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Wireless communications and intelligent electronic devices
New technologies of advanced metering and smart energy management have to be deployed in an existing environment with minimal installation costs. At the same time, consumers need effective tools to participate in Utility programs. If the Utility chooses wireless communication to build a flexible self-healing network of meters, energy appliance and customer portals, Luxoft is the right partner to develop the components, having the proven experience in developing Wireless Zigbee modules and Smart Energy Profiles for them, Intelligent Electronic Devices, and the firmware. We solve the problems of security with energy management systems, we test and optimize the performance of wireless networks, we build customer portals.
Demand response programs and other smart initiatives tend to be expensive for rollout, both for industrial and residential energy consumers. They usually require advanced meters to be installed, special hardware to be set up, both with communication layers. Wireless communications and development of intellectual electronic devices makes the process of deployment much simpler and reduces both the cost and the time for implementing smart energy management solutions. Beyond the lifestyle benefits and affordability for customers, wireless technology has also enabled vendors to create embedded wireless appliances for energy management.
Become wireless with Luxoft
To run the Demand Response program effectively, high-performance hardware is needed, which is carefully designed and easy to configure and maintain. Developing such hardware is a specialized process that requires a highly developed skill set and special knowledge.
In any complex project embedded development and software delivery are carried out by different vendors, as this two parts require different experience and qualifications. With Luxoft you have an outstanding opportunity to create all the components with a single strategic business partner, that
- leads to increased predictability of projects,
- removes integration issues,
- dramatically decreases costs and time to market.
Luxoft can handle the complete process of hardware development, from PCB design or FPGA design.
We know how to co-operate with Manufacturers
- document all processes,
- design and manufacture the testing environments,
- define and optimize manufacturing procedures,
- provide manufacturing monitoring and control.
Luxoft is capable of developing firmware and software for embedded devices and working with various interfaces, such as UART, SPI, I2C, 1-wire, USB, and Ethernet. We create low-level software on different OS: VxWorks, QNX, Windows / Windows CE, Symbian, Linux, with or without underlying RTOS.
The Luxoft Energy team is currently involved with many embedded development projects of different scope and technologies. We are especially proud of our ZigBee stack development and are experts in ZigBee & IEEE 802.15.4 certification. We build custom applications on top of ZigBee stack, and we are also building ZigBee profiles.
For years the Luxoft Energy team has been working with substations’ telecom hardware. We work on RTU module assignment, RTU Information Object Model parameterization, and manage the Network topology.
We also develop low-level device drivers and integrate devices of different protocols:
- IEC 60870-5-101 Master / Slave
- IEC 60870-5-104 Client / Server
- IEC 60870-5-103 Master
- Modbus RTU Master
- Modbus TCP Client
- IEC 61850 Client
- Import/export of SCL / (SSD,ICD,SCD)
- Profibus DP Master
- Siemens 3964R/RK512
- Telegyr TG80x Master
Luxoft creates Touch-based interfaces for Intellectual displays, builds special software for managing in-home devices, and participates in Demand Response programs with it’s professional services. Any problem that may arise in hardware design and development can be solved immediately by the qualified team of Luxoft Energy Practice.
