The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show hasn’t even officially kicked off and already the smart energy home has emerged as a key target for a variety of sectors, including telcos, big box retailers, startups, chip companies and now cable operators. On Monday cable firm Time Warner Cable said it has teamed with startup iControl Networks to Continue reading →
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Maxim Integrated Products has announced what it describes as the industry’s first highly integrated smart meter power regulator. The MAX17497 is a one chip solution designed for the power requirements on the communications and metrology boards in smart meters. via Maxim unveils first highly integrated smart meter power regulator.
Freescale Semiconductor unveiled a low-end addition to its family of Power Quicc II Pro communications processors at the Freescale Technology Forum, held Aug. 18-19 in Bengaluru, India. The highly integrated MPC830x chips offer lower price/performance points as well as lower power consumption for applications such as line cards, WLAN access points, intelligent network interface cards, Continue reading →
Accent, a world leader in semiconductor integration of communications and metering technologies, launches ASMgridTM, the industry first Clean Tech System-on-Chip (SoC) platform. ASMgrid incorporates unprecedented wireless and communications technology breadth for single chip solutions. Dedicated to energy savings and optimization, the platform enables a new class of performance for emerging Smart Meter and Home Area Continue reading →
Answering the need for energy efficiency in home automation and metering, Silicon Laboratories Inc. (SLAB 46.12, +0.32, +0.70%) , a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced the industry’s lowest power single-chip wireless microcontrollers (MCUs). Silicon Labs’new ultra-low-power Si10xx wireless MCU family addresses the power and RF requirements of battery-operated home automation systems, smart Continue reading →
