MISSION

To be a leading supplier of the intelligent infrared and RF connectivity solutions for the mobile world by providing the highest quality, best performance, competitively priced and well serviced family of products.

 

CORPORATE PROFILE

• Headquarter in Fremont, CA. Focus on IR/mobile products since 1990.
• Funding member of IrDA in 1993. Introduced the 1st IrDA adapter in 1993.
• Co-authored IrDA Light Protocol and Test/Inter-op Spec.
• Adapters awarded the coveted "IrDA Golden Reference" & "IrReady" status.
• The only supplier of the IrDA handheld tester (IR3200M) on the market, an industry standard
• The only supplier of the compact, modular IR printer adapter (IR100M) for PDA, smart phone.
• The only supplier of the ruggedized serial adapter (IR220LR), popular in the vertical markets.
• The only supplier of the intelligent RS232 adapter (IR100S), instant IrDA solution!  
• The only supplier of the IrDA Lab and USB Forum duly certified USB-FIR adapter (IR2000U).
• Top among five IrDA authorized certification Labs worldwide.
• Top three suppliers of IrDA protocol software and serial adapter (IR220L+)
• Top supplier of IrDA adapters, tester in the certification and quality-driven vertical markets.  
• Our USB-FIR adapter is the featured device on USB website, www.usb.org
• The only company does 100% IrDA Bit-Error-Rate test on all models in our production line.
• Volume (35%) and quality leader worldwide with many corporate customers; FedEx, Compaq, Sharp, 3Com, Telxon, HP, Microsoft, Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Ford Motor, Infineon, IBM.
• Elected as Year2K Chairs of two of the three IrDA committees, Technical and Test/InterOp committees by full 142 IrDA memberships!  
• Chair of Wireless Connectivity at international conferences for 4 years
• Flexible and fast IrDA product customization and consultation.  
• Fully owned production/testing facility to control quality and cost.
• Capable of 100,000 units/month ramp up with short notice.

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ACTiSYS MILESTONE

1991: Shipped the industry-first pocket size IR (ASK) adapter, ACTiR-3S+ for Sharp-Zaurus, Wizard and Apple-Newton. This unit enables both IR wireless file transfer to PC and wireless printing to any parallel printer, two function in one adapter!

1993: Demonstrated at Fall Comdex the industry-first IrDA and ASK dual-mode RS232 IR serial adapter, ACT-IR200L, only two months after IrDA formation!

1994: Shipped the industry-first RS232 IrDA serial adapter, ACTiIR220L that has maximum range of 0 cm - 240 cm, requiring no external power!

1995: Introduced the industry-first IrDA-1.0 secondary-station protocol software stack, ACT-IR940SW that has the tightest code size (3.5 Kbytes)! This was used in our successful parallel printer adapter, ACT-IR100M.

1996: Co-authored the IrDA-Light specification for IrDA, more suitable for embedded mobile devices like cellular phone, pager, medical device, etc.

1997: Introduced the industry-first motherboard FIR (4Mbps) adapter, ACT-IR2000L, FIR/MIR/SIR system test software, ACT-IR9000SW and ruggedized IrDA serial adapter, ACT-IR220LR.

1998: Introduced the industry-first FIR desktop tester, ACT-IR2000BL, and Inter-Op Test Lab for system and component test, full IrDA Physical Spec. Compliance Test Lab. We also contributed to the development of VFIR (16Mbps) and Desktop Dongle Spec.

1999: Introduced handheld FIR tester, ACT-IR3000M.

2000: ACTiSYS executives, Dr. Yeh and Dr. Wang, were re-elected for 2nd term (2000, 2001) as chairs of IrDA Technical and Test/Interoperability committees by full 142 members.

MARKETING

We sell our products directly to OEMs and through VARs and distributors. Support is provided by well trained in-house technical support staff through phone, Internet and CompuServe.