02.08.2006

Power Line Communication Developer YITRAN Appoints GLYN as its OEM Distributor for Australia, New Zealand

Glyn Ltd has been appointed as the OEM distributor of leading Power Line Communication (PLC) solutions provider Yitran for Australia and New Zealand.

Yitran Communication Ltd., previously named ITRAN Communications Ltd., designs and manufactures proprietary digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits for power line communications used for a variety of narrowband and broadband applications, such as energy management and AMR (Automatic Meter Reading), home automation and security, home networking, Internet appliances, and Internet access distribution over existing electrical infrastructure.

Yitran’s advanced, extremely reliable, low-cost, high-speed home networking components enables the implementation of broadband and narrowband control networks over power lines. Yitran also develops an advanced line of reliable long-distance components that enable transmission control, telemetry and low-speed data transmission.

HomePlug Powerline Alliance on March 2006 has chosen Yitran’s IT800D narrowband technology as the baseline for the HomePlug Command and Control (HPCC) standard from a field of prominent multinational companies. HomePlug Powerline Alliance is the leading global open standards-based organisation for power line communication technologies and is supported by major semiconductor and electronic equipment manufacturers worldwide.

The IT800D SoC (System on a Chip), incorporates the IT800 PHY with a microprocessor that runs Yitran's DLL (Data Link Layer) firmware stored on-chip. The IT800D provides all the benefits of Yitran's high performance DLL (Adaptive back-off CSMA/CA channel access, ACK/unACK services, retransmissions and more) on top of the IT800 PHY. The IT800D is an ideal solution for a variety of command and control applications requiring robust performance and speeds of up to 7.5Kbps such as energy management, AMR, and home automation. The IT800D is also available in small form-factor modules for easier system integration and faster product development. IT800D ICs, modules, starter kits, and development kits are available from Glyn.

Aside from the IT800D narrowband solutions, Yitran also has broadband products such as the ITM1 PLC modem PHY IC (up to 2.5Mbps), broadband PLC node PHY and MAC chipsets (up to 2.5Mbps), and ITM10 PLC modem IC (up to 24Mbps). These broadband products are targeted for high-speed applications such as home entertainment and multimedia, home networking, SOHO, VoIP, xDSL or Cable modem extension, and Internet access distribution.