Energy-Measurement Analog Front Ends Offer High Accuracy and Integration for Single-Phase Smart Meters and Power Monitoring
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the completion of its high-accuracy, 1-8 channel, single and poly-phase MCP391X energy-measurement Analog Front End (AFE) family. The new MCP3919 and MCP3912 members integrate three and four channels of 24-bit, delta-sigma Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC), respectively, with industry-leading accuracy of 93.5 dB SINAD, -107 dB THD and 112 dB SFDR for precise signal acquisition and higher-performing end products. These are the optimal numbers of channels for single-phase energy meters with neutral monitoring (3-channel); or single-phase, three-wire energy meters (4-channel). The high level of integration on the new AFEs also includes a low-drift voltage reference, programmable gain amplifiers, phase-delay compensation and cyclic redundancy check (CRC).
As the energy-metering infrastructure is being upgraded worldwide, designers are demanding increased AFE accuracy and integration to develop the latest generation of smart meters. These features are also required by the designers of advanced power-monitoring systems for applications such as server power supplies and power distribution units, electronic circuit breakers, smart power strips and other data-acquisition products in the industrial, commercial and consumer markets. Microchip’s newest AFEs improve application performance with their industry-leading accuracy, high integration and optimal number of channels for single-phase energy measurement. Additionally, the high AFE accuracy facilitates energy-meter calibration, which reduces production costs.[Continue reading →]
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TORONTO -- GRID2020, Inc., a leading Distribution Transformer Monitoring (DTM) intra-grid sensor provider, formally announced its receipt of a grant agreement totaling nearly $1.7 million dollars via the Ontario Ministry of Energy's Smart Grid Fund.
The demonstration project will include two Ontario-based utilities, each focusing on different grid optimization practices offered by the GRID20/20 OptaNODE(TM) Solution. GRID20/20 will install its Distribution Transformer Monitoring (DTM) intra-grid sensors throughout target areas of the utilities' distribution grids. The company will demonstrate a series of real-time, advanced grid intelligence benefits associated with its patented devices and proprietary software offerings.[Continue reading →]
TI shrinks industrial designs with industry's smallest 12-, 14- and 16-bit SAR ADCs
DALLAS – Texas Instruments (TI) is enabling system designers to reduce the size of their industrial monitoring and control applications with its newest successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). The ADS7042 is the industry’s smallest and lowest-power 12-bit SAR ADC, and the ADS8354 family includes the industry’s smallest 14- and 16-bit, simultaneous-sampling SAR ADCs. For more information about the ADS7042 and ADS8354 family, visit www.ti.com/saradc-pr.
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Vantrix, a global provider of media optimization and delivery solutions to service and content providers, and Kontron, a global provider of application-ready COTS platforms for telecom, network and cloud infrastructure, will demonstrate nPVR functionality on live linear 4K feeds. The multi-faceted solution will be in the Intel Booth L20 in Hall 14 at the International Broadcast Conference (IBC) in Amsterdam September 12-16, 2014.
A core component of the solution is the Vantrix Media Platform (VMP), a software-defined video-processing, optimization, caching and analytics platform, available as a turnkey appliance for deployment on-premises, or in the cloud. Built on OpenStack for virtualization, it offers a modular, pluggable, and extensible architecture for video transcoding, and optimizing media experiences via adaptive bitrate streaming, for delivery to TVs, PCs and mobile devices.[Continue reading →]
TI shrinks industrial designs with industry's smallest 12-, 14- and 16-bit SAR ADCs
DALLAS – Texas Instruments (TI) is enabling system designers to reduce the size of their industrial monitoring and control applications with its newest successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). The ADS7042 is the industry’s smallest and lowest-power 12-bit SAR ADC, and the ADS8354 family includes the industry’s smallest 14- and 16-bit, simultaneous-sampling SAR ADCs. For more information about the ADS7042 and ADS8354 family, visit www.ti.com/saradc-pr.
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