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New! Implementation of a Three-Phase Electronic Watt-Hour Meter
MaryMcAuliffe
This new application report describes the implementation of a three-phase electronic electricity meter using the Texas Instruments MSP430F677x metering processor. This application report includes the necessary information with regard to metrology software, hardware procedures for this single chip implementation...
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Feb 28, 2013
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TI Smart Grid in the news - February 2013
MarkWelsh_TI
In case you didn’t get a chance to see the interview, Markus Staeblein , general manager for TI’s Smart Grid solutions team recently spoke with Smart Grid Insights / Zpryme Research about the state of the smart grid and TI’s plans for 2013. Here are a few of the highlights from Markus’...
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Feb 27, 2013
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TI's New Home Gateway Solution Reference Design
aerives
The easy-to-use HG3352 Home Gateway Reference Design is based on the Sitara™ AM3352 Cortex™-A8 ARM® processor and links home energy systems that use ZigBee to any Wi-Fi® router, so consumers can monitor or control their smart energy devices or home automation systems in the palm of...
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Feb 1, 2013
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New Data Concentrator Solution is flexible, scalable and easy
MaryMcAuliffe
TI’s new Data Concentrator system solution pushes intelligence to the edge of the smart grid by efficiently integrating, organizing and aggregating information from e-meter through the world’s energy grid infrastructure. This solution supports Smart Metering - instant read, load profile,...
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Dec 12, 2012
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13.56 MHz RFID Demo for ARM® Cortex™-M4F MCUs
Naveen Kumar Kala
Stellaris ARM Cortex-M4F MCUs with floating point are an ideal fit for TI’s numerous wireless connectivity solutions. With their unique combination of low-power consumption and high-performance integrated analog they are designed for the industry’s broadest portfolio of low power and high...
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Oct 25, 2012
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Great read: Enabling next gen smart utility meters
MaryMcAuliffe
Enabling next gen smart utility meters by Milen Stefanov, Texas Instruments http://www.eetimes.com/design/smart-energy-design/4397599/Enabling-next-gen-smart-utility-meters
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Oct 3, 2012
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TI Smart Grid Experts at Metering Europe in Amsterdam
Prasad Dhond
Metering Europe/Smart Homes 2012 - Conference & Exhibition October 09 – 11, 2012 Amsterdam RAI Hall 1, 2, 3 + 4 Entrance K Europaplein 22 1078 GZ Amsterdam The Netherlands http://www.rai.nl TI Stand: G30 http://www.metering-europe.com/
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Oct 3, 2012
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ENERGY STAR Connected Appliance Requirements
Prasad Dhond
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently shared Draft 3 of the latest ENERGY STAR specification for Refrigerators and Freezers . A new addition to this specification is an optional “connected” feature. Appliance manufacturers who implement this connected feature will receive...
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Sep 28, 2012
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A smarter grid could have averted last week's India blackout
Prasad Dhond
News of 600 million people in India left without electricity last week after a major grid collapse caught the attention of the entire world. Several reasons and theories regarding what went wrong have been widely discussed. The factors blamed for the major outage include politics, corruption, power hungry...
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Aug 9, 2012
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Smart Energy Profile 2.0 featuring ZigBee®, Ethernet, Wi-Fi
Prasad Dhond
Smart Energy Profile (SEP) 2.0 is an application profile in development that will be used by energy management devices supporting internet protocol (IP). SEP 2.0 is MAC and PHY agnostic so that device manufacturers can implement any MAC/PHY under an IP layer. One of the key advantages of SEP 2.0 is interoperability...
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Jul 13, 2012
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Meet TI Smart Grid Experts at SG Paris 2012
MaryMcAuliffe
Smart Grids PARIS 2012 Exhibition & Conference Exhibition on Smart Grid Technologies (de l’exposition Smart Grids Paris 2012) June 20-22 - Paris, France http://www.sgparis2012.com/115-exhibition-conference-on-smart-grids-technologies
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Jun 2, 2012
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What has your smart meter done for you lately?
Prasad Dhond
Smart meters are being deployed throughout the US. In Dallas, our Transmission & Distribution company – Oncor is pressing more than 3 million meters into service by the end of 2012. I already have a smart meter at my home and noticed a surcharge of $2.19 every month on my electricity bill....
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Jun 1, 2012
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Green Button initiative to provide energy consumption insights to consumers
Prasad Dhond
Would you like to access your energy consumption information with the click of a (green) button? Well, that is exactly what the Green Button initiative aims to do. Green Button is an industry-led effort that responds to a White House call-to-action : provide electricity customers with easy access to...
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Apr 18, 2012
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MSP430AFE2xx is the ideal device for appliance energy measurement
Prasad Dhond
Energy consumption awareness is a crucial step in going green as an individual consumer. Real-time energy usage data aggregated at the home-level by smart meters is useful, but drilling down to the energy consumption of each major home appliance is even better and more actionable. Standards such as ENERGY...
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Feb 27, 2012
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TI's MSP430 Energy Watchdog tool makes it easy to design a Smart Plug
Prasad Dhond
The “ MSP430 Energy Watchdog ” is a Smart Plug reference design from Texas Instruments. This tool can be used to accurately measure power consumption of any household electrical appliance. The power measurement is performed using the MSP430AFE253 energy metering IC and results are displayed...
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Feb 21, 2012
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Turn Off Those Lights When You Leave Work Today
Prasad Dhond
The MSP430 Energy Watchdog Tool is a smart plug reference design from Texas Instruments that can be used to measure energy consumption of electrical appliances. I recently recorded a video of the Energy Watchdog measuring energy consumption of common household electrical appliances like laptops and table...
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Dec 14, 2011
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Why application-specific MCU’s are a better solution for PLC than an ASIC
Don Shaver
Myths about DSP versus ASIC have been around for a long time. And, we don’t talk much about ASIP’s. TI has sold application-specific instruction set processors (ASIP’s) for a long time; but we haven’t actually called them that nor have we articulated the benefits of these. Over...
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Nov 17, 2011
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TI technology aids consumers & utility companies conserve energy & reduce costs
nancy!
Electronic energy meters have fostered their way into the market the last decade replacing conventional electromechanical meters. This has led to increased accuracy and features, reduced cost and size, and an opportunity to get smart. Energy measurement in its purest form, is just a mathematical sum...
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Aug 12, 2009
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Smart meters on the rise in Europe
Emmanuel_Sambuis
The deployment of smart meters in Europe is planned to reach about 100 millions of units in the coming 10 years. This past week, I was able to see the efforts provided by the entire European utility market while visiting major meter manufacturers in France. France is very unique in that its market is...
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Jul 8, 2009
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Easy-to-use, cost-efficient energy management
nancy!
Wireless communications for Automated Meter Reading (AMR) promise tremendous time and cost savings for utilities. However, specific challenges exist when selecting and implementing an AMR solution. Due to certain topology restraints, AMR can be conducted via “drive by” (or “walk by”...
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Jun 12, 2009
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Customizing battery power
nkris
Came across this article: Building a Better Battery in the Wall Street Journal blog. Jonathan Shieber outlines how the increased percentage of renewable energy sources brings about the need for more and larger batteries. The systems he talks about are huge battery installations like the 34MW system NKG...
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Nov 19, 2008