European companies team up on groundbreaking off-the-shelf smart meter platfrom
The ASMgrid2-AnyMeter platform is an off-the-shelf solution based on the ASMgrid2 standard product family and the latest Sentec current sensor technology. The two companies already have almost 20 million combined meters installed, but offering the complete system solution off-the-shelf gives meter manufacturers the ability to improve design more rapidly and at a lower cost across a full range of metering products.
The pre-validated offering with high system integration, scalability, and innovation can dramatically accelerate development as well as improve cost points. The end-to-end ASMgrid2-AnyMeter platform delivers scalability, metrology performance and a complete set of smart grid communication options.
The ASMgrid2-AnyMeter platform brings together Accent’s ASMgrid2 advanced system-on-chip product family with Sentec’s optimized current sensors as well as production-ready reference designs and standard certified software solutions. ASMgrid2 supports all critical Smart Grid wireless and wire-line communication standards and provides industry leading system integration that smart metering and the rapidly growing machine-to-machine (M2M) markets require. ASMgrid2 features industry-leading energy measurement performance and end-product scalability, and the same device is cost effective for industrial, multi-phase as well as residential, single-phase meters.
Sentec’s patented current sensors have revolutionized meter design with its first licensed sensor, Mobius, being deployed in millions of meters since 2001. Sentec’s latest patented current sensor implements a Rogowski coil designed specifically for current sensing in electric meters. This provides superior benefits to other sensor approaches including immunity to magnetic tampering, Galvanic isolation and high linearity. The sensor is designed to be easily integrated into a meter circuit board to provide a simple and cost effective single board solution for high volume requirements such as smart meter roll outs. The result is a low-cost, field-proven solution that also meets the most stringent ANSI and IEC Class 0.2 requirements.
“The Accent ASMgrid2 standard product family provides an ideal platform for Sentec’s current sensors, with a signal processing chain optimized for the sensor output. Together we provide manufacturers with a one-stop solution for a unified world meter platform proposition, enabling best in class electricity metering. While we both offer innovative technology in our own right, this opportunity promises to produce something greater than the sum of its parts,“ said Dr Edward Colby, CTO of Sentec.
“The ASMgrid2-AnyMeter platform reflects Accent’s continuing commitment to deliver compelling system solutions for the smart grid market," said Federico Arcelli, CEO of Accent. “By pre-bundling each company’s solutions into a unified platform, we can dramatically reduce design-in effort and risk while also enabling equipment vendors unprecedented product flexibility and cost savings across an incredible range of meter types.“
Accent was founded in 1993 as a joint design center by ST Microelectronics and Cadence Design Systems but has since focused on smart chip SoC products.
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