RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has teamed with semiconductor manufacturer Atmel Corp of San Jose, CA, which provides microcontroller and touch solutions, to deliver ZigBee solutions for a broad range of smart-energy applications. RFMD’s newly introduced RF6575 ZigBee front-end module (FEM) has been combined with Atmel’s ATmega128RFA1 single-chip solution to create the Continue reading →
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The ZigBee Alliance, an ecosystem of organizations creating wireless solutions for use in energy management applications, shared the current revisions of the ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 Technical Requirements Document (TRD) and Public Application Profile for comments from the public. The Alliance also made it public the comments received last year for both documents from Continue reading →
Texas Instruments Inc. launches an Android 2.2 software development platform that simplifies the integration of the ZigBee and ZigBee RF4CE protocol stacks. It lets mobile devices connect directly to smart CE. Demontsrated use cases enable consumers to manage smart TV and STB remote control features or carry out utility management through smart phones and tablets. 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 →
The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of organizations creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, residential, commercial and consumer applications, announced today ZigBee Smart Energy™ has reached the 100th ZigBee Certified product milestone, demonstrating market validation of recent reports naming ZigBee the highest rated, most effective technology to deliver Smart Grid benefits for utilities Continue reading →
The ZigBee Alliance and the SAE are collaborating on ZigBee Smart Energy standard-development efforts aimed at supporting plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and enabling vehicle-to-grid (V2G) communication. The ZigBee Alliance and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) say they are collaborating on ZigBee Smart Energy standard-development efforts aimed at supporting plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and enabling Continue reading →
CAN2GO, a leading provider of wired and wireless controllers for building automation is enabling companies to cut up to 40 percent off their building automation installation labor costs, with the help of ZigBee wireless networking technology from Ember. via Ember’s ZigBee technology helps CAN2GO cut building automation installation labor by 40 percent.
Energy Aware Technology Inc., a Canadian developer of in-home power consumption display products, announced today that their PowerTab has been launched in a 2,200 home trial with Synergy Electricity Retail Corporation and Western Power in Western Australia as part of the Australian Government’s $94M Solar Cities program. The PowerTab is an in-home display (IHD) device that Continue reading →
The proliferation of electronic devices and appliances in homes and their impact on the efficiency and cost of smart-grid electrical power has given rise to a public debate over whether Wi-Fi or ZigBee represents the most energy-efficient way to deal with the situation. On one side is General Electric, which argues that ZigBee is more 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 →
Does Z-Wave stand a chance against ZigBee in the home energy management space? No way, ZigBee boosters say — their standard-based technology has a clear lead in U.S. smart meter-home area network plans, with tens of millions of chips and modules being made by multiple vendors for dozens of device partners. via Z-Wave Making a Continue reading →
Energy Optimizers Limited (EOL) has launched a new ZigBee Smart Energy version of its existing plug-in electricity meter for the Canadian market that can help utilities and households understand better the load demand on the grid. The U.K. company’s device, called the plogg, allows utilities, home and building-owners to monitor how much electricity is being Continue reading →
The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) and some standards development organizations (SDOs) finished joint initial work on three standards, and SGIP will now build a database that NIST, FERC, utilities and vendors can use to ensure smart devices and meters work together securely, the group’s governing board said yesterday. But one challenge still facing the Continue reading →
ON (News – Alert) World Inc, provider of world class business intelligence on smart technology markets recently published a report on the emerging Smart Energy Home market that also covers ZigBee, Wireless Sensor Networking (WSN). According to ON World a global market research firm, millions of neighborhoods and homes worldwide will be using Wireless Sensor Network Continue reading →
RF Micro Devices, Inc. (RFMD 7.23, -0.10, -1.35%) , a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, announced today it has teamed with Freescale Semiconductor to deliver ZigBee(R) solutions for a broad range of smart grid applications. via RF Micro Devices(R) Teams With Freescale(R) to Deliver Continue reading →
Not to be a vampire and suck the blood out of someone else’s discussion, but heck, it is Halloween this coming weekend. An overheard conversation is valuable if it articulates a subject better than a single writer can articulate it. A relative newcomer to the LinkedIn executive forum on smart grid posed a question a Continue reading →
Ember-enabled smart meters are becoming increasingly pervasive in Europe as the company’s ZigBee wireless networking technology gets deployed in some of the largest smart meter projects across the continent. Ember’s low-power ZigBee wireless solutions – CMOS wireless system-on-chips (SoCs), networking co-processors (NCP) and ZigBee protocol software – are extensively used in the smart grid and Continue reading →
What will happen when millions of electric vehicles plug into the grid at at the same time? If ZigBee Alliance’s blueprints for the SmartGrid go according to plan, not much. The ugly specter of mass blackouts caused by hoards of EVs rolling into garages and plugging in at the same time is just one of Continue reading →
