ZigBee® module solutions

Enabling OEMs to add wireless networking capabilities to

electronic devices

Representing a cost-effective and power-efficient solution

for a large variety of applications, ZigBee modules enable
OEMs to add powerful wireless networking capabilities to
electronic devices without the need of RF expertise and
knowledge.

The devices form a family of low-power, 2.4 GHz ISM

band transceiver modules using a single-chip solution that
integrates an IEEE 802.15.4 RF transceiver and ready-to-
run EmberZNet (from Ember Corporation) ZigBee-compliant
protocol stack.

Family features Target applications

QQ Based on a system-on-chip integrating a 2.4 GHz QQ Wireless sensor networks
IEEE 802.15.4 radio transceiver and a state-of-the-art QQ Remote monitoring
microcontroller QQ Wireless alarms and security systems
QQ 3 dBm output power (5 dBm in boost mode) at the IC QQ Home/building automation
QQ Single supply voltage (2.1 V to 3.6 V range) QQ Health, sport and entertainment equipment
QQ FCC and CE compliance QQ Machine-to-machine communications
QQ Operating temperature range: -40 °C to +85 °C
QQ SPZB250 provides 17 GPIOs with selectable functions
including UART, I²C, SPI, ADC
QQ SPZB260-PRO is controlled through a standard serial
interface (SPI) allowing the connection to a variety of
host microcontrollers

Key benefits
QQ Worldwide operability in the 2.4 GHz band
QQ Low power consumption and small-size modules
QQ Cost-effective ZigBee solution for OEMs
QQ Modules designed to run EmberZNet ZigBee protocol
stack, including PRO, and custom applications by
acting as coordinator, router or end device in the target
application

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 The SPZB260-PRO is delivered with the PRO protocol
stack loaded inside, which allows users to easily integrate
the module via the SPI interface with the preferred host
processor and related development tool to program the
final application. Thus the complete platform is capable of
acting as a ZigBee coordinator, router or end device.
The SPZB250 is fully reprogrammable so it allows users
to run their own custom application on the integrated
processor. The rich set of I/O interfaces allows integration
of the module with a large variety of sensors and
peripherals. The SPZB250 thus provides a complete
platform capable of acting as a ZigBee coordinator,
router or end device. The rich set of I/O interfaces allows
integration of the module with a large variety of sensors
and peripherals.
The use of the module is supported by a leading
set of embedded wireless networking tools (Insight
Development Kit and Jumpstart Kit from Ember
corporation) developed specifically for OEMs, and
including hardware and development tools.
In order to facilitate the certification of the final product
where OEM modules are integrated, every ST ZigBee
module comes with FCC and CE certification.

32.768 Chip
Chip antenna
Antenna
24MHz Chip
Chip antenna
Antenna 32.768 kHz 2424MHz
MHz 2.4GHz
2.4 GHz
Vdd 24 MHz Vdd kHz
2.4GHz
2.4 GHz Xtal Xtal
Xtal
Xtal
Xtal Xtal
SIF SIF

SPI GPIO
Network
Network Balun
Balun Balun
Balun
Processor
processor Filter
filter SoC Filter
filter
CNTRL CNTRL
SPZB260-PRO SPZB250
SPZB250

Size: 25 x 13.7 mm Size: 26.5 x 16.4 mm

with onboard antenna with onboard antenna

ZigBee module family

Part number Type
SPZB250 ZigBee single-chip module
SPZB260-PRO ZigBee network-processor module

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