What are the cost considerations for ZigBee implementation?
top System, individual node, service, and battery costs are all important. ZigBee and 802.15.4 maximize utility over this multidimensional space. There is sufficient flexibility in both standards to provide the sensor system developer with an assortment of tradeoffs to optimize cost with respect to system performance. For example, battery life can be optimized at the expense of service interval, and node cost and complexity can be traded for network complexity. System simplicity and the underlying flexibility of 802.15.4 promise that system developers will find ZigBee-based platforms more cost effective (at the same unit volumes) than Bluetooth or proprietary bidirectional wireless solutions. While platform hardware cost is always a critical part of the overall system cost, you must also consider the less tangible costs of system maintenance, flexibility, and battery life. How long is the Transmission Range? top ZigBee relies on the basic 802.15.4 standard to establish radio performanc
