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IXYS and Echelon Join Hands
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September 10, 2013

IXYS and Echelon Join Hands

By Anil Sharma
TMCnet Contributor

IXYS Corporation, a manufacturer of power semiconductors and integrated circuits for energy efficiency and power management applications, has released a reference design and demonstration board for a 200W AC LED driver with powerline interface in collaboration with Echelon Corporation, a control networking platform provider.


Officials with IXYS Corporation said that applications include remotely controlled and monitored municipal and private-installation lighting with remote control convenience features.

LED driver design integrates remote power management and control over powerline communications, providing 30 percent energy savings relative to other drivers.

Company officials said that the 200W AC LED Driver Demonstration Board integrates Zilog's Z8F2480 MCU and Echelon's ISO 14908.3 based PL3120 powerline transceiver module in a 200W AC LED driver to remotely turn LEDs on and off, regulate LED brightness, and provide information to the host about power consumed by the driver in addition to input voltage, load current, power factor, and LED board temperature values. The board is powered from a single-phase AC line with a 90-305 VAC voltage range.

"Many of IXYS's products are well suited for applications such as power and energy management across all major industrial segments, and Echelon has a wide range of technology solutions that meet today's energy management needs," said Steve Darrough, vice president of marketing for IXYS, in a statement.

"By collaborating with IXYS, we can make it faster and less risky for our OEM customers to develop integrated LED drivers and provide their end customers with very significant operational savings,” said Varun Nagaraj, senior vice president and general manager of Echelon.

Nagaraj added that integrating the controls into the driver as opposed to having controls be implemented in a separate box reduces the acquisition cost for end customers and improves the payback from lighting efficiency projects.

Earlier in July, Echelon Corporation announced that it is expanding its presence in Latin America through a new partnership with Aditel Sistemas, a service provider and reseller of control networking products.

Aditel has successfully worked with Echelon's LonWorks products in Europe and has recently opened offices in Mexico and Colombia to take advantage of the fast-growing building automation and street lighting markets in Latin America, which are expected to grow 20 percent year over year, which is two to three times faster than Western European or North America market growth rates.




Edited by Alisen Downey


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