As the only company focused on meeting the needs of OEMs integrating 802.11 WiFi modules and systems, Quatech has significant experience with the needs of engineers developing wirelessly enabled devices in machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. You can get a good start on mastering some of that knowledge with these application notes:

• Networking industrial devices through WiFi networks involves significantly different challenges than traditional Ethernet networks. Explore those challenges here:
  Embedding Industrial Wireless Networking
• There are a number of approaches to designing wireless networking into embedded systems. Find out how to choose between PC Cards or USB adapters and integrated, application-specific modules here:
  Approaches to Designing Embedded Wireless Networks.
• Wireless adds additional complexity to networked devices. Here's how to manage more complicated configurations to offer overlapping networks while limiting access to critical systems:
  New Standards-based Web–enabled Technologies Streamline Wireless Network to I/O Interface.
• At the end of the day, data gathered must be applied to solving real problem for embedded networks to provide value. Discover the architectural possibilities of wireless networks to more efficiently deliver data within existing IT frameworks here:
  Wireless for Industrial Control: I Can Get to the Data, Now What?
• Central and remote management is often used in the IT world. Explore the cost-effective application and operational advantages of these techniques in industrial and commercial settings here:
  Embedded Wireless Networking for Industrial Control.
• Using the web to deliver complex, data-driven pages can provide rapid delivery of essential information anywhere in the world without information overload. Explore the packaging and delivery of data gathered on wireless networks here:
  Man-Machine Interface: Web-Enabled Remote Access and Monitoring of Equipment.

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