Several new functionalities are enabled by information and telecommunication technologies, even in the control systems of electrical distribution grids. As a matter of fact, the digital transformation of the energy sector will interest future electrical distribution systems. Among expected advantages, Renewable Energy Sources generation and enhanced environmental compatibility will match new services to optimize the grid functioning. Indeed, control and monitoring systems on a distribution grid can ensure an easier management of all the services that consumers, producers and prosumers provide to the network. Basing on these important potentialities, the paper presents technical details of a distribution network monitoring and control device based on a processor of the large and common x86 family and a real-time Linux operating system. The device is suitable for integrating all Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) commonly adopted in high performance digital energy control systems.
