700 Series Z Wave chipset will enable sensors with 10 year b attery life
700-Series Z-Wave chipset will enable sensors with 10-year b.attery life.
Smart home chipmaker Sigma Designs on Monday unveiled its new 700-Series Z-Wave chipset, a long-range, low-power hardware platform it hopes will power the context-aware smart home of the future.
What immediately stands out about the 700-Series platform is its insane battery life. According to the company, the platform will have best-in-class low power radio performance that’ll enable multi-year battery life and sensors that can be powered for more than 10 years via a single coin-cell battery.
Along with the improved battery life comes a smaller form factor for sensors which Sigma Designs says will allow them to be embedded into new places such as into furniture, windows and even behind drywall (think motion-activated sensors or ones that detect water leaks).
The 700-Series chipset will also boast a wireless connectivity range of more than 300 feet, allowing devices to be placed in the far reaches of your home (and perhaps even at the far end of the yard or driveway). Best yet, every 700-Series device will be backwards compatible with previous Z-Wave products.