A new standard from the Telecommunications Industry Association defines a data modem that operates on electrical wiring (ac power lines) on users’ premises. The document, TIA-1113, “Medium-Speed (up ...

Easing the burden of supporting multiple regions with one device, Texas Instruments (TI) announced a new power line communication (PLC) modem platform that supports the G3, PRIME and IEEE-1901.2 ...

Home-based power-line networking signals are similar to xDSL (digital-subscriber-line) signals in that they both typically employ a form of OFDM (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing). Both ...

Key points: New power-line modems use multiple carriers to avoid transmission problems that beset older single-carrier communication gear. • Smart-grid applications for power-line communications could ...

Long-time readers may recollect my past series of posts covering the testing and more general ongoing use of SmartLabs’ (also known by its Smarthome online retail brand) Insteon home automation ...

Wayne, N.J. – Agilent Technologies Inc. brought higher integration to the front end of power-line modem designs with the release last week of a data-access-arrangement chip that packs an on-board ...

Microchip Technology Inc. today announced a Power-Line Modem (PLM) PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board Development Kit (part # AC164142) that enables customers to easily incorporate power-line communication ...

TI's complete PLC solution includes all of the hardware, firmware and development tools needed to get started quickly. Developers can now use the TMDSPLCKITV4 platform to create a single PLC project ...

Aiming to make a dent in the emerging narrowband powerline communication modems used in automated meter readings (AMRs) and home-appliance automation Aiming to make a dent in the emerging narrowband ...

Reported as the industry's first integrated, optical-based analog front end (AFE) for narrowband powerline modems (PLMs), the HCPL-800J DAA replaces more than 30 discrete components. The chip ...

Developers can now create flexible PLC (power-line communications) products for multiple countries and regions, and operating across multiple spectrum bands, through a single platform from Texas ...