Tridium Inc., has announced a collaboration with Jennic Ltd., an English developer of wireless microcontrollers, to combine Jennic's low-cost wireless IP-connectivity with Tridium's groundbreaking Sedona Framework software to integrate a wide range of sensors and actuators in manufacturing applications.

The Sedona Framework is the first complete, open-source software platform for developing, deploying, integrating, and managing pervasive device applications. The software distributes decision making control and manageability to any device and brings intelligence and connectivity "to the network edge and back."

"Wireless communication is essential for lowering the costs of automation and expanding the market" said Steve Fey, Tridium president. "Jennic's visionary wireless microcontroller coupled with its wireless IP-based 6LoWPAN network layer has allowed us to create the Sedona Framework platform at price and performance levels which were previously unthinkable".

Said Jennic CEO Jim Lindop: "Tridium has driven the capabilities of our 6LoWPAN and wireless microcontrollers to levels of integration and performance which are beyond even our expectations." More.