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Grid, gridder, smart grid

This post will briefly introduce the major aspects and goals of smart grids. For those not familiar with electrical grids, have a look at the former post for a quick intro. This article aims to describe the challenges and requirements smart grids are dealing with. Moreover, the need for an intelligent measurement network – the […]

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Introduction to the Electrical Grid

When it comes to industrial control systems (ICS) specifically to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) then a basic unterstanding of the business is crucial. In the curse of my master thesis I am currently digging into parts of the electrical grid and try to examine the issues and security level of some specific protocols. […]

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