IAR Systems has announced a starter kit for developing smart meters, weighing scales and other applications needing precision measurement. The kit is centred around a TMPM061FWFG microcontroller which has an analogue front-end (AFE), ...
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IBM been selected to continue supporting Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) by operating the province’s Meter Data Management & Repository (MDM/R) system with new computing infrastructure and an updated ...
"HomePlug AV is used in set-top boxes in Europe and is starting in the US," Greenvity CEO Hung Nguyen. "Any lighting system needs to be interoperable with set-top boxes. HomePlug Green PHY co-exists and inter-operates with HomePlug AV." ...
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On January 23, British Columbia’s energy, mines and natural gas minister, Rich Coleman, released the following opinion editorial on helping customers understand the benefits of smart meters: I am writing to assure your ...
The electrical grid transformation to the Smart Grid puts tremendous reliance on wired and wireless networks to deliver situational awareness of grid operations. These communications networks enhance and optimize utility management of grid ...
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Cheaper electricity prices could be on the way. Genesis Energy is trialling smart meters in 300,000 houses, to record electricity consumption by the half hour. Newstalk ZB business correspondent Roger Kerr says it could eventually lead ...
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Revenue in the IT segment of the world's smart electricity delivery industry is likely to have grown by 23%, to $9.4 billion, in 2012, in support of smart grid deployments, according to a new study. Global revenue from software and IT ...
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Revenue in the IT segment of the world’s smart electricity delivery industry is likely to have grown by 23 percent, to US$9.4 billion, in 2012, in support of smart grid deployments, according to a new study. Global revenue from ...
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RF Micro Devices has developed an ISM-band radio device for smart meters. The RFFM6403 operates in the 405MHz–475MHz frequency range, and so will support wireless links in general 433/470MHz ISM band systems. The chip is designed ...
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Energy efficiency awareness in the U.S.goes back at least to President Jimmy Carter in a cardigan sweater warning Americans of a global energy crisis back in 1977.In the decades since,much progress has been made,which could give the ...
Software is the driving force behind the “Internet of everything” says Tyson Tuttle, president and CEO, Silicon Laboratories. The dramatic growth of the Internet over the last 30 years has surpassed the estimates of even ...
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In the face of concerns over energy scarcity,POWRtec,an intelligent Smart Meter provider,have submitted a business overview stating that the largest and most immediate source of energy available is to increase the energy efficiency of the ...
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Florida Power & Light will begin work Monday in Manatee County installing the latest technological advance that continues the societal shift into the digital world. Smart meters hold numerous advantages for both the company and the ...
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Every day,the U.S.Department of Energy(DoE)releases a special article covering some form of green technology being used in America.On November 1,the government organization published its latest findings on the usage of smart ...
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IDG News Service - Researchers at the University of South Carolina have discovered that some types of electricity meter are broadcasting unencrypted information that, with the right software, would enable eavesdroppers to determine whether ...
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