Echelon Corporation Company Description
Echelon wants to take control systems to the next level. The company designs hardware and software that link and automate industrial equipment, building environments, and devices ranging from light switches to conveyor belts. Its open-source operating system, LonWorks Network Services, lets equipment interact through local networks and the Internet. Echelon's hardware -- transceivers, routers, network interfaces -- can sense, monitor, and control such equipment as automatic doors, security systems, and railcars. Echelon also provides an automated electricity metering system called Networked Energy Services (NES).
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