Synapse Announces $149 SNAP Wireless Mesh Network Evaluation Kit

HUNTSVILLE, AL--(Marketwire - October 28, 2008) - Synapse®, the technical leader of easy-to-use, intelligent, wireless control and monitoring mesh networks, today announced the availability of a new SNAP network evaluation kit called the EK2100. Priced at $149, this starter kit provides an easy, affordable way for companies or individuals to evaluate the most advanced, IEEE802.15.4, wireless mesh network technology available today -- Synapse SNAP® 2.1 -- and to prototype product designs that need fast, reliable machine communication.

"Many companies are concerned over the cost and complexity of embedding wireless features into their products," said Wade Patterson, CEO of Synapse. "The real key is how our kits make the prototyping of customer's applications fast and easy, and how SNAP can accelerate the most demanding development schedules."

The EK2100 gives developers everything they need to gain a fundamental understanding of SNAP, Synapse's wireless mesh network protocol. The kit forms a wireless mesh network the moment the SNAP nodes are turned on. A clear, step-by-step user's guide shows an engineer (or a hobbyist) how to easily interface the SNAP node to sensors, sound devices and LEDs and immediately experiment with over-the-air programming.

The kit includes Portal, the application environment and network administrative tool that provides a comfortable environment for writing and experimenting with application scripts, logging data, monitoring nodes, or providing the SNAP nodes with full access to capabilities of a PC.

SNAP provides the only self-forming, instant-on, self-healing, wireless mesh network that has the power of Synapse's embedded Python engine, SNAPpy, for running high-level applications. Expanding the network is as easy as turning on another SNAP node, downloading its application script wirelessly and watching it perform. No embedded programming skills are required nor complicated programming and debugging tools.

Distributed by Digi-Key, Sager Electronics and Carlton-Bates, SNAP 2.1 continues to lead in low-cost, low-power, wireless mesh networks designed for ease and speed in OEM product development.

Availability and Pricing

Synapse EK2100 Evaluation Kit, with SNAP 2.1, is priced at $149 and is available today. Call 1-877-982-7888 for more information.

About Synapse Wireless, Inc.

Synapse is a privately held, Huntsville, Alabama company dedicated to developing easy-to-use, intelligent, wireless control and monitoring mesh networks that are low-power, high-performance, self-forming, instant-on, and self-healing. The Synapse SNAP® and Portal® Product Lines enable energy savings, increased productivity, reduced maintenance costs, and amazing convenience to users without requiring embedded programming skills. Because this technology is wireless, it is easy and inexpensive to install and provides rapid return on investment to our customers. Synapse also provides custom design support for OEMs through its Solutions Now service. As a member of the ZigBee Alliance and with RF Engine™ modules having achieved ZigBee® Compliant Platform (ZCP) certification, Synapse will also provide comprehensive design and implementation support for full ZigBee stack or customized wireless applications. Synapse's experienced software and hardware engineers help customers implement wireless network solutions quickly and reliably.

For more information visit our website: www.synapse-wireless.com.

All Synapse® products are patent pending.

Contact Information: For more Information Bryan Floyd Synapse Wireless Inc. Vice president of marketing 1 256-852-7888 x106 Patrick Corcoran Cain Communications 1 360-314-4732