Power Line Communication – Design archive

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Power line communication is a system for carrying data on a conductor that is also used for electric power transmission. It is also known as power line carrier, power line digital subscriber line (PDSL), mains communication, power line telecom (PLT), power line networking (PLN), and broadband over power lines (BPL). Power line communication technologies are used for various applications, ranging from home automation to Internet access.

Here is a collection of the Design Articles, Case Studies, Product How-To articles that have been published on Smart Energy Designline and, in some cases, Power Management Designline, Communications Designlline, Industrial Control Designline, Automotive Designline and Embedded.com, related to Power Line Communication over the last few years.

Check back frequently! This list will be updated as new articles arrive.

And, obviously, articles are presented in chronological order with most recent on top.

. Power line communications for smart meter networks (7/23/2012)
By Varun Nagaraj, Ravi Pragasam, Echelon Corporation

. Modern power line communication for the smart grid (3/5/2012)
By Ivan Gatchev, product marketing staff engineer, STMicroelectronics

. Power-line modems, power supplies, and "cleaning up the neighborhood" (2/24/2012)
By Patrick Jankowiak, Field Application Engineer, STMicroelectronics

. Narrowband PLC and the power line medium (2/13/2012)
By Zeev Collin, vice president engineering, Semitech Semiconductor

. What is Power Line Communication? (8/17/2011)
By Cypress Semiconductor

. Optimizing power line communication for distance, lowest packet error rates, cost and reliability (8/1/2011)
By Mike Holt, Semitech Semiconductor

. Want to go Green? Reuse Powerline infrastructure and get there fast (7/27/2011)
By Ashish Garg, Angad Singh Gill, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

. Power Line Communication integrates EVs with the smart grid (4/15/2011)
By Frank Forster, Texas Instruments

. Enhancing reliability in medium-voltage power line communications (11/17/2010)
By Dr. Song Cui, Lizhou Dai, at the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.

. Real-time power management system for sensorless motor control and short circuit localization (10/24/2011)
By Eric Fitterer (PSA Peugeot Citroën), Igor Ablaev (Finprom-Resource), Philippe Briot (Briot & Associates)

. Tips & Tricks: Advancements in Powerline—A grounding experience (6/23/2011)
By Ganesh Swaminathan, Qualcomm Atheros

. Use powerline communication and Bluetooth for smart home applications (8/13/2010)
By Rohan Gandhi and Rahul Parsani, Cypress Semiconductor

. LED lighting control using powerline communication (7/4/2010)
By Jeff Hushley and Rohan Gandhi, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

. Communication building sensor networks using powerline communication (4/5/2010)
By Rahul Parsani and Rohan Gandhi

. Take advantage of powerline communications in nextgen home networking & IPTV designs (5/5/2009)
By Pablo Gagliardo

. The advantages of DS2 technology for Networked Entertainment (3/21/2007)
By Lance Watson, Design of Systems on Silicon, S.A.

. Powerline networking deserves a second look (4/10/2001)
By Elliott Newcombe

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- Energy harvesting – Design archive
- LED – Design archive

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