Archive for May 26th, 2009
My night got me thinking
by on May.26, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Last night was this one house on HGTV which literally made me salivate – They had used X10 and did a so-so job making it all work. It seemed like every light and fan could be controlled and even silly things like the phones and arcade room were fully integrated.
I had been curious about Zigbee for years but seeing something like this, it was wicked and I want everything I saw now.
I always talk about having where we’re living do neat stuff such as turning on the shower in the morning or voice alerting us to someone at the door. maybe some stuff is a bit out from now (despite the fact that some houses could do it) but more practical items such as atmosphere settings which can be changed over the internet have come down in price and easy(er) on the pocket today. In order to make this happen I need to plead my case to the lady writing the cheques...... at which point she can focus her energy on the site where it all started: Insteon iPhone
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XBee PRO S2 Whip Antenna from Digi Zigbee RF Module |  |
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US $27.50 | 11d 48m |
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100x TI Chipcon CC2520RHDH 24GHz Radio Zigbee Taxes Instrument Sealed ESD Bag | |
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US $89.99 | 3d 5h 46m |
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10x TI Chipcon CC2520RHDH 24GHz Radio Zigbee Taxes Instrument In Sealed ESD Bag | |
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US $11.99 | 3d 6h |
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Control4 Wireless 3 button keypad KPZ 3B1 WH PRO White ZigBee Pro | |
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US $80.00 | 4d 7m |
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I love remote lighting
by on May.26, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
With regards to items associated with house automation I’m a big fan of most of the recent products being released through vendors such as the Z-Wave alliance and SmartLabs.
What’s interesting is that the recent products being released are not actually as as much of a movement as one would imagine since they likely had been accomplished previously utilizing available standard products but nowadays they’re offered as a nice kit. That and you won’t need an electrical engineering degree to set things up.
A deeper look shows us a few parallels among the vendor offerings. One such similarity, none of the offerings use cordless devices as RF relays, and it seems like all use RF someway. Digging deeper still, it becomes more involved – Rather than struggle to express it myself and make a fool of myself, there’s a site here Home automation products is better at talking about some of the differences.
Now anyone with thoughts on ways for me to bring in some money to sponsor our new obsession, kindly let me know!
