Jennic JN5121

Jennic has announced that its JN5121 single chip IEEE 802.15.4 wireless microcontroller is now available and in production in volume quantities.

Designed for power-efficient control within wireless sensor networks based on the IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee standards, the chip is now available worldwide through the company's sales offices directly and through its distribution network.

The JN5121 combines a 32-bit RISC core, fully compliant 2.4GHz IEEE802.15.4 transceiver and integrated 64KB ROM and 96KB RAM memory blocks, all in a single 8x8mm 56 lead QFN chip package.

Manufactured on IBM's 7RF low cost RF CMOS process, which is designed for radio frequency (RF) and low power wireless applications, the wireless microcontroller a solution for a range of low power sensor network applications. These range from point-to-point to complex mesh requirements in home, building and industrial control and automation systems.

According to Jennic, the JN5121 features a high-level of integration to help reduce overall system cost, allowing very small low power modules to be constructed. For example, the RAM allows support of router and co-ordinator functions without the need for an additional external SRAM.