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San Diego, Calif. — Pulse Electronics Corporation (NYSE: PULS), a leading provider of electronic components, provides engineers with an application-based sales (ABS) tool for designing power line communication (PLC) applications. The PLC application diagram aligns key Pulse Electronics technology and product lines within the home automation and home networking market segments. Power line communication offers an alternative solution to the existing WiFi/LAN/MoCA local area interfaces transporting home networking data over the 230/110V power line connections to the wide area network (WAN). The tool is available on the Pulse Electronics website at http://www.pulseelectronics.com/index.php?1414.
The tool provides a block diagram for the application. When the user clicks on a specific part in the diagram, a full range of products appear with complete information for each one. From there, the customer can access data sheets and perform an online stock check, simplifying the selection process. For example, block diagrams exist for the PLC adapter, Triple Play/Modem, and Wireless Access Point/Hub.
“Pulse Electronics is a component supplier, but customers do not think in terms of components, they think in terms of the end application, then go from there,” explained Mark Jackson, Pulse Electronics Network Division's worldwide director of field application engineers. “This ABS tool links Pulse customers by key application type to solutions provided by Pulse product divisions. The solutions contain specific details regarding how to use the product in the defined application.”
Power line communication systems carry data over a conductor used for electric power transmission. The transformer provides an isolation barrier between the communication system and the high voltage power connection. Markets include home networking or home automation using local area connections to interface to the WAN such as wireless cellular links, Ethernet copper interconnect, MoCA diplexers/triplexers, and power supply components.
“PLC devices provide a cost effective method to interface multiple applications to WANs. PLC deployments are growing rapidly within Europe and Asia and demand is starting to increase in the Americas driven by increased deployment of SMART meter applications for recording energy usage within the home. PLC technology offers regional energy providers the ability to work with their customers to control energy usage via the existing 230/110V power line connection,” explained Jackson.
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Its quite encouraging to see Semiconductor companies coming out with strong quarterly numbers.
Zinsner says “We have built up a a pretty significant team in China and that's helping us to get design wins” – what does this exactly means. Does it mean chinese factor gives extra confidence to the customers ?
Barbara, good and informative interview. Finally Zinsner is also realized that, they cannot pull much of their products in Chinese market. Chinese government policy is like that, they invite all companies as a part of global investment with red carpet and other single window system etc, but they never entertain to sell those products in Chinese market. They want to promote much Chinese local products. Now a day almost all companies are thinking about, moving their foot print to Northern America states, in order to grab the advantage of GDP growth in N. American states. Zinsner can also think in similar directions.
Happy to see that, more semiconductor companies are coming up with good news in 2011, in terms of profit and turn over. As a close watcher, am expecting some positive news for the year end in totally.
Tirlapur, He was referring here to China's growing role in the electronics industry and the country's huge spending on infrastructure and other industrial projects. Any company that wants to participate in China's growth should have a presence in the country whether it sells directly to OEMs or through distributors.
Analog devices has certainly made sure that they will produce the positive results. AD is clearly becoming much matured analog company with their high end data conversion products used in all telecom equipments. Their establishments in china also helping them in huge way since many of the OEM's are also having their design centres in developing countries.
I've always had a lot of respect for ADI. Talk about management stability–it's been Ray or Jerry at the helm for how long? And ADI always comes out of a downturn swinging for the fences.
“We are not so unique that we are going to be significantly different than the rest of the broader semiconductor space.”
I think that goes beyond just the market–I think ADI always focuses on what's going to make it unique in the analog space.