Wi-Fi appears ready to edge further into the home automation market, as the Wi-Fi Alliance this week hosted a public demonstration of interoperability between Wi-Fi devices and ZigBee-enabled smart energy meters. The demonstration, which took place at the DistribuTECH 2012 event in San Antonio, is the latest step in promoting Smart Energy Profile (SEP) 2.0. Continue reading →
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Home appliances are increasingly being connected to the Internet. Not only mobile devices but also home appliances like refrigerators are being equipped with Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity), which enables the use of the wireless Internet. The launch of Wi-Fi home appliances has to do with the increasing penetration of Wi-Fi. There are around 350,000 Wi-Fi zones Continue reading →
With shipment of W-Fi devices reaching nearly 1.1 billion in 2011, the organization responsible for promoting and standardizing wireless technology—the Wi-Fi Alliance, is busier than ever. …Wi-Fi is expected to grow 25 percent between 2011-2016 in smart meters and automation products. via Wi-Fi Alliance’s Wireless Predictions and Projects for 2012 | News & Opinion | Continue reading →
With shipment of W-Fi devices reaching nearly 1.1 billion in 2011, the organization responsible for promoting and standardizing wireless technology—the Wi-Fi Alliance, is busier than ever. Member companies of the Wi-Fi Alliance are developing new additions to Wi-Fi capabilities that include a new certification for Wi-Fi display applications making it easier to share media content Continue reading →
Intwine Energy Networks has been chosen by Public Service Company of Oklahoma to deploy the industry’s first residential energy management service based upon the National Institute of Standards and Technology approved Smart Energy Profile 2.0 and Wi-Fi standards. The project will measure the impact of variable pricing on homeowner usage of energy under time of Continue reading →
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today unveiled its new Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) platform (pronounced “wik-id”). The new module eases development effort and simplifies the implementation of Wi-Fi connectivity in an array of consumer devices, especially those with no current networking Continue reading →
Rainforest Automation, a developer of residential energy management products, unveiled its new SWIFT™ Smart Energy Wireless Information Terminal product along with Bit Stew’s Grid Director 2.0 Device Management Platform. The SWIFT™ is a Home Area Network (HAN) device that displays home energy use on an 8-inch color touch screen. It comes bundled with Rainforest’s popular Continue reading →
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 →
Freescale Semiconductor FSL -2.26% announced that it is collaborating with Qualcomm Atheros to demonstrate home energy management using the Smart Energy Profile 2.0 over Wi-Fi, Ethernet and HomePlug(R) Green PHY (HomePlug GP) standard. The technology was demonstrated at the Metering, Billing/CRM Europe event this week. via Freescale Collaborates with Qualcomm Atheros to Advance Home Energy Continue reading →
Wireless connectivity with Wi-Fi®, has become pervasive across many applications, from wireless devices, to medical devices, and smart grid. The advent of innovative implementations in Wi-Fi over the years, coupled with an all-IP nature of communication, has enabled it to be a default wireless interface for the emerging ‘The Internet of Things’ market. Wi-Fi was Continue reading →
Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, and Redpine Signals today announced that system engineers can easily implement 802.11n Wi-Fi to all Atmel AVR® and ARM®-based microcontrollers (MCUs) using Redpine Signals’ Connect-io-n™ and n-Link™ modules. System engineers for Atmel AVR® XMEGA® and AVR UC3 MCU families and Atmel SAM3 and SAM9 Continue reading →
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 →
In a breakthrough for the Smart Grid market, GainSpan® Corporation, a leading developer of ultra-low power embedded Wi-Fi solutions, and Grid2Home, Inc., developer of Smart Energy Profile 2.0 (SEP 2.0) Software, have partnered to present a joint demonstration of SEP 2.0 on a Wi-Fi based Smart Plug using the SEP 2.0 compliant G2H-SE2 Software from Continue reading →
GainSpan® Corporation, a leading developer of ultra-low power embedded Wi-Fi solutions, and Our Home Spaces, supplier of energy management solutions for homeowners and developer of cloud based energy management systems, have partnered to bring a Wi-Fi-Smart Plug to market to be used for load shedding of appliances, hot water heaters as well as for control Continue reading →
If your home Wi-Fi router wasn’t cooped up indoors, it could send a signal about a 20th of a mile before the signal became too weak and distorted for a computer to receive it. Technology developed by San Diego startup On-Ramp Wireless uses the same frequency, but less power, to send data signals 45 miles, Continue reading →
GainSpan® Corporation, a leading developer of ultra low power embedded Wi-Fi solutions, announced today that its ultra low power embedded Wi-Fi GS1011 chips are being used by Keisoku Giken Co., Ltd., for its recently released WattChecker-tweet, a power monitor that twitters your energy usage. via Keisoku Giken Adopts GainSpan Embedded Wi-Fi Chips for “WattChecker-Tweet”.
Wi-Fi networking vendor Tropos Networks announced a partnership with IT company Four Points Technology to target the federal market. In particular, the vendor noted that U.S. military bases are in need of mobile applications such as smart grid, public safety, video security and Internet access. Tropos already targets the smart grid, public-safety and municipal markets. Four Continue reading →
The “Energy Efficiency Comparisons of Wireless Communication Technology Options for Smart Grid Enabled Devices” report was recently released by General Electric Company and compares the power efficiency of Wi-Fi and ZigBee technologies in home Smart Grid applications. The report is flawed, which makes the results inaccurate. via General Electric Study Flawed, Wi-Fi Best Option for Continue reading →
The release of a “ZigBee beats WiFi” report has triggered a slapfest with WiFi proponents immediately issuing a hot-under-the-collar counter claim. Which side is right? via Smart Grid: Smart grid feud? Join the WiFi vs. Zigbee slapfest.
Earlier this month, GE officially endorsed ZigBee as the wireless standard of choice for smart appliances in a white paper, but the Wi-Fi guys aren’t having any of it. The Wi-Fi Alliance released a statement yesterday denouncing the white paper as “flawed” and “inaccurate.” Though their response isn’t exactly a surprise, their counterargument merit a Continue reading →
