Archive for June 5th, 2009
She just loves UPB
by on Jun.05, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
With regards to technologies related to home automation I really like any new devices created by companies like SmartLabs and SmartLabs.
Nearly all of these recent devices created aren’t really as big a deal as they claim since these things could be built before using other off-the-shelf items but for beginners they are available as a tidy package. As a side benefit now you don’t need a 6 page schematic to set things up.
A deeper look shows us a lot of parallels amongst the vendor offerings. For instance, few of the technologies use battery-operated devices as signal boosters, and almost all products use advanced RF in some capacity. Digging deeper though, it gets more a bit complex – I’d rather not try to outline it at this point and make a fool of myself, this place Insteon home automation is better at evaluating some of the contrast points.
Now if anyone has any legal ideas relating to ways to bring in a bit of dough to sponsor the recent addiction, comment below and let me know!
Last night got me started .
by on Jun.05, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
We watched a killer house on EHM which probably made me salivate – They were using Zwave and had done a seriously outstanding job of having it be impressive. Almost every overhead light knew what the other was doing and even silly things like the gate as well as the bathroom plasmas were controlled.
We’ve used Zigbee for forever but I hadn’t even dreamed about systems like this, it was sensational and truly remarkable.
I’ve thought about having our apartment do fancy tasks along the lines of following me with music through the house or displaying the news in the bathroom mirror. Many things are still pretty far in terms of general accessibility (although some people are in the process of it) but more realistic things for instance atmosphere settings which can be changed over the internet are available and inexpensive today. The last step is to convince the wife... then she can focus her energy on the link which made me interested in the first place: Insteon Controller
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XBee PRO S2 Whip Antenna from Digi Zigbee RF Module |  |
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US $27.50 | 13d 15h 56m |
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MC1321x IEEE 802154 ZigBee RF4CE Wireless Communications Development Kit | |
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US $399.00 | 6h 44m |
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BASYS Controls Superstat Communicating 365 Day Programmable Thermostat Zigbee | |
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US $155.55 | 9h 34m |
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XBee USB Development board Zigbee Sensor Remote USART converter | |
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US $22.99 | 13h 40m |
