Nowadays sensors are part of everyday life in a wide variety of fields: scientific
applications, medical instrumentation, industrial field, ...and, last but not least,
popular mass production and low-cost goods, like smartphones and other mobile
devices. Markets and business behind the field of sensors are quite impressive.
A common trend for consumer applications is miniaturization which requires, on
one side, a lot of research, development efforts, and resources but, on the other
hand, allows costs and final application size reduction. In this scenario scientific
community and industries are very active to drive innovation.
n its Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, the US
National Institute of Standards and Technology declares that a twenty-first-century
clean energy economy demands a twenty-first-century electric grid. 1 The start of the
twenty-first century marked the acceleration of the Smart Grid evolution. The goals
of this evolution are broad, including the promotion of widespread and distributed
deployment of renewable energy sources, increased energy efficiency, peak power
reduction, automated demand response, improved reliability, lower energy delivery
costs, and consumer participation in energy management.
A revolution in power industries, including generation, transmission and distribution, driven by
environmental and economic considerations, is taking place all over the world. The smart grid allows for
integration of diverse generation and storage options, reduced losses, improved efficiencies, increased
grid flexibility, reduced power outages, allowing for competitive electricity pricing and integration of
electric vehicles and overall becoming more responsive to market, consumer and societal needs. It is
bringing profound changes to both power systems and many related industries.
A modern power grid needs to become smarter in order to provide an affordable,
reliable, and sustainable supply of electricity. For these reasons, a smart grid is
necessary to manage and control the increasingly complex future grid. Certain
smart grid elements including renewable energy, storage, microgrid, consumer
choice, and smart appliances like electric vehicles increase uncertainty in both
supply and demand of electric power.
1. General Description BL-M3362NS1 product is designed base on Broadcom BCM43362 chipset. It operates at 2.4GHz band and supports IEEE802.11b/g/n 1T1Rwith wireless data rate up to 72.2Mbps. It supports IEEE802.11isafety protocol, along with IEEE802.11e standard service quality. It supports standard interfaces SDIOV2.0(50 MHz,4-bit and1-bit) and generic SPI(up to 50 MHz), Integrated ARM Cortex?-M3 CPUwith on-chip memory enables running IEEE802.11 firmware that can be field-upgraded with future features.2. The range of applying Imaging platforms(printers, digital still cameras, digital picture frames)Consumer electronic devices(DTV, DVDplayers, Blu-ray players. etc.)Gaming platforms Carinformation MiFi/Mobile Routes Smart PAD Set-TopBoxes
MotioninterfaceTM is becoming a "must-have"function being adopted by smartphone and tablet manufacturers due to the enormous value it adds to the end user experience. In smartphones, it finds use in applications such as gesture commands for applications and phone control, enhanced gaming, augmented reality, panoramic photo capture and viewing, and pedestrian and vehicle navigation. With its ability to precisely and accurately track user motions, MotionTracking technology can convert handsets and tablets into powerful 3D intelligent devices that can be used in applications ranging from health and fitness monitoring to location-based services. Key requirements for Motionlnterface enabled devices are small package size, low power consumption, high accuracy and repeatability, high shock tolerance, and application specific performance programmability-all at a low consumer price point.
