Treehouse Labs has revealed the BiKN Technology Platform that integrates NXP Semiconductors’ wireless chip technology.
Developed in an effort to enable “Internet of Things”, the BiKN technology platform opens the opportunity for newer cost-effective applications and new markets for wireless control and sensor networks, by providing an integrated platform that can be used for deploying and developing connected mobile applications. The BiKN platform for iPhone has been selected as CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Honoree.
The President and Chief Executive Officer of Treehouse Labs, John Howard said that using the low-power wireless technology developed by NXP, the BiKN Platform enables developers to create scalable mesh networks on a large scale. The platform can interoperate with various OS software platforms, thus eliminating the role of custom readers.
The idea that forms the core of the BiKN Platform is integration of software and hardware, operation using web-enabled and mobile devices, and use of the IEEE802.15.4 networking standard to enable scaling of remote control and sensor networks by decreasing the cost of development. For cost-sensitive, low-data rate and low power applications, Treehouse Labs uses optimized theJenNet-IP, a wireless network protocol stack, which has been developed to support low-cost and low-power wireless devices and the NXP JN5148 wireless microcontroller.
The General Manager – smart home products at NXP Semiconductors, Sean McGrath stated that the new Treehouse Labs solution enables developers, consumers and commercial enterprises to access the “Internet of Things”.
NXP and Treehouse Labs will demonstrate various applications developed using the BiKN Technology Platform at booth number CP8 in the Central Plaza at CES 2012 being held at Las Vegas, Nevada.
Source: http://www.treehouselabs.com