Listed Alphabetically:
Atmel Smart RF | Cirrus Logic | Digi-Key Corporation | FreeWave Technologies, Inc. | Intersil | Micro Linear | Radicom | RF Micro Devices
This website was designed to aid students with researching available RF Devices. There are links to other university projects that make use of different devices. The list of companys shown above gives a good basis for RF technologies. I have tried to give general descriptions and links to important pages pointed to specifically useful devices. It is by no means an exhaustive list of devices that are out there but it will save you time in gauging a general idea for the types of devices and limitations of the devices.
Some company technologies for use in projects may be hard to gauge price, availablity, and usage due to the limited amount of information on varying sites. In the research stages I tried to contact a few of the comapanies. I only received responses from Digi-Key. Cirrus Logic has yet to return my email and the FreeWave Toll-Free Number is incorrect on their website.
Best of luck to anyone trying to interface with any RF Devices. The UART RF Controller developed for the MAIDEN system is available for reference. It uses the TR-916-SC-PA-ND RF Device made by Linx Technologies distributed by Digi-Key Corp.
Project done by UBC students using the TR-916-SC-P Transceiver:
The Observatron
Project using the Freewave RF transmitter and receiver:
CARS EE Senior Design Project
Application Note on Interfacing Intersil Wireless to PCMCIA interface:
RC32355
Project using RF Micro Devices Attenuator:
CS-400 Senior Design
Nicholas Hutniak - March, 2003
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