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CONTROL EVERYTHING WITH THE NEW U-CHIP™ – Now you can with Domosys Corporation's second generation of transceivers

Quebec city, Canada - November 7, 2000 - Domosys Corporation, a leading provider of control networking technology, is launching the U-Chip™ family of robust and high-performance microcontrollers/transceivers. The revolutionary U-Chip is specifically designed for embedding networking functionality into low-cost, everyday applications found in residential, commercial, utility and transportation markets. The U-Chip can turn the simplest electrical device into an Internet appliance.

Very flexible, the U-Chip family of transceivers is optimized for communication over the power line, but it may also be used over the twisted pair medium. Powerful and integrated, the U-Chip combines a high-performance RISC 8052 microcontroller with a configurable network transceiver. In its flash memory version, the complete firmware of the U-Chip, including the protocol physical layer, can be uploaded remotely over the LAN. The modulation techniques of the U-Chip allow it to meet American (FCC), European (CENELEC) and Canadian (RSS-210) emission standards. The U-Chip also embeds many peripherals such as SPI ports, watchdog and analog comparators. Moreover, the transceivers can support the CEBus® standard and other control network protocols such as PowerBus™, a narrow band proprietary solution offered by Domosys.

"The control network market now has a core device that can be used across different medium and protocols in a most flexible way", comments Evan Price, President of Domosys Corporation. "When you work with diverse markets, you need to propose a broad range of technologies. With the U-Chip, Domosys offers the most advanced and complete control networking solution."

The applications for the U-Chip are limited only by the imagination of the developers and integrators working with it. The same ground-breaking technology can be used to detect door problems aboard a rail car, manage street lights according to traffic density, start your air-conditioning at home before leaving the office or shut off a gas station pump in case of a leak. The installation costs are minimal, taking into account the use of existing power lines.

First U-Chip prototype samples will be made available in Q2, 2001 and the commercial version will be available in Q3, 2001. In addition to the U-Chip, Domosys will continue to support its CEWay line of power line transceivers for at least the year 2001.

About Domosys

Founded in 1994, Domosys Corporation is a leading provider of Power Line Communication (PLC) technology for the control networking market. Domosys' PLC technology transforms any stand-alone product into a device that can be controlled or monitored either locally or remotely over the Internet. Domosys is designing and manufacturing custom products for Original Equipment Manufacturers as well as marketing and selling generic products to system integrators. Domosys' products and solutions are used in a number of vertical markets such as but not limited to: Energy Management, Street lighting controls, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR), SCADA and Transportation.

Domosys Corporation is a privately held corporation based in Quebec City, Canada. To learn more about Domosys and its products and services, visit the company's Web site at www.domosys.com

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