專用集成電路促進(jìn)家庭能源管理系統(tǒng)設(shè)計(jì)

　　對(duì)于消費(fèi)者來(lái)說(shuō)，家庭能源中心提供了將電力利用數(shù)據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)化為可操作信息的關(guān)鍵環(huán)節(jié)。這些系統(tǒng)作為實(shí)用智能電表和個(gè)人能源消費(fèi)產(chǎn)品之間的接口，提供了一種監(jiān)測(cè)和控制實(shí)時(shí)能源使用的方法。通過(guò)收集家用產(chǎn)品的能源使用數(shù)據(jù)，并將這些發(fā)現(xiàn)與實(shí)用數(shù)據(jù)和智能儀表的其他使用信息相結(jié)合，這些系統(tǒng)能夠?yàn)橄M(fèi)者提供有關(guān)其能源使用的具體信息。

　　有了這個(gè)實(shí)時(shí)的能源使用信息，消費(fèi)者可以查看整體的能源消耗模式，并更好地了解整個(gè)住宅的電力使用情況，以及特定設(shè)備的使用情況。反過(guò)來(lái)，消費(fèi)者可以設(shè)置這些能源管理系統(tǒng)，以優(yōu)化家庭能源使用-延遲洗衣機(jī)，如消耗大量的能源，但其操作可以推遲到利用低利率在非繁忙時(shí)間。

　　This sort of ability to view actual energy usage easily is critical for energy conservation. In industry studies， direct feedback about energy usage through these kinds of systems resulted in energy savings ranging from 5 percent to 15 percent.1 Although some consumers have expressed concerns about privacy issues， 97 percent of utility customers participating in a pilot program said they would continue using the devices in their homes and 71 percent said they had already changed their energy usage as a result of their ability to access data through the system.

　　For engineers， building cost-effective energy management systems has become simpler thanks to a broad range of ICs from manufacturers including Analog Devices， Cirrus Logic， Freescale Semiconductor， Maxim Integrated Products， Microchip Technology， NXP Semiconductors，STMicroelectronics， and Texas Instruments， among others.