SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
July 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Internet of Things pioneer Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:
ELON) today announced that the company's new Neuron 6050
multi-protocol system on a chip is being used by who
Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH to create a new transceiver that
leverages Wirepas Connectivity RF-mesh wireless technology for the
first time. The Neuron 6050 IP Processor incorporates communication
and control functions on a single chip, in both hardware and
firmware, to facilitate the design of LonTalk®,
LonTalk/IP or BACnet/IP devices. The new LON-over-Wirepas solution
enables system integrators to build large scale, truly
interoperable wireless systems based on protocols that have been
tested over millions of endpoints worldwide. In a first
application, Vossloh-Schwabe will incorporate the new device into a
large scale outdoor lighting controls (OLC) system.
Working with who mbH, Vossloh-Schwabe (VS), a division of
Panasonic, has designed the system using Wirepas for large scale
wireless Internet of Things (IoT) applications, including smart
city street lighting with thousands of nodes. VS and who mbH
are currently testing the new solution using Wirepas and expect to
complete a project in a large city in Germany early next year that will empower
approximately 1000 streetlights with the new technology over a 10
kilometer span. The companies have begun the process of submitting
this new LON-over-Wirepas specification to the European Committee
for Standardization (CEN) and to LonMark International for
standardization, with adoption of the new LonMark channel expected
early next year.
"The Wirepas and LonWorks protocols are organized in similar
fashion so creating the interface between them was simplified,"
said who mbH managing partner, Henning Woock. "And using the Echelon Neuron
6050 chip was the most natural choice to ensure full multi-vendor
interoperability. We are excited to be the first to bring to market
new transceivers that incorporate all of these excellent
technologies. There is pent-up demand in big cities and campuses
that have been waiting for a solution that can efficiently address
large and complex networks of devices from multiple
suppliers."
Wirepas technology has been widely deployed in various large
scale applications including smart electricity and water meters,
asset tracking applications and street lighting. The largest
deployment, which is ongoing, comprises 1.6 million smart
electricity meters in Norway.
"This advancement in controls communication demonstrates the
ongoing benefit of LON standardization and leverages our investment
in the new Neuron 6050 system on a chip," said Ron Sege, Chairman and CEO of Echelon. "This is
a groundbreaking development. For the first time LON protocol can
be used to communicate wirelessly over large scale networks
spanning thousands of nodes over vast distances."
"We are delighted to see these exciting new products that will
be joining the LonMark family of fully interoperable solutions,"
said Henny Wieland, Europe Manager, LonMark International.
"Working with our members, we anticipate bringing the new LonMark
RF, Powerline, and IP channels to the various international
standards bodies as extensions to the ISO/IEC 14908 suite of LON
standards."
About Echelon
For 25 years Echelon (NASDAQ:ELON) has pioneered the
development of open-standard networking platforms for
connecting, monitoring and controlling devices in commercial and
industrial applications. With more than 110 million devices
installed worldwide, Echelon's proven, scalable solutions host a
range of applications enabling customers to reduce energy and
operational costs, improve safety and comfort, and create
efficiencies through optimizing physical systems. Echelon is
focusing today on two IoT (Internet of Things) market areas:
Creating smart cities and smart enterprises through connected
outdoor lighting systems, and enabling device makers to bring
connected products to market faster via a range of IoT-optimized
embedded systems. More information about Echelon can be found at
Echelon.com.
About Vossloh-Schwabe
Whenever a light goes on around the world, Vossloh-Schwabe is
likely to have made a decisive contribution to ensuring everything
works at the flick of a switch. Headquartered in Germany, Vossloh-Schwabe has been a member of
the global Panasonic Group since 2002 and counts as a technology
leader within the lighting sector. This success is based on the
quality and efficiency of our products. The product range covers
the entire spectrum of lighting technology components of LED
systems with optimally matching control gear and highly efficient
optical systems, modern control systems (LiCS) as well as
electronic and magnetic ballasts and lampholders. The future of the
company is geared towards smart lighting.
https://www.vossloh-schwabe.com/en/home.html
About who Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
who mbH is an owner-managed enterprise from Lübeck which
was founded in 1995. As a development partner for customized
hardware, software, and firmware who mbH operates on a
Europe-wide scale for customers in
the industry, building, and medical automation sectors. who
mbH started up with LonWorks®-based developments for the
building automation sector. Today who mbH develops
customized system solutions using a wide range of bus systems and
the most modern tools as well as the most innovative technologies.
who mbH is a system developer and covers the full product
lifecycle, from the initial consultation to the delivery of the
product ready for use. In addition, who mbH is disposed to
provide support for the product maintenance and supply product
updates and product enhancements. http://who-ing.de/home/
About Wirepas
Wirepas is a privately owned company with headquarters in
Tampere, Finland and offices in
France, Germany, South
Korea, Australia and
the United States. Wirepas was
established 2010 and has its roots at Tampere
University of Technology where a ten-year research project
was conducted around the radio frequency mesh technology.
Today, Wirepas focuses on large-scale industrial IoT applications
such as smart metering, sensoring, beaconing, logistics, asset
tracking and lighting. http://www.wirepas.com
About LonMark International
LonMark International is a global membership organization
created to promote and advance the business of efficient and
effective integration of open, multi-vendor control systems
utilizing ISO/IEC 14908-1 and related standards.
http://www.lonmark.org/
Echelon, the Echelon logo, Neuron 6050, LON, and LonTalk are
trademarks of Echelon Corporation that may be registered in
the United States and other
countries. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the
trademarks of their respective owners.
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CONTACT:
Thomas
Cook
Echelon Corp.
tcook@echelon.com
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