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Wireless Connectivity
Freescale Semiconductor offers embedded designers the silicon, software and hardware to implement a complete 250 Kb/s, 2.4 GHz wireless
network from simple to complex. With five protocol stack alternatives to choose from—the broadest IEEE® 802.15.4-based protocol offering in the
market—Freescale draws on extensive RF and wireless experience accumulated from more than 50 years of developing semiconductor products.
BeeKit graphical user interface (GUI) development software supports five protocol stacks, including simple media access controller (SMAC), IEEE
802.15.4 MAC, SynkroRF, BeeStack Consumer (ZigBee® RF4CE) and BeeStack (ZigBee/ZigBee Pro).
IEEE 802.15.4-Compliant MAC
(approx. 17–40 KB memory)
• IEEE 802.15.4-compliant physical layer
(PHY) and MAC software
• Compliant to all IEEE 802.15.4
specifications
• Supports beaconed and
non-beaconed networks
• Guaranteed time slots (GTS)
• Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES) encryption
SynkroRF
(approx. 32 KB memory)
• 802.15.4 based, easy to use
• Provides complete network
stack API with Black Box design option
• Channel agility with dynamic
interference avoidance
• Supports larger data transfers with
fragmentation
• Low latency transmission features
for enhanced performance in noisy
environments
BeeStack Consumer (ZigBee RF4CE)
(approx. 40 KB memory)
• Wireless for home entertainment
control and monitoring
• Reliable data delivery with CSMA-CA
and message acknowledgement
• Additional interference avoidance
techniques implemented
• Power saving modes
• Increased battery life
• Lower standby current
• Allows designs to meet Energy Star
requirements
• Support for acknowledged, non-
acknowledged, unicast and broadcast
messages
• Support for non-secure and secure
communications with AES 128-bit and
CCM encryption
• Simple mechanism for pairing
• Only authorized paired devices can
communicate
• Support for interoperability through
standardized profiles
• Supports ZigBee Remote Control Profile
• Supports ZigBee Input Device Profile
BeeStack (ZigBee/ZigBee Pro)
(approx. 64–128 KB memory)
• Complete wireless networking
standard—from antenna to application
program interface (API)
• Supports ZigBee 2007
• Supports ZigBee Pro
• Supports ZigBee Smart Energy, Home
Automation and Health Care profiles
• Provides interoperability among end
products
• Established routing algorithm
• Network recovery and healing
• Wireless embedded or
dongle options
All MSRP shown are 10K U price points unless otherwise specified. MSRPs are subject to change.
Feature MC13234CHT Developer Starter Kit MC13234CHT Network Starter Kit
1323X-MRB 2 4
1323X-RCM 0 1
1323X-REM 2 3
USB Multilink Yes Yes
CodeWarrior IDE CodeWarrior Special Edition CodeWarrior Special Edition, CodeWarrior Standard Edition
(13234NSK-SFTW only)
BeeKit Yes Yes
Freescale Network Analyzer Yes Yes
Out-of-Box Application Range Demo RF4CE Home Entertainment Control
RoHS Compliant Yes Yes
Price $279: 13234DSK-BDM $529: 13234NSK-BDM
$999: 13234NSK-SFTW
Product
Supply
Voltage
V
Supply Current
at 1% Duty
Cycle, CPU at 1
MHz (Typ) mA
Standby
Current
(Typ) µA
Frequency
Band GHz
Sensitivity
at 1% PER
(Typ) dBm
Data Rate
(Spec)
Kb/s
MAC Options Packages Flash RAM Core Interfaces and Peripherals
2013
MSRP
(10 Ku)
MC13234CHT 1.8–
3.6
27 TX, 34 RX,
22 PPD RX 0.5–.75 2.4–2.5 -94 250
SMAC, IEEE
802.15.4, SynkroRF,
ZigBee RF4CE,
ZigBee/ZigBee Pro
48 LGA 128 KB 8 KB HCS08 Timers, KBI, SCI/UART,
I2C, SPI, CMT, RTC $2.62
MC13237CHT 1.8–
3.6
27 TX, 34 RX,
22 PPD RX 0.5–.75 2.4–2.5 -94 250
SMAC, IEEE
802.15.4, SynkroRF,
ZigBee RF4CE,
ZigBee/ZigBee Pro
48 LGA 128 KB 8 KB HCS08
Timers, KBI, SCI/UART,
I2C, SPI, CMT, RTC,
12-bit ADC
$2.83
MC1323x System on Chip
BeeKit Codebases
MC13234CHT Development Tools Summary