Utility Metering

Remote meter reading is often touted as a significant cost-saving strategy which can help justify the investment in a municipal WiFi network. However, well before municipal WiFi networks appeared on the scene, the technology for remote meter reading was well-developed, oftn involving a van driving through a neighborhood and reading RF devices attached to the utility meters. Microchip ha published an interesting and informative white paper , an Introduction to Utility Metering Tutorial, which describes this technology in some detail.