Synopses & Reviews
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to embedded systems for smart appliances and energy management, bringing together for the first time a multidisciplinary blend of topics from embedded systems, information technology and power engineering.
Review
From the reviews: "This book introduces the field of embedded systems for energy management ... . This material is intended for readers working on the next generation of decentralized smart energy systems and people faced with the need to optimize future energy use with information technology. ... this book represents an important source of information on the latest efforts to improve actual and future energy management through the use of smart appliances and embedded systems." (Gonzalo Peralta Villavicencio, ACM Computing Reviews, January, 2013)
Synopsis
This comprehensive introduction describes embedded systems for smart appliances and energy management. The text combines a multidisciplinary blend of topics from embedded systems, information technology and power engineering.
Table of Contents
Energy management in households and the environment.- Decentralized energy generation and forecasting.- Power grids, demand response management and load shedding strategies.- Home automation networks and power line communication.- Home automation networks and wireless communications.- Privacy and Security in home automation networks.- Circuit design: HW/SW platforms.- Circuit design for ultra-low power standby.- Circuit design for power metering.