Dust Networks Launches Developer Kit to Speed Time-to-Market for WirelessHART Devices

SmartStart Evaluation and Developer Kit Set New Industry Standard For
Ease-of-Integration
HANNOVER, Germany--(Business Wire)--
Dust Networks, the leading supplier of wireless sensor networking products,
announced its new WirelessHART SmartStart Kit today at INTERKAMA 2009, the
world`s largest industrial automation exposition. The SmartStart Kit supplies
everything needed for industrial automation vendors to design, develop and test
new WirelessHART-based field device solutions.

"Our kit provides a complete, intelligent mesh network designed to be up and
running within minutes of opening the box," said Dust Networks` Vice President
of Marketing, Steve Toteda. "OEMs leveraging the SmartStart Kit can dramatically
shorten development time-often going from concept to product in half the time
required by most WirelessHART development cycles," Toteda added.

The SmartStart Kit includes a preconfigured SmartMesh IA-510 intelligent network
manager with dynamic bandwidth to demonstrate multiple processes, 15 wireless
mote modules, software libraries, sample WirelessHART command definitions and
extensive documentation to simplify mote integration into WirelessHART field
devices.

"WirelessHART preserves the investment in HART-enabled devices, tools and work
procedures in use today, while extending the scope of monitoring and automation
to areas which were previously in the dark," said Ron Helson, Executive Director
of the HART Communication Foundation. "Dust Networks` SmartStart Kit will help
accelerate the introduction of new WirelessHART devices from a wide range of
vendors," Helson added.

About Dust Networks

Dust Networks, the leader in standards-based intelligent wireless sensor
networking (WSN), provides ultra low-power, highly reliable embedded systems to
industrial automation vendors in a range of markets. Dust Networks enables OEMs
to offer monitoring and control solutions that provide unprecedented access to
information from the physical world, resulting in improved operations, safer
work environments, and increased competitive advantage. Dust Networks partners
with industry and standards groups such as the IETF, the HART Communication
Foundation, and ISA to ensure the broad adoption of interoperable wireless
sensor networking products. For more information visit www.dustnetworks.com.

Dust Networks, Inc.
Meg Godfrey, +1-510-400-2900 (Media)
mgodfrey@dustnetworks.com

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