IoT

Housed in standard DIN rail-mount enclosures, the Din-Mon kWh/kW smart meters have been announced by E-Mon. The single- (Din-Mon D2) and dual-protocol (Din-Mon D5) meters enable advanced energy monitoring for building automation systems, switchgear, control panels, server racks, renewable energy systems and other space-constrained applications.

Enabling customers to implement PLC technology in any design, Texas Instruments introduce what they claim to be one of the industry’s most flexible, robust and optimised power line communication (PLC) system-on-modules (SoM). This customisable field-tested PLC module is available with a variety of modifications, including SoM packages, form factors and interfaces.

As a result of smart grid substation automation deployments adopting Ethernet-based industrial networking, TI have announced a low-cost substation automation solution in collaboration with Triangle MicroWorks.

Featured at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, Haier's latest "Smart Living" appliances use Broadcom's WICED platform. Broadcom's Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded platform enables Haier's appliances to provide simple and seamless connectivity with a broad selection of mobile devices. This enables consumers to manage and control home appliances from anywhere in the world.

Lantiq has today announced that the industry-first Smart Home Gateway functionality will be shown this week at the Broadband World Forum. At Booth G9, this will demonstrate interoperability between heterogeneous wireless Home Area Network technologies used to control switches, sensors and actuators from multiple suppliers. The demo is a collaboration of four organizations representing all links in the application value chain.

How a practical mesh network solution can simplify home automation and energy management. Mike Paradis, Global Sales Manager for ANT Wireless, explores this in detail in this ES Design magazine article.

Designers of smart meters can now reduce time to market, raise the bar for higher accuracy, and secure their designs with Capistrano, a smart grid reference platform from Maxim. Powered by the company’s Zeus metering SoC, Capistrano protects designs with advanced cryptography, physical attack detection, and life-cycle security schemes.

Two years after formation, G3-PLC Alliance is excited to present the key results of the year. The number of G3-PLC Alliance's members increased strongly, with new representatives from Asia. 44 member companies have joined the G3-PLC Alliance since its launch two years ago. This is a direct result of growing interest from leaders in the smart grid industry and a remarkable increase of G3-PLC field tests and projects.

IBM today announced that it has been selected by Tata Power Delhi Distribution to conceptualize, design and deliver an Advanced Smart Grid solution that will  collect and analyze real-time information from smart meters and data from the communication and management infrastructure. This will enable Tata Power Delhi Distribution to better manage energy output and further reduce outages.

Enabling robust automated meter reading, advanced metering infrastructure, and sensor network automation applications, Texas Instruments announce the Smart Data Concentrator evaluation module with accompanying power line communication system-on-module and supporting software for smart grid developers.