Comparison of 802.15.4 radio modules

This table lists production ready-to-use certified modules only, not radio chips.

A ready-to-use module is a complete system with a transceiver, and optionally an MCU and antenna on a printed circuit board.

While most of the modules in this list are Zigbee, Thread, ISA100.11a, or WirelessHART modules, some don't contain enough flash memory to implement a Zigbee stack and instead run plain 802.15.4 protocol, sometimes with a lighter wireless protocol on top.

As a result, the protocol stack will need to be handled by an external IC.

However, potentially more work is required for integrating the MCU and module.