BANGKOK & SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Holley Metering and EnVerv, Inc. announced today their collaboration on a range of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) products. The single phase and three phase Smart Meter families cover applications for Residential, Commercial and Industrial AMI Metering in which EnVerv’s EV8000 Power-Line Communications (PLC) modem will be employed as the communication platform.
“We selected EnVerv as our AMI technology partner for Thailand due to their successful field tests in Thailand and their proven performance under challenging network conditions,” said Frank Shou, Managing Director of Holley Group Electric (Thailand) Co., Ltd. “Integrating EnVerv’s multi-protocol modems allow our AMI trials and deployments to be future proof against any changes in AMI communications standards while also enabling switching of the network between standards of PRIME or G3-PLC.”
“We are very pleased to have been selected by the Holley Metering as their strategic AMI communications partner,” said Reza Mirkhani, Sr. Vice President at EnVerv. “Holley Metering’s international foot print continues to expand in South East Asia and we are proud to be their selected AMI partner of choice.”
The EV8000 is a single-chip PLC SoC with programmable frequency bands, covering CENELEC-A, FCC and ARIB bands without the need for hardware changes. Furthermore, the EV8000 soft-modem can be programmed to operate in ITU-T G.9903 (G3-PLC), ITU-T G.9904 (PRIME), IEEE P1901.2 and IEC-61334 (S-FSK) modes simply by downloading their respective firmware code to the chip remotely over the power line network.
About EnVerv, Inc.
EnVerv is a fabless semiconductor company in the United States with headquarters in Milpitas, California and SoC solutions enabling robust and high-speed communications over Low Voltage (LV) and Medium Voltage (MV) power lines and are applicable to various grid connectivity markets such as AMI, solar micro-inverters, transformer monitoring, substation communications, lighting networks, etc. Visit www.enverv.com.
About Holley Metering
Holley Metering Limited is a cross-regional and export-oriented company focusing on R&D, manufacture and marketing of energy meters. With 38 years experience in metering field, Holley is currently the biggest meter manufacturer in China whose annual production capacity achieves 25 million pcs. The company provides wide range of products from mechanical/electronic meters to integrated terminal system with reputable production capability and product quality. Visit www.holley.co.th