1) EnModus is a UK-based smart home technology company that has invented Wattwave, a powerline communications technology for enabling smart appliances at a cost of less than £1.50. 2) There are many different connectivity technologies competing in the smart home market based on factors like data rate, power, range, and adoption challenges relating to standards and existing ecosystems. 3) EnModus believes that in the long run, only high bandwidth wireless, low power wireless, and long range wired technologies will dominate the smart home market based on application value, cost, and risk.

1. Smart Homes & Cleanpower 2013 Conference
5 November 2013
Cambridge
www.hvm-uk.com/smarthomes
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2. Connectivity in the Smart Home
Winner takes all or Horses for Courses?
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3. Introduction
enModus is a Smart Home technology company
Founded in Jan 2010, we have five employees, based in Chepstow, UK
Invented Wattwave™, a powerline communications technology
Wattwave offers unbeatable range and radically lower cost
Wattwave is firmware embeddable, or available in module format
Wattwave can enable Smart Appliances for <£1.50 OEM cost
Plan to use our own pilot product,
,
, to seed the market
Raised £150k angel and £1m seed VC rounds in 2010 and 2011
Closing a £1.5m VC round in Q4 2013 with a new investor
www.enmodus.com

4. There are many technologies out there…..
and more…..
…all vying to be the communications technology of choice for the Smart Home
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5. There are many factors of choice……
Connectivity
Adoptability
Data rate
Power
Range
Robustness
Update freq
Security
Network size
etc etc
Co-existence
Interoperability
Medium limitations
Product integration
Hub integration
Convergence
Standards
..$application value add..
$cost…$risk
www.enmodus.com
Applications delivery
Existing ecosystem
Infrastructure
Platform integration
API availability

6. ….but which will prevail?
Connectivity
Adoptability
Data rate
Power
Range
Robustness
Update freq
Security
Network size
etc etc
Co-existence
Interoperability
Medium limitations
Product integration
Hub integration
Convergence
Standards
..$application value add..
$cost…$risk
www.enmodus.com
Applications delivery
Existing ecosystem
Infrastructure
Platform integration
API availability

7. ..longer term thinking must trump short termism..
Connectivity
Adoptability
Data rate
Power
Range
Robustness
Update freq
Security
Network size
etc etc
Co-existence
Interoperability
Medium limitations
Product integration
Hub integration
Convergence
Standards
..$application value add..
$cost…$risk
www.enmodus.com
Applications delivery
Existing ecosystem
Infrastructure
Platform integration
API availability

8. Consolidation
No single technology can dominate the Smarthome
We believe only three core technologies will eventually dominate……
• High bandwidth wireless (mains or rechargeable battery infotainment)
• Low power wireless (wireless sensors)
• Long range, guaranteed coverage, wired (mains appliances and embedded infrastructure)
…based on application value add, cost and risk
Other technologies will remain niche
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9. The hub/gateway/CAD/modem router will be the
battleground
…one box to rule them all...
Convergence of:
High bandwidth wireless
Low power wireless
Long range, guaranteed coverage, wired
…driven by long term strategic thinking by telco’s, media and cable companies
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10. Summary
Value added from smart homes must be driven application by application
We must not force-fit unsuitable technologies to applications
Horses for courses, not winner takes all
The industry will successfully integrate at the hardware level
The real challenge is at a platform level !
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