Data Concentrator Unit
Data concentrators collect data about energy consumption and other customer management information from smart meters connected via a wireless or power-line communication (PLC) network in residential or commercial buildings and route this data in real time to a smart grid backhaul network, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) or customer center for further analysis and processing.
ST offers a range of field-proven, programmable power-line communication (PLC) solutions to support a variety of specifically developed standards including G3-PLC, PRIME and Meters-and-More as well as sub-GHz wireless connectivity solutions supporting wM-Bus, LoRa and Sigfox low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) protocols.
In addition, our high-performance 32-bit STM32 microcontrollers and secure elements – for meter authentication – and high-efficiency AC-DC converters together with a comprehensive set of hardware and software evaluation and development tools can help developers design robust and reliable data concentrators.
Resources
Technical Documentation
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AN4154: Power supply for energy meter and power line modem | 3.0 | 1 MB |
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AN4962: S2-LP ETSI compliance test at 868 MHz SRD band | 1.0 | 1 MB |
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AN5120: ST8500 programmable power line communication modem System on Chip design guide | 2.0 | 1 MB |
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AN4732: STCOMET smart meter and power line communication system-on-chip development kit | 3.0 | 2 MB |
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AN4953: Using the S2-LP transceiver under ARIB STD-T108 in the 920 MHz band | 1.0 | 4 MB |
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AN5008: Using the S2-LP transceiver under the ARIB STD-T67 standard | 1.0 | 871 KB |
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AN4305: Using the SPIRIT1 transceiver with range extender under EN 300 220 at 169 MHz | 1.0 | 1 MB |
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AN4772: wM-Bus (2013) firmware stack overview | 1.0 | 786 KB |
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UM1960: Sample wM-Bus 2013 application layer implementation for SPIRIT1 boards | 1.0 | 1 MB |
Presentations & Training Material
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Power Supply topologies for Metering Applications | 1.0 | 2 MB |
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SMPS for Metering | 1.0 | 2 MB |
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STM32 Development Boards Portfolio | 1.0 | 3 MB |
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STM32 and STM8 software development tools | 11.2018 | 1 MB |
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Smart Grid Products | 1.0 | 1 MB |
Publications and Collaterals
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800-1050V MDmesh™ K5: ST’s first Super-junction VHV MOSFET Series | 1.0 | 1 MB |
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Industrial MEMS motion sensors | 1.0 | 1 MB |
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L6984, L6986 Energy saving synchronous DC-DC converters for industrial | 1 MB | |
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Repetitive voltage suppressors for overvoltage protection | 1.0 | 1 MB |
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S2-LP:Ultra-low-power, high-performance, sub-1GHz RF transceiver | 4.0 | 1 MB |
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STCOMET: Future-proof smart grid solutions | FLSTCOMET1016 | 285 KB |
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Turnkey PLC chipset for smart-energy infrastructure | 10.2017 | 775 KB |
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Linear and Switching Voltage Regulators Selection Guide | 3.0 | 370 KB |
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Power MOSFET Selection Guide | 1.0 | 1 MB |
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Protection devices selection guide | 1.0 | 1 MB |
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Brochure Power management guide | 10.2018 | 4 MB |
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STM32F7 series - ARM® Cortex®-M7 powered | 17.3 | 3 MB |
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Sensors for industrial and multi-segment solutions | 1.0 | 1 MB |
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Serial real-time clock ICs | 1.0 | 827 KB |
