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Features & Benefits:

• 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4, Tiny Wireless Measurement System

• Up to Three Times Improved Radio Range and Twice the Program Memory Over Previous MICA Motes

• Designed Specifically for Deeply Embedded Sensor Networks

• 250 kbps, High Data Rate Radio

• Wireless Communications with Every Node as Router Capability

The IRIS is a 2.4 GHz Mote module used for enabling low-power, wireless sensor networks. The IRIS Mote features several new capabilities that enhance the overall functionality of Crossbow’s wireless sensor networking products.

Powerful New Design Features Include:

• Outdoor line-of-sight tests have yielded ranges as far as 500 meters between nodes without amplification.

• IEEE 802.15.4 compliant RF transceiver.

• 2.4 to 2.48 GHz, a globally compatible ISM band.

• Direct sequence spread spectrum radio which is resistant to RF interference and provides inherent data security.

• Expansion connector for light, temperature, RH, barometric pressure, acceleration/seismic, acoustic, magnetic and other Crossbow sensor boards.

• 250 kbps data rate.

• Supported by MoteWorks™ wireless sensor network platform for reliable, ad-hoc mesh networking.

• Plug and play with Crossbow’s sensor boards, data acquisition boards, gateways, and software.

Platform support for IRIS wireless sensor network nodes under TinyOS 2.0, the latest major release of the popular open source embedded operating system was recently announced.

This development effort now provides users with the ability to use the latest generation TinyOS software on the latest generation sensor network hardware.

Benefits of TinyOS 2.0 include better hardware abstraction model as well as improved timers, sensor interfaces, power management, arbitration and much more.