Oslo, Norway, 22 May 2012 – Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller and radio company, today announced a strategic relationship with Spectrum Design Solutions, a division of Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) that provides wireless design services. The two companies will work closely together to solve customers’ wireless design challenges using the Energy Micro EFM32 Gecko range of microcontrollers.
Spectrum Design Solutions employs more than 40 of the world’s foremost wireless design professionals. The new agreement connects this deep pool of talent and expertise with the powerful processing capabilities and best-in-class energy performance of the EFM32 series. Spectrum offers a complete range of wireless design and integration services, from requirements specification through to product certification, for medical devices, network communications, avionics, smart energy and fleet management.
“We pride ourselves on forging close relationships with the companies whose products we use to develop our customers’ solutions,” said Mike Burica, Managing Director, Spectrum Design Solutions. “Working with Energy Micro not only gives us access to a range of microcontrollers that is ideally suited to our core area of expertise in wireless systems; it also allows us to talk directly with the engineers who created the EFM32 series to solve our customers’ design challenges more quickly and smoothly.”
Raman Sharma, Energy Micro’s Vice President of Sales, Americas, said: “We’re very proud to be working with an organization of the caliber of Spectrum Design Solutions. The best design services require the best engineers, and Spectrum certainly delivers on that promise. We’re looking forward to providing outstanding results to our mutual customers.”
Energy Micro’s Gecko microcontroller family consists of a range of more than 240 device variants based on the ARM Cortex processor cores. Benchmarked to consume just a quarter of the energy of competing 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit MCUs, the EFM32 Gecko series can extend the lifetime of a typical battery operated application by at least 300 per cent.
Spectrum Design Solutions offers complete hardware and software wireless design services, including wireless strategy consulting, product customization, custom antenna design and antenna validation services. This enables OEMs to quickly and easily add wireless capabilities to new and existing products.
About Energy Micro
Energy Micro is a global provider of energy friendly microcontrollers and RF transceivers based on the ARM® Cortex™ processor core. Consuming a quarter of the energy of competing products, the company’s ultra low power EFM32 Gecko MCUs and EFR4 Draco radios target energy sensitive applications, including smart metering, building automation, security systems portable health and fitness equipment and smart accessories. The products are supported by Energy Micro’s Simplicity Studio, an easy-to-use software console helping to reduce embedded system development times by a half. Further information is available at www.energymicro.com
About Spectrum Design Solutions, a division of Digi International
Spectrum Design Solutions has an incredible depth of knowledge relating to all aspects of wireless design. From requirements definition through all stages of the wireless design and certification process, Spectrum helps customers get their designs to market quickly through the use of reliable cutting-edge technology. Spectrum can also help customers with a smooth transition to manufacturing including development of functional test systems for their wireless products. For more information, visit www.spectrumdsi.com.
