(Note: Sreenivasa Kallikuppa co-authored this blog post.)
In a previous post, “Enhancing DAQ performance for grid protection, control and monitoring equipment using DC/DC power...
(Note: Akshay Mehta co-authored this blog post.)
In my previous blog posts on improving data acquisition (DAQ) performance for grid protection, control and monitoring equipment, I discussed the need for interfacing...
In part 1 of this series, my colleague Shreenidhi Patil discussed the two most popular types of latching relays used in smart meters: a single-coil relay and a dual-coil relay. In this...
Utilities deploy an estimated 100 million smart electricity meters around the world annually. The ability to monitor live power consumption and remotely provide or disconnect electric service to customers is a foundational...
In the first installment of this series, I discussed some of the limitations of mechanical tamper detection for smart meters and introduced a new inductive-based implementation using the LDC0851. In...
To increase system efficiency and reduce revenue loss, utility providers must either prevent or detect when customers are stealing services. A common way to steal service is to tamper with the meters used for billing...
Every day we interact with human machine interfaces (HMIs). Some of these interactions are obvious, like when you touch the home screen on your smartphone or tablet, but the most common context for HMI...
Industrial designers are eager to use millimeter-wave (mmWave) sensors, given their ability to accurately sense the range, velocity and angle of objects in a scene. As cities, buildings and factories have become more intelligent, they need to have more...
In part 1 of this three-part series, I discussed the isolated shunt sensing building blocks, and in part 2, I presented an overview of two different shunt sensing architectures. In this installment, I will compare...
As smartphones continue to get smarter and larger, battery capacitance is also increasing. Being able to quickly charge a battery is a crucial aspect to consider in power delivery. The rise in popularity...
In the first installment of this three-part series on preventing magnetic tampering in smart polyphase e-meters, I discussed the building blocks for isolated shunt...
Did you know that TI is one of the first semiconductor companies to offer designs for the rapid shutdown of solar power systems in the event of a fire or electrical hazard?
In 2017, National Electrical Code (NEC) 2017...
This post was updated May 2019
It takes a couple of weeks to completely re-price everything in a store by hand with new paper tags. Not only is this time-consuming, but it is costly and hard on the environment due to the enormous amount of required paper...
As utility companies shift focus towards improving the quality and efficiency of power systems, they are transitioning from a conventional grid to a smarter grid. This transition entails adding more sensors and communication...
Wireless power transfer (WPT) is the transmission of power without wires, usually to recharge batteries. Although Nikola Tesla pioneered the concept of WPT and ushered in the wireless communication age, it was really the latest generation of smartphones...
To minimize revenue loss, it is imperative that utility providers harden their systems against someone trying to steal electricity. Since electricity meters are both...
As energy demand and consumption increase globally and the push for greener energy strengthens, utility companies are changing their strategies. Instead of increasing power generation, they are increasing the efficiency of power transmission and distribution...
Updated 9/23/2020
Industrial functional safety relies on a system functioning correctly in response to its inputs. The system should be able to detect potentially dangerous faults and deploy safety mechanisms to prevent or minimize the impact of a hazardous...
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