Elster Selects ADI’s Smart Metering Solution for Gas and Electricity Meters
17 Fevereiro 2015 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) announced today that Elster
has selected ADI’s ADF7241 smart metering solution for use in gas
and electricity meters that Elster is designing as part of a
nationwide energy efficiency initiative sponsored by the British
government. Under the Smart Metering Implementation Programme, more
than 50 million smart gas and electric meters will be installed in
all homes and small businesses across the U.K. by 2020. ADI’s
ZigBee®-based ADF7241 smart metering solution, which includes the
ADF7241 transceiver and a ZigBee network protocol stack provided by
Exegin Technologies Ltd., will provide the wireless connectivity
for Elster’s meters. Elster is one of the world’s largest
electricity, gas and water measurement and control providers.
“Elster selected ADI’s ADF7241 smart metering solution because
of the performance, design flexibility and product future-proofing
it provides,” said Joerg Klatte, head of Smart Meter Solutions at
Elster Gas. “ADI is providing a uniquely flexible package that
allows Elster to use a ZigBee software stack for both 2.4-GHz and
868-MHz bands. In particular, it enables Elster to maximize the
battery lifetime of our smart gas meters while achieving better
than state-of-the-art radio performance.”
A smart meter accurately measures how much energy is consumed or
generated, and communicates with the local utility company for
power monitoring, billing, and other purposes. ADI’s ADF7241
solution enables smart gas, electric and water meters to provide
improved customer billing accuracy and advanced power quality
monitoring, which reduce operating costs for the utility
company.
“ADI’s radio technology combined with Exegin’s ZigBee stack
offers a smart metering solution that supports multiple PHY devices
in a single PAN, including 868 MHz and 2.4 GHz in the United
Kingdom’s dual-band radio solution,” said Leslie Mulder, president
of Exegin. “This is ideal for smart meters installed in Great
Britain because it provides an agnostic approach that offers
maximum flexibility with the stack operating as a coordinator,
router, or end-device.”
About Analog Devices’ Smart Metering Solution
The key component in ADI’s smart metering solution is the
ADF7241 low power, 2.4-GHZ RF transceiver. The integrated,
low-power ADF7241 RF transceiver supports the IEEE 802.15.4 PHY
protocol at 250 kbps on a single chip. The transceiver’s low-power
consumption of 19 mA in receive mode and 21.5 mA in transmit mode
makes it effective for battery-powered systems, such as wireless
sensor networks, automatic meter reading, industrial wireless
control, wireless audio and video, consumer electronics and ZigBee
applications. In combination with Exegin’s ZigBee PRO stack, the
solution can be deployed once for use on multiple bands for
multiple applications.
About Elster
Elster is one of the world’s largest electricity, gas and water
measurement and control providers. Its offerings include metering,
distribution monitoring and control, advanced smart metering,
demand response, networking and software solutions, and numerous
related communications and services – key components for enabling
consumer choice, operational efficiency and conservation. Its
products and solutions are widely used by utilities in the
traditional and emerging smart markets.
About Analog Devices
Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars
on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing,
highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged
industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal
conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 100,000
customers, representing virtually all types of electronic
equipment. Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood,
Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout
the world. Analog Devices is included in the S&P 500 Index.
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Analog Devices, Inc.Linda Kincaid,
781-937-1472linda.kincaid@analog.comorPorter
NovelliAndrew MacLellan,
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