Other Parts Discussed in Post: CC1310 , CC1125 , CC1120 , CC1200 Part 1 of this blog series reviews the wM-Bus protocol standard in the 868MHZ ISM band in Europe, while Part 2 looks at the wM-Bus N-modes and ETSI Category 1 receiver performance. This time…
Ever wonder how electricity gets to your home ?
The electricity generation, transmission, distribution and control networks make up the electrical grid. Electric power transmission is bulk transfer of electrical energy from generating power plants to substations…
Solar is one of the more popular forms of renewable energy, and continues to grow in both commercial and home use. Its popularity is driven in part by solar panels becoming increasingly cheaper, which has made systems affordable not only for commercial…
RF communication started as simple automated meter reading (AMR) in Central Europe a decade ago, replacing the high effort, very costly manual read-out of water meters and heat cost allocators in millions of houses and apartments, providing multiple benefits…
As I mentioned in part 1 , time synchronization (TS) provides the when to the where – the exact time something occurs anywhere in a given electrical system. I also discussed how TS works and the different protocols used to implement it.
However,…
Other Parts Discussed in Post: CC3100 , MSP430F6779 Wi-Fi® wireless networks have struggled to gain acceptance in the growing market for smart electric meters around the world, with very few utilities having deployed meters with Wi-Fi in their territories…
Other Parts Discussed in Post: TIDA-00080 Part of the intelligence in today’s smart grid is being able to monitor the grid accurately. What this means in real terms is measuring several parameters in the grid, including currents and voltages. Current measurement…
Green grid: Measure, control, communicate
The smart grid of yesterday is vastly different from what we see today. The changes in the smart grid have been deployed in multiple stages and have changed the operation of the grid at many different levels…
Alternative energy is definitely a hot topic in the smart grid industry today. We recently met with Rob Spiegel, senior editor at Design News, to discuss how automation technology is helping generation of alternative energy like solar and wind become…
The “smarts” in a smart grid come from the ability the grid has to measure, control and communicate. Once a measurement is done, communication between the power distribution company and the customer creates an automated and widely-distributed electricity…