Sharp Unveils New Itsy-Bitsy-Teeny-Weeny... Uhh... WiFi module

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-11357-Sharp+unveils+the+smallest+WiFi+module.html' target='_blank'>http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/new...iFi+module.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Code-named DC2J1DZ115, this is the smallest b/g Wireless LAN module. It measures 10x10x1.6mm and uses 0.9mW/hour."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/ekkie_sharp_wifi.jpg" /><br /><br /> 8O The picture says it all, doesn't it? :D

[myrampar]

Very cool, indeed! Anything that allows our devices to run longer yet still allow us to maintain connectivity can't be all bad. After all, current battery technology still leaves quite a bit to be desired.

One question: As these modules get smaller and smaller, how is the performance going to be in terms of range and speed?

[onepieceman]

mW/hour ??? :?

[beq]

From glancing at the photo, I thought this was going to be another post about the introduction of yet another (even smaller) flash memory card format!


Speaking of other card formats, I just got earlier today an Olympus DS-3300 digital voice recorder for a family member (part of their Professional Dictation series, costing a whopping $350). It takes the xD card format, so I had also bought a 1GB Type H (hi-speed) xD card to replace the bundled 32MB card.

The Olympus web site says the recorder with current firmware supports the larger-capacity Type M and Type H xD cards, but the unit I got apparently has the older firmware. The silly thing is that Olympus doesn't provide downloadable firmware files for any of their professional-model recorders, so I had to hunt down a dealer who will try to help next week (because I can't return the 1GB card since I've already opened the blister packaging). This won't help my family member who's going to a conference this weekend, so I had to buy another 512MB (standard-type) xD card from Fry's for her trip, grr.

This xD card along with the Sony PSP's MS Duo are exceptions to my steadily-eroded determination to stick with SD (and now miniSD and microSD in new cellphones) :cry:

[Darius Wey]

A-ha, so there's my hearing aid. Ekkie, can I have it back, please? ;)

[Darius Wey]

mW/hour ??? :?

Milliwatts per hour. It's a unit of measurement for power consumption.

[k1darkknight]

(short and to the point) :

SDIO, anyone? ;)

[Stik]

Not 100% sure, but this may be a Sharp/ Conexant collaboration. If its one and the same, the usage is for...

" The module is specifically meant to go in phone handsets supporting fixed/mobile convergence (FMC), the popular term for the dual support of cellular and Wi-Fi based voice and data communications. "

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3590811

If its not one and the same, sorry! :mrgreen:

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Not 100% sure, but this may be a Sharp/ Conexant collaboration. If its one and the same, the usage is for...
I'd venture to guess that you are right on!

A-ha, so there's my hearing aid. Ekkie, can I have it back, please? ;)
Darius, you are way too young for that... WEY too young! ;)

[Steve Jordan]

Every time I see stuff like this, I'm reminded of Asimov's Foundation series... wherein the settlers of the Foundation, because of their incredible lack of resources, eventually figure out how to make computers the size of matchbooks and generators the size of a walnut... pretty freaky stuff for 1951, but look where we are now. Great Galloping Galaxies!

[Palmguy]

mW/hour ??? :?

Milliwatts per hour. It's a unit of measurement for power consumption.

The unit watt is already in terms of time...joules per second. mW/h doesn't make any sense...

[Darius Wey]

The unit watt is already in terms of time...joules per second. mW/h doesn't make any sense...

Sorry, I meant milliwatt-hour rather than milliwatt per hour. Multiplying power by unit of time will cancel out the time and give a value for energy consumption in joules.

[Kacey Green]

bring it on :twisted: my MDA vario is thick enough as it is. If it didn't come with a belt clip, I don't know what I'd do.

[Menneisyys]

0.9mW/h? That doesn't make sense - at least when the unit is actually trasnferring (most importantly, sending) stuff. After all, a Wi-Fi unit is allowed to transfer at 100 mW at most (while BT Class II units are allowed to 1 mW at most).

This means 0.9mW/h is *not* the normal, in-usage power consumption but the idle one. I'd say it can't be the idle power consumption either - it's far too low for it... (today's idle power consumption is around 10-30 mW).

[Constant Caffeine]

The unit watt is already in terms of time...joules per second. mW/h doesn't make any sense...

Sorry, I meant milliwatt-hour rather than milliwatt per hour. Multiplying power by unit of time will cancel out the time and give a value for energy consumption in joules.

Now see, I let that one go. I wrote that off as a “language barrier/spelling” thingy. The last time I commented on your spelling, I almost started another thread. :lol:

[Darius Wey]

Now see, I let that one go. I wrote that off as a “language barrier/spelling” thingy. The last time I commented on your spelling, I almost started another thread. :lol:

Actually, it was the OP's "mW/h" notation that tripped me up in the first place. If I see the slash, I instantly think "per". This is a clear case of my mind working without thought. ;)

And if you ever wish to comment on my spelling or grammar, there's a separate year-old front-page thread for that. :P