For example, one can automatically link the Handspring Visor to the Internet by adding a Springboard modem from Card Access . No customer code is required. The development platform includes modem software from ISO 9001-certified Analog Devices' technology partner Telindus. The ways in which the basic product communicates via these standalone modems are established by programming in relevant web content and communication data. Products that use the Internet to provide customer information and communications can be located wherever needed.
Industrial equipment can indicate when it needs to be serviced.
Refrigerators can display recipes containing only the ingredients on their shelves. Standalone embedded modems can reduce operating costs at the same time that they make possible new product categories with features to spur new sales. Standalone embedded modems offer complete and flexible design alternatives for worldwide communications in a variety of approaches. Each approach can be configured on as few as three chips, offers a choice of speeds, and can be implemented inexpensively with low power and real-estate requirements. Embedded modems can bring the power of Internet information and communications to both new and installed devices and can add automatic software upgrades and remote diagnostics at the same time.