Freescale Semiconductor and Qualcomm Atheros collaborate to demonstrate home energy management using the Smart Energy Profile 2.0 over Wi-Fi, ethernet and the homePlug Green PHY (HomePlug GP) standard. The Smart Energy 2.0 standard is currently under development in cooperation with a number of other standards development groups. It will offer an IP-based energy management solution Continue reading →
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The HomePlug Alliance, Wi-Fi Alliance, HomeGrid Forum and ZigBee Alliance have agreed to create a Consortium for SEP 2 Interoperability. The new consortium is intended to enable organizations whose technologies support communications over Internet Protocol (IP) to certify SEP 2 according to a consistent test plan. Recognizing that the vision of interoperable SEP 2 devices Continue reading →
According to a recent press release, HomeGrid Forum (HGF) has signed a new liaison agreement with the ZigBee Alliance to extend their collaboration on the ZigBee Smart Energy standard development. The new agreement will enable consumers and utilities to use ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 wireless or wired networks to further advance smart grid programs Continue reading →
Powerline smart grid proponents go head-to-head at the Connectivity Week shooting off competing announcements aimed at the emerging market for smart electric grids. Adversaries were quick to admit the market potential is huge, but the there is still no end in sight to years of fragmentation in their technical approaches. The HomePlug Powerline Alliance announced Continue reading →
The evolution and success of the smart grid is heavily contingent on the global standardization of low-frequency band power line communication (PLC) solutions. Addressing this market need, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced it has joined the HomeGrid Forum board of directors to contribute to this worldwide standardization effort through the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU-T) Continue reading →
Global semiconductor company Texas Instruments (TI) has joined the board of directors of the HomeGrid Forum, a non-profit trade group promoting the International Telecommunication Union’s G.hn standardisation efforts for next-generation home networking. via NewNet News – Semiconductor company Texas Instruments joins smart grid trade group HomeGrid Forum.
