Talk:Comparison of 802.15.4 radio modules

What is a "Pixie module"?
In section "Other notes": what is a "Pixie module"? It should be explained somehow (for example inline or by a reference) --Mortense (talk) 11:42, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

I removed this section, as it didn't add anything beneficial to the page. The note about limited information regarding Panasonic firmware belongs here on the talk page.--Smithderek2000 (talk) 19:55, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

"Ember (now Silicon Labs)" vs. "Silicon Labs (former Ember)"
This page uses both forms, and it appears confusing. Shouldn't only one form be used since they both mean the same thing? --Smithderek2000 (talk) 23:18, 27 March 2013 (UTC) Since the acquisition is now almost a year old, we all references should be changed to just "Silicon Labs". The acquisition of Ember is noted in the "List of ZigBee company acquisitions" section.--Smithderek2000 (talk) 06:01, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

The two distinct forms have a proper use. Ember (now Silicon Labs) would be use to describe something done by Ember before it was acquired. Silicon Labs (formerly Ember) would be used to describe something done by the business unit of Silicon Labs that was once Ember. The second form is most useful to describe products that were defined and significantly developed before the acquisition but not publicly disclosed in specific detail (i.e. no data sheet) until after the acquisition. The second form should become simply Silicon Labs when sufficient time or personnel changes have ended whatever unique corporate identity or culture that made Ember different from Silicon Labs is no longer relevant. Products that were defined and/or predominantly developed after the acquisition should simply be identified as Silicon Labs. When ambiguous, then how the chip’s developers identified its heritage should guide the choice of attribution. PolychromePlatypus (talk) 19:46, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Discontinued Modules
Many of these modules are no longer in production. I moved them to the "discontinued" section, but should they just be removed entirely? --Smithderek2000 (talk) 06:01, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

There is usually greater wisdom in leaving information about things no longer made in the encyclopedia. This avoids the need to rediscover the evolution of things and to recover the history of the development of them. One exception might be products that were announced and never produced or only produced in sample quantities by a vendor that simply abandoned the market segment and even then only when the product was a technological cul-de-sac that had no effect on later products; for example the design wasn’t ground breaking IT sold off to another company, the designers didn’t migrate to another company and produce the next version somewhere else, and so on. PolychromePlatypus (talk) 19:27, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Table sorting
The tables don't currently appear to be sorted by anything. What would be the best way to sort them? Maybe company name since that is the first column? --Smithderek2000 (talk) 20:27, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, please. PolychromePlatypus (talk) 19:30, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

IP modules
Catena has an 802.15.4 phy hard block on 130nm on chipestimate.com There is also a VHDL phy on opencores.org There may be others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.191.56.10 (talk) 22:24, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Comparison of 802.15.4 radio modules. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070603054355/http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1824&appnote=en520606 to http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1824&appnote=en520606
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130215104338/http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1824&appnote=en536181 to http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1824&appnote=en536181

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 16:08, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Integrated MCU and transceiver modules section is missing modules
The Nordic nRF52840 and nRF52833 MCUs are missing, see here

Nospam2000 (talk) 20:57, 9 May 2021 (UTC)