Microchip Technology Inc. is offering Integration Associates’ EZLink development kit (Microchip part # TDKEZ915) for $240 on its e-commerce web site. The EZLink radio module contains an onboard PIC18F2520 8-bit Flash microcontroller and Integration’s IA4421 EZRadio transceiver. It provides a complete, ready-to-use sub-GHz RF modem solution.

A single-chip, low-power solution, the IA4421 is a 434, 868 and 915 MHz multi-channel, FSK transceiver that is designed to provide the industry’s lowest radio BOM by using only one external component—a crystal, said Microchip. It is aimed at low-power, high-performance wireless applications such as toys, consumer electronics, automotive and building security.

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