WIRELESS DESIGN:
RFOS...the RF Optimal Solution

RFOS is a complete hardware and software wireless communication solution available under license for drop-in use in your product.

The RFOS design delivers low cost, low power, and long-distance wireless communication in 400Mhz, 900Mhz, or the 2.4Ghz bands.

Venture Technologies' proprietary communication technology eliminates the wires and provides a fast, reliable communications connection that can maximize your product's power and versatility.

Key benefits

RFOS offers manifold benefits:

• easy to integrate with your product
• gets your wireless product to market quickly
• eliminates man-years of HW and SW development
• uses the Texas Instruments Chipcon family of transceivers (CC1101/CC1110F32/CC2510)
• uses the Texas Instruments MSP430 family of microprocessors (MSP430F2272/MSP430F1611IPM)
• proven design with many deployed solutions
• no RF experience or programming required

Key features

RFOS's key features include:

• RF data rate: 250Kbits/second
• reliable communication
• data packets acknowledged for guaranteed data integrity
• buffers utilized to support data bursts
• full duplex data link (half duplex rf link)
• battery life up to five years
• range up to 1 mile (higher power versions)
• up to 1000 foot (line of sight) with 10mw base version
• frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS)
• 400Mhz, 900Mhz, or 2.4Ghz band radio communication
• various network topologies supported
• 2 units (cable replacement) point to point
• star network (multi-point addressable)
• mesh network (data collection)
• RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) (available)
• serial communication interface supports up to 115K baud
• FCC Part 15.247 compliant

RFOS can be used for point-to-point or network wireless data communications.

• The RFOS creators at Venture Technologies are embedded product design experts. We can integrate your remote sensor or measurement functionality into our design to create a very low cost unit.