Archive for November 2nd, 2009
My call with Quinn got me started …..
by on Nov.02, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
There was a house on that show after Lost that totally caused me to beg my wife – It was crazy Zwave and did a so-so job of the implementation. Almost every door knew what the other was doing and amazingly the garage doors and hot tub were fully integrated.
I had been curious about Zigbee for ages but I’d never seen a system of this caliber, it was inspiring and truly remarkable.
We talk about making where we’re living do cool things like announcing caller ID anywhere in the house or checking our grocery list for items we’re missing. Many things are still pretty far in terms of general accessibility (although some groups are in the process of it) still things such as lighting and music for different moods or events should be locally available and easy(er) on the pocket recently. In order to make this happen I need to persuade the lady writing the cheques- then I’m sure she’ll just love the page that helped me learn about this stuff: Insteon switch
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XBee PRO S2 Whip Antenna from Digi Zigbee RF Module |  |
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US $27.50 | 11d 1h 23m |
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100x TI Chipcon CC2520RHDH 24GHz Radio Zigbee Taxes Instrument Sealed ESD Bag | |
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US $89.99 | 3d 6h 21m |
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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 34m |
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Control4 Wireless 3 button keypad KPZ 3B1 WH PRO White ZigBee Pro | |
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US $80.00 | 4d 41m |
Who loves Insteon
by on Nov.02, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
It’s pretty well known that for items considered to be automation my wallet is at the mercy of some of the recent products available by companies like Home Automation Inc and the Z-Wave alliance.
The thing is the recent items available aren’t so much new as they appear due to the fact that they could all be built previously working with currently accessible standard products but for those starting out they’re available as a prebuilt package. That and you won’t feel like you need a 6 page schematic to understand how it works.
Upon closer inspection there are numerous resemblances between the brands. For instance, almost none of the product lineups use cordless devices as RF repeaters, and nearly all devices use radio frequency in some capacity. Beyond this still, things become more complicated – I’d rather not venture to explain it here and make a fool of myself, there’s a site here Home automation products is better at talking about any differences.
That said if you’re having any visions relating to methods to earn a bit of funds to make up for the latest obsession, for pete’s sake let me know!
