Leading Developers Use Echelon Corp.'s New Chipset to Easily Bring the Benefits of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) t...
09 February 2016 - 3:55AM
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The Versatile FT 6050 System on a Chip (SoC)
Powers Products that Quickly and Easily Bring BACnet and LonWorks
Systems into the IP World
Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON), a leading independent control
networking company for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT),
announced today that four product developer partners have
introduced new building control products incorporating Echelon’s FT
6050 Smart Transceiver—the industry’s only multiprotocol chip with
built-in BACnet, LON and IP protocol stacks. The FT 6050 provides a
highly stable, flexible platform to develop products that are
compatible with existing BACnet and LON devices, while adding IP
support for a new generation of IP-enabled building control
devices. By incorporating leading communication protocols on one
chip, many design complexities and connectivity barriers are
removed that help developers to streamline development, thus
reducing time to market.
“We count on the FT 6050’s absolute reliable connectivity as we
bring our InetSupervisor product faster to market,” said Adam
Guzik, President, Quark Communications. “For example, a recent
customer requested a design for an indoor lighting automation
system based on an Echelon FT-10 network transceiver. With the
Echelon FT 6050 platform, the system design, now in progress, will
take about four months to complete, including hardware and
software, compared to 24 months without the platform. Echelon’s FT
6050 is simply the best building automation technology available in
the marketplace today.”
The FT 6050 is part of a complete platform, offering
commissioning tools, protocol stacks, routers, chips, and modules
for engineers designing control devices and applications for the
IIoT. The FT 6000 series and FT 6000 evaluation and development kit
(EVK) support BACnet MS/TP in addition to BACnet/IP, LON/FT, and
LonTalk/IP-FT, enabling designers to offer the marketplace a wide
range of intelligent controllers compatible with the most popular
connectivity standards.
"Prior to the availability of the FT 6050, developers would need
to use multiple SoCs, or build multiple products, to connect
Internet-enabled devices to traditional building automation
systems, or replace installed systems entirely," said Rich
Blomseth, Product Management Director, Echelon. “Developers have
tremendous success with the FT 6050 and it is a key building
solution that bridges building controls with the IIoT.”
New Products Using Echelon FT 6050 Smart Transceiver
The four developers introducing four new products featuring the
next-generation on a chip Echelon FT 6050:
Quark
Communications, www.inetsupervisor.com
InetSupervisor controllers from Quark Communications.
A complete line of automation controllers for HVAC, lighting,
irrigation, industrial compressed air systems, and energy
management. On-premise and cloud solutions are available offering a
multi-user web interface.
Efficient Building Automation
Corporation (EBAC), www.circon.com
BACnet/LON VAV controller from Efficient Building Automation
Corporation. Fully programmable, this terminal unit controller is
ideal for retrofit solutions where either BACnet or LON integration
is needed.
ISDE, www.isde-ing.com
BACnet/LON thermostat from ISDE. The first BA thermostat
compatible with both BACnet and LON communications standards. The
solution eliminates the need to use switches or hubs between
devices, and supports up to 64 devices per twisted pair
channel.
Smart Controls,
www.smartcontrols.com
A family of multi-protocol sensors and controllers from Smart
Controls for building automation systems that support LON,
LonTalk/IP-FT, BACnet/IP-FT, and BACnet MS/TP from the same
device.
About Echelon Corporation
Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON), a pioneer in developing
open-standard control networking platforms, delivers elements
necessary to design, install, monitor and control
industrial-strength ‘communities of devices’ within the lighting,
building automation, Internet of Things, and related markets
worldwide. Echelon sells its lighting products under the Lumewave
by Echelon brand and its building automation and other IIoT-related
products. With more than 100 million Echelon-powered devices
installed worldwide, Echelon helps its customers easily and safely
migrate existing control systems to the most modern platforms,
while bringing new devices and applications into an ever-growing
global Industrial Internet. Echelon helps its customers reduce
operational costs, enhance satisfaction and safety, grow revenues
and perform better in both established and emerging markets. More
information about Echelon can be found at www.echelon.com.
Echelon, Echelon logo, LumInsight and Lumewave by Echelon are
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United States and other countries. Other product or service names
mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
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