Communication technologies for smart grid applications and proposed method of embedded data acquisition based on Linux system

Smart grid technology is progressing worldwide. Various Countries are investing to transform their traditional power grid to Smart grid. They have started realigning their organization to support a Smart grid vision. At this initial stage some software models are required to quantify; evaluate, monitor the progress and plan for the realization of a smart grid. This paper provides a detailed description of the steps involved in the design of an embedded data acquisition based on Linux. Embedded board based on Linux operating system such as BeagleBone is used to develop a modern web page for data collection using PHP and Mysql.