LLC	Redbee	MC13224V	32-bit ARM7	96 KB	120 kB	PCB	1.1 µA	30 mA	25 mA	6 dBm	-100 dBm	1.25" x 1.5" x 0.3"	July, 2009	UART bootloader	Contiki, Freescale Beestack, GCC
NTHU EPL UCI	eco ecomote	nRF24E1	8-bit 8051	256 Bytes	4 kB	Rainsun AN9250 Chip Antenna	1.1 µA	<10mA@3V, 0dBm	21mA@3V, 1Mbps			13x11x7mm (incl. battery)	April,2005(eco) June,2008 (Eco Kit)	UART SPI ADC GPIO	Nordic, SDCC, EcoKit

List of ZigBee company acquisitions

• 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.

• Telit (TI Chipset, TinyOne 2400MC, ZE50-2.4, ZE60-2.4)
• LS Research ProFLEX01, SiFLEX02
• Develco
• Synapse Wireless
• Joymax (Jennic chipset)
• Spectec (TI chipset)
• Air Micro (RadioPulse chipset)
• Merlin Wireless (Ember chipset)
• Adaptive Network Solutions (Atmel chipset at 900 MHz)
• UConnect (TI Chipset)
• ZMDI (ZMDI chipset at 900 Mhz)

Other notes

1) Flexipanel also makes UZBee and UZBee Plus modules which are Pixie modules in the USB key form factor.

2) There are not much verified information about PAN4561 firmware.

References

1. ^ "XBee/XBee‐PRO Code Development". Digi. ftp://ftp1.digi.com/support/documentation/productmanual_xbeecodedevelopment.pdf. Retrieved 15 November 2011.