[Wormnet] Some nice chips to start with

[Peter Steen]

Hi Folks!

Here are some nice chips, I did not send links last time. These chips is used 
today by most vendor to make
WiFi equipment and Wireless phones as well as 2G/3G mobile phones and base 
stations.

http://www.chipcon.com/index.cfm?kat_ID=2&subkat_Id=12
http://www.nordicsemi.no/index.cfm?obj=menu&act=displayMenu&men=21
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/devices.asp?family_id=651
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?nodeId=01J4Fs
http://www.toshiba.com/taec/Catalog/Line.do?lineid=7240&familyid=25
http://www.maxim-ic.com/Wireless.cfm

All those chips qualify less or more to make a first generation wormnet the 
easy way.
They do not force you to be a king in RF, but however you must be familiar with 
RF and DATACOM protocols. 

I would like Marcel to fill in what _sources_ he have in VHDL and current state 
of knowledge in the areas so it is possible to understand this a bit better.

About Software Radio I found a nice overview link:
http://www.commsdesign.com/design_corner/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=16506181



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