Archive for August 31st, 2009
She just loves remote lighting
by on Aug.31, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Like most items related to automation I’m a big fan of all the recent items being released by places like the Z-Wave alliance and the Zigbee Alliance.
Some of these new products being released are not actually as novel as they would seem seeing as these things likely had been built before working with other basic products but for those starting out they are available as a prebuilt set. That and now you don’t require a 6 page schematic to understand how it works.
Certainly there exist many resemblances amongst the technologies involved. One such similarity, almost none of the offerings use handheld remote items as RF boosters, and they all use RF as a backup. Beyond this still, it becomes a bit complex – I’d rather not attempt to describe it now and make a fool of myself, this site Zwave products is better at evaluating some of the variations.
Now anyone with any legal ideas relating to tricks to bring in sufficient cash to cover my new addiction, please let me know!
Something got me planning …
by on Aug.31, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
I recently saw a sweet house on one of the HD channels which literally caused me to beg my wife – They were using motorized plasmas in the kitchen and did a decent job of the implementation. Each light could be controlled and amazingly the inside doors as well as the robot vacuum were fully integrated.
I always liked Zigbee for years but I’d never seen a system of this caliber, it was wicked and I want everything I saw now.
We talk about having our home do cool things such as adjusting the temperature for each room or voice alerting us to someone at the door. Ok a ways in the future (it should be noted that there are people that could do it) nonetheless things such as music which can be changed over the internet are well within reach and economical now. I think I need to persuade my lovely wife- at which point she can focus her energy on the page where it all started: Zwave products
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XBee PRO S2 Whip Antenna from Digi Zigbee RF Module |  |
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US $27.50 | 11d 43m |
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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 40m |
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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 5h 54m |
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Control4 Wireless 3 button keypad KPZ 3B1 WH PRO White ZigBee Pro | |
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US $80.00 | 4d 1m |
