IoT
Freescale To Demonstrate End-To-End Connected Solutions For Smart Metering At DistribuTECH
Freescale plans to demonstrate a broad set of solutions for the smart grid market at the DistribuTECH Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, Calif., taking place Jan. 29-31. At the Freescale booth (#1145), attendees will see Freescale technology supporting the “last mile” of smart grid ecosystem, including Internet of Things-accessible devices.
Silicon Labs To Showcase Wireless AMI Solutions At DistribuTECH
Silicon Laboratories will showcase its wireless solutions for advanced metering infrastructure at DistribuTECH, the utility industry’s leading smart grid conference, held in San Diego, California, Jan. 29-31. Silicon Labs’ mixed-signal devices, including wireless radios, ultra-low-power 8-bit microcontrollers, 32-bit Precision32 MCUs and digital isolators, assist in the communications, sensing, calibration, timing, processing, security and re...
New medium voltage inductive coupler for smart grids
PREMO MICU-300A-S/LF inductive cupler transmits the PLC signals between power line and PLC data transceiver without connection of communication cable to power line. This inductive coupler has a safer installation (High insulation > 5 kV) than a capacitive coupler.
IBM, STMicroelectronics and Shaspa Advance Smarter Home Initiative
STMicroelectronics and Shaspa today announced a collaboration to tap cloud and mobile computing for manufacturers and service providers to provide innovative ways for consumers to manage and interact with their homes’ functions and entertainment systems using multiple user interfaces such as voice recognition and physical gestures for a smarter home.
STMicroelectronics and Tatung Collaborate to Enable Smarter Homes
The era of the smart, connected home that offers its occupants a greener, safer, more convenient and more enjoyable lifestyle has been brought closer through a unique collaboration announced today by STMicroelectronics and Tatung. Working together, the two companies have developed an array of smart-home appliances that can be interconnected to form a smart-home ecosystem.
Power Line Communication make a Smarter Grid
Nexans has recently hosted a technical conference highlighting the vital role that Power Line Communications solutions, deployed over existing electrical distribution infrastructure, will play in the creation of Smarter Grids.
TE Connectivity Launches NECTOR Power Systems
Buildings are alive. They have the intelligence to sense and react, anticipate and illuminate. Increased demand for total comfort and convenience are driving the change of how a building’s power runs within the walls, ceilings, and floors for lighting, security, and beyond.
Building A Smarter Smart Grid: Counteracting Cyber-Threats In Energy Distribution
Energy providers have arrived at a new frontier. Behind them lies the existing energy delivery infrastructure, some 70% of which is more than 30 years old, making it stress prone, labour intensive, and environmentally risky. Ahead lies the promise and potential of the smart grid, the path to more efficient, less costly, cleaner, and safer energy distribution.
Automatic for more of the people
With interoperability now clearly defined by the new ISO/IEC standard (ISO/IEC 14543-3-10), will it help drive demand for home automation systems? Chief Executive Office of EnOcean, Laurent Giai-Miniet, investigates.
TI ZigBee wireless network processor first to offer ZigBee Smart Energy, ZigBee Home Automation and ZigBee Light Link standards for a single end-device
TI today announced that the CC2538 is the industry's first ZigBee wireless network processor to offer the three most popular ZigBee standards for one end-device (ZigBee Smart Energy, ZigBee Home Automation and ZigBee Light Link).