IoT

ON Semiconductor announce the new NCN5150 integrated slave transceiver for use in two-wire Meter Bus slave devices and repeaters. The NCN5150 provides all necessary functionality to satisfy the EN 13757-2 and EN 1434-3 standards that describe the physical layer requirements for remote meter reading M-BUS applications in multi-energy, heating and cooling, water and gas meters.

This article from ES Design magazine explores how broader access to personalised information could promote a greater sense of community.

ARM announces work is underway to transform its headquarters into a hub for its partners’ Internet of Things technologies. ARM and its partners won £800,000 in a competitive funding call from the Technology Strategy Board, the UK’s innovation agency, to deploy network technology and over 600 connected sensors across its premises in Cambridge. All of these connected sensors are controlled by smart ARM-technology based chips. The project will ...

u-blox has today announced a new ultra-compact, low power, surface mount GSM/GPRS modem module. The SARA-G350 ATEX is certified for use in devices operating in potentially explosive environments such as smart gas meters. Featuring extremely low power consumption of less than 0.8 mA in standby mode, the SARA-G350 ATEX is perfectly suited for portable and Machine-to-Machine communication applications.

E-Mon announces that several models in the company’s advanced meter family were certified by independent testing labs to have met or exceeded equipment interoperability guidelines of two of the industry’s leading standards agencies—BACnet Testing Laboratory and LonWorks. Applicable metering devices include E-Mon’s advanced Class 3200, 3400, 5000, Green Class Net Meter, Din-Mon and Interval Data Recorders.

STMicroelectronics has announced the world’s first smart-meter integrated circuit with built-in support for the METERS AND MORE 1 open communication standard, which enables widespread interoperability among smart metering equipment using Power Line Communication.

Skyworks Solutions today announced that it is partnering with SMC Networks to develop wireless connectivity solutions for security, monitoring and automation applications in the emerging connected home market.

Broadcom today announced the industry's first family of HomePlug AV2 devices that can achieve physical layer rates of up to 1.5 Gigabits per second over a home's existing electrical wiring. The new family of cost-effective carrier-class devices enables simultaneous multi-room HDTV distribution, low-latency real-time online 3D gaming and whole-home Internet coverage. Broadcom's complete line of Adaptive Home Network solutions now includes two new ...

PREMO have today announced the release of a new MV inductive coupler kit. The kit includes two units of its innovative Medium voltage Non Intrusive Inductive Coupler for Smart Grids (Prime & G3 PLC), MICU 300A-S/LF Series.

Toshiba Corporation today announced that the International Electrotechnical Commission has endorsed a committee draft for vote of an International Standard, proposed by Toshiba, that will secure a much higher level of interoperability among subsystems in electricity transmission and distribution systems.