BOSTON - Hitachi WirelessInfo Venture Co. (Hitachi WI), a new division of Hitachi Ltd., is working with Ember Corp. to develop a family of ZigBee-based sensors for use in a variety of wireless monitoring, sensing, and control applications. ZigBee is an embedded wireless network standard for remote monitoring and control and sensor network applications.
Hitachi WI is developing ZigBee wireless sensor and control modules based on Ember's ZigBee-compliant platform. The new modules will be marketed to other Hitachi business units, including Hitachi Electronics Services Co. and Hitachi Urban Development, as well as other OEM companies. Hitachi WI plans to adopt Ember's next generation EM250 system-on-a-chip.