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Archive for September, 2008
September 30, 2008 at 3:20 pm · Filed under WirelessHART
September 25, 2008 at 3:19 pm · Filed under Zwave
The Z-Wave Home Control standard expands its reach with the announcement of the Advanced Energy Control Framework (AEC), a specification for advanced energy management technologies that empower homeowners to make informed decisions for energy consumption and monitor home devices. Z-Wave’s AEC will integrate smart metering, consumer notification, automated load shedding and home controls to enable real-time energy management and to help reduce energy demand, lower utility costs and provide active control over home energy consuming devices.
September 20, 2008 at 3:12 pm · Filed under 6LowPAN
Sensinode Ltd., a pioneering commercial supplier of solutions for Internet Protocol (IP) based wireless mesh networks, today announced the release of a new software stack, wireless router and mesh gateway for M-Bus (Metering Bus). These new products extend the power of wireless sensor technologies in both near- and mid-range applications; including Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and smart object applications in very low power distributed networks.
The solution consists of the next generation NanoStack™ 2.0, the new NanoRouter™ 2.0 wireless Neighborhood Area Network (NAN) router and the advanced NanoGateway™ 2.0 for M-Bus providing unmatched scalability, cost-efficiency and coverage among urban and suburban AMI wireless networking infrastructure solutions.
September 16, 2008 at 3:08 pm · Filed under IPSO
A group of leading technology vendors and users have formed the IP for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance, whose goal is promoting the Internet Protocol (IP) as the networking technology best suited for connecting sensor- and actuator-equipped or “smart” objects and delivering information from and to those objects.
Intended to complement the efforts of entities such as the IETF and the IEEE, which develop and ratify technical standards in the Internet community, the IPSO Alliance will perform interoperability tests, document the use of new IP-based technologies, conduct marketing activities and serve as an information repository for users seeking to understand the role of IP in networks of physical objects.
Founding members of the IPSO Alliance are Arch Rock, Atmel, Cimetrics, Cisco, Duke Energy, Dust Networks, eka systems, EDF (Électricité de France) R&D, Emerson Climate Technologies, Ericsson, Freescale Semiconductor, Gainspan, IP Infusion, Jennic, Kinney Consulting, Nivis, PicosNet, Proto6, ROAM, SAP, Sensinode, SICS, Silver Spring Networks, Sun Microsystems, Tampere University, Watteco and Zensys.
September 14, 2008 at 3:09 pm · Filed under IEEE
The IEEE is considering two possible technologies which could take Wi-Fi to Gigabit speeds by 2012 – even though the standards body won’t finally publish the 802.11n fast Wi-Fi specification until November 2009.
Gigabit Wi-Fi is practical, according to the IEEE’s Very High Throughput (VHT) study group, which is lobbying to get work started on a faster wireless LAN standard – a move which could drive a nail in the coffin of a potentially faster technology, ultra-wideband.
One VHT proposal uses frequencies below 6GHz, where current Wi-Fi networks operate, and the other is above 60GHz, where a lot of unlicensed short range radio spectrum is available.
September 13, 2008 at 3:04 pm · Filed under ISA
Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA) SP-100.11a industrial wireless sensor networking standard will in principle adopt the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 6LoWPAN WSN networking protocol as ISA SP-100.11a’s own networking layer.
September 10, 2008 at 3:02 pm · Filed under ISA
ISA recently introduced a new and complete suite of training courses on the ISA100 Wireless Standards. Classes currently available are:
* Industrial Wireless Systems (IC85C)
* Application of Industrial Wireless Systems (SP25C)
* Developing and ISA100.11a Wireless Compliant Product (IC90)
* Using RFID/RTLS to Track Industrial Assets (SP27C) — Understanding and Applying an ISA100.11a Wireless Standard Compliant Product (IC91)
September 10, 2008 at 3:00 pm · Filed under WirelessHART
The WirelessHART Communication specification (HART 7.1) was submitted to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for approval as a Publicly Available Specification (PAS).
September 9, 2008 at 2:59 pm · Filed under ZigBee
FreakLabs is developing an open source ZigBee stack based on Contiki. You can find the details here.
September 5, 2008 at 2:58 pm · Filed under Uncategorized, rf4ce
The newly formed Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics Consortium (RF4CE) promises to bring superior remote control to home entertainment systems. Four major consumer electronics manufacturers – Sony, Philips, Panasonic and Samsung – have partnered with Oki Electric Industry Co, Texas Instruments Inc and Freescale Semiconductor to establish interoperability for devices using the ZigBee RF protocol.
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