Just as the mobile world seems to be finding peace and harmony around LTE, the age-old feud between GSM and CDMA is flaring up again. Now, the battleground is M2M (machine-to-machine) communications, the emerging use of wireless to link ...
Tags: software, Computer Products
A new Navugant study suggests that the market for ZigBee-enabled energy products is at a crossroads. According to the report devices based on ZigBee’s wireless communications technology have gained significant momentum in the energy ...
A new project between two technology giants aims to develop a vision for the 'city of tomorrow', complete with innovative new outdoor lights and other advanced features. Toshiba Lighting will team up with smart meter and smart grid firm ...
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The government's vision to have every home in the UK equipped with smart energy meters is getting closer. Next year comes the mass rollout stage but in the meantime, three remaining bidders are battling it out for the right to provide the ...
Tags: Smart Meters, Electrical, Electronics, Meters
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), ...
Tags: IAR Systems, smart meter, precision measurement, hardware engine
Arrow Electronics has partnered with Germany-based wireless module supplier IMST to sell modules and offer design and certification services. Arrow will market and distribute IMST’s wireless modules, as part of the deal Arrow will ...
Tags: Arrow Electronics, Wireless Certification Service, IMST
Adria-Wien Pipeline GmbH (AWP) has upgraded custody-transfer measurement on the Adria-Wien pipeline in Austria by replacing existing turbine flowmeters with Micro Motion® ELITE® High Capacity Coriolis flowmeters from Emerson Process ...
Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA has made available the EPC9004 development board, featuring the firm’s enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) field-effect transistors (FETs) for power ...
Tags: EPC, Power Systems, eGaN FETs
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 ...
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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Dialight saw its share price soar 38p to 1,053 as it announced a contracts bonanza that has meant doubling the sales force to keep pace with demand. The company had reported strong revenue growth in the segment in November driven by ...
We roundup some of the major electronics news stories from CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2013, which runs 8 - 11 January in Las Vegas. Thursday 10 January CES: LG unveils curved OLED TV LG debuts a curved model of its OLED TV ...
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Cambridge-based smart meter firm Sentec has announced a tiny home energy monitor that threads onto the pins of a mains plug. Called MicroMonitor, it is a reference design that transmits the consumption of individual appliances in ...
Tags: smart meter, home energy monitor, individual appliances
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 ...
Tags: smart meters emphasized, benefits
A survey has shown that consumers with more knowledge about the smart grid are more likely to accept it. The survey,from the IBM Institute for Business Value,was conducted across 15 countries.9,000 people were surveyed.Consumers were ...