Control Engineering magazine’s editors have named Ember Corporation’s EM2420 embedded wireless networking solution one of the most significant technical innovations of 2003, Ember announced today.
The publication gave the EM2420 a 2003 Editors’ Choice Award for wireless mesh networking based on its service to the industry, technological advancement and market impact. The EM2420 is a low-cost chipset embedded with wireless networking intelligence. Ember customers, such as Advance Transformer Company, a division of Philips Electronics and a leader in the digital ballast and industrial lighting markets, use the EM2420 to build mesh networks for a wide range of remote monitoring and management application. Ember-based mesh networks manage lighting, temperature and security in business and industrial facilities; monitor and operate industrial devices; detect wear and tear on physical infrastructure, such as roads and bridges; and support mobile applications, such as temperature and humidity monitoring for preventing fresh food spoilage.
Control Engineering picks its Editors’ Choice winners from among all of the technologies it writes about during the year. In 2003, Ember and 34 other companies stood out from the thousands of products that appeared in Control Engineering.
“Each month, we review hundreds of new product releases. Only the best of them are published in print and electronically, so there is serious competition for this distinction,” said Control Engineering editor Mark Hoske.
The publication will announce the results of a subscriber poll to name eight Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Awards at a Feb. 24 ceremony during the National Manufacturing Week trade show in Chicago and in its March North American print edition.
“Control Engineering’s editors and readers are exactly the kind of people we want to impress,” said Ember CEO Jeff Grammer. “They understand the real challenges of mesh networking and can separate the substance from the hype. This recognition is a real boost to everyone at Ember who’s been working to make mesh networking a reality everywhere.”
About Control Engineering
Control Engineering and its sister publications cover the worldwide market for controls, instrumentation and automation systems for discrete, process, batch and mixed applications serving more than 65 industries. Control Engineering (www.controleng.com) is part of the manufacturing group www.manufacturing.net of Reed Business Information (www.reedbusiness.com), a member of Reed Elsevier Inc.
About Ember Corporation
Ember removes the barriers to embedded networking. Ember’s self-organizing, self-healing, wireless mesh technology is uncompromisingly robust, easy to use, and flexible. The EmberNet networking platform gives forward-thinking companies the means to create products that do more by communicating better. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Ember Corporation is a privately held company with investments from Polaris Venture Partners, GrandBanks Capital, Dr. Robert Metcalfe, DFJ New England, Stata Venture Partners, RRE Ventures and DFJ ePlanet and is focused on enhancing sensing and control products through wireless connectivity. More information is available at http://www.ember.com.
