WINA PRESENTS: CHOOSING THE RIGHT WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS What You Need to Know About WirelessHART and Zigbee

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 -0400
Event Host: 
Steve Toteda, WINA Board of Directors
Moderator(s): 
Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief of Automation World
Panelist(s)
Steve Toteda - WINA President and VP of Dust Networks
Tim Cutler - Vice President, RFM
Chris Herzog - Software Technologies Group

Join Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief of Automation World and Steve Toteda, President of WINA as they compare and contrast the performance between two leading standards-based WSN technologies—WirelessHART® and ZigBee®. It will describe the communication methodology used by each and evaluate both network scalability and reliability in challenging RF environments.  The discussion will include an analysis of the low-power claims of each as well as a look at how and why low-power is a leading driver in the development of new field devices for the industrial market.  Case studies using each technology will provide an inside look at the technology in use today.