Powerline Technology Demonstrator

我们的业务是设计和生产专用硅芯片，这些芯片共同构成家庭能源管理网络，从而使消费者能够了解并降低他们的电能消耗。Xsilon正在开发一种使用新的通信技术的能源传感器网络，该网络将允许家用电器(洗衣机、冰箱等)。将有关他们的实时能源使用情况的信息发送到智能电表或房屋内的PC，在那里可以收集和分析数据。这些信息将通过adisplay或每月分项账单提供给住户，让他们了解自己在哪里用电，从而节省开支。通信技术本身是一种新技术，正在分几个阶段开发。当前阶段将以模拟模型和算法的形式吸收早期研究工作的结果，并将其转化为概念证明。这个项目的目的是将通信原理首次应用到电子硬件中，并建立几个单元，以便在现实中验证技术的能力，向潜在客户展示，并用于吸引进一步的投资。这在很大程度上是一个技术评估步骤，以证明潜在的概念。一旦被证明是成功的，下一阶段将是开发一个原型硅芯片能量传感器，以重塑通信技术。

Our business is to design and produce application specific silicon chips that together form ahome energy management network, thereby enabling consumers to understand and reducetheir electrical energy consumption.Xsilon is developing an energy sensor network using a new communications technology thatwill allow domestic appliances (washing machines, fridges, etc.) to send information abouttheir real-time energy usage to a smart meter or pc within the house, where the data can becollated and analysed. This information will be made available to householders through adisplay or a monthly itemised bill, allowing them to understand where they are usingelectricity, and thereby to make savings.The communications technology itself is new and is being developed in several stages. Thecurrent stage will take the results of earlier research work in the form of simulation modelsand algorithms and turn these into a proof of concept demonstrator. The aim of this project isto perform a first implementation of the communications principles into electronics hardware,and to build several units so that the capabilities of the technology can be verified in realhomes, shown to potential customers and used to attract further investment.This is very much a technology evaluation step to prove the underlying concepts. Onceproven successful the next stage will be to develop a prototype silicon chip energy sensorembodying the communications technology.