GS1011 Sensor Evaluation Kit

Complete Platform for Evaluating GainSpan's
Wireless Single Chip and Embedded Software


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Product Overview

The GainSpan Kit offers a quick and easy way for customers to evaluate the capabilities of GainSpan's GS1011 ultra-lowpower wireless system-on-a-chip and embedded platform software for Wi-Fi sensor networks.

The GainSpan GS1011 device is a highly integrated ultralow-power wireless system-on-a-chip (SOC) that contains a 802.11b radio, media access controller (MAC) and baseband processor, onchip flash memory and SRAM, an application processor and a rich set of peripheral I/Os all in a single small footprint package. GainSpan's platform software, embedded in the SoC device, provides a complete wireless sensor node software solution that is highly power efficient, extending battery life to several years.

GainSpan's silicon and software solution offers a highly scalable, reliable, manageable and secure wireless link to meet the growing demand of wireless sensor networks utilizing the ubiquitous Wi-Fi network infrastructure.

The Kit includes all the hardware and software required to quickly evaluate GainSpan's unique wireless sensor network technology for use in a broad range of applications in industrial, commercial, residential, healthcare, metro and other markets.

GainSpan Demo Kit Contents:
  • One GS1011 based temperature and light sensor node reference board with 3.6V AA lithium battery
  • One USB-to-serial cable for node provisioning and configuration via PC
  • One pocket-sized 802.11b/g access point
  • One USB memory stick containing GainSpan software and documentation
  • Reference design schematics and BOM
  • PC-based demo application software