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SMART METER FOR SMART GRID
The term smart meter typically refers to an electrical meter, but the term is beginning also to be seen applied to the measurement of natural gas and water consumption.
Similar meters, usually referred to as interval or time-of-use meters, have existed for years, but Smart Meters usually involve a different technology mix, such as real-time or near real-time sensors, power outage notification, and power quality monitoring. These additional features are more than simple automated meter reading (AMR). They are similar in many respects to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters. Smart meters are also believed to be a less costly alternative to traditional interval or time-of-use meters and are intended to be used on a wide scale with all customer classes, including residential customers. Interval and time-of-use meters are more of a legacy technology that historically have been installed to measure commercial and industrial customers, but typically provide no AMR functionality. Smart meters may be part of a smart grid, but alone do not constitute a smart grid.
- An electric meter or energy meter is a device that measures the amount of electrical energy supplied to or produced by a residence, business or machine
- A gas meter is used to measure the volume of fuel gases such as natural gas and propane
- A water meter is a device used to measure the volume of water usage.
What do Avnet Memec provide making the Meter and Grid “Smart”?
- Low power microcontroller (MCU) for energy efficient Gas-, Water- and Heat Meters
- Low power RF technologies with complete read-out solutions like Wireless M-Bus etc
- Highly integrated 32-bit MCU for smart meter
- Wi-Fi and PLC for in-house communication
- Powerline Communication (PLC) and GPRS solutions for long range
- Leading-edge metering suppliers like Applied Micro, Cirrus Logic, Echelon, Energy Micro, Intersil, Maxim, Renesas and Silicon Labs
With this offering Avnet Memec can provide key technologies not only for Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) but also for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI).
A best-in-class technology portfolio from Metering Point to Data Collection to Data Management! Contact us for more information.
Avnet Memec has solutions for Smart Meters, Powerline Communication and more
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