Thoughts of UPB
by on Jan.09, 2010, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
When dealing with technologies considered to be automation I’m a big fan of any recent items created through consortiums such as SmartLabs and the Z-Wave alliance.
Almost all of the latest items created shouldn’t be considered so much as much of a movement as one would imagine because this stuff could all be built through other means using other basic items but for beginners they’re offered as a clean little package. That and you won’t feel like you need a complicated circuit diagram to understand how it works.

Upon closer inspection there are a lot of resemblances amongst the brands. As an example, not one of them use battery-operated products as RF boosters, and nearly all devices use wireless communication in some manner. Digging deeper still, it becomes more complicated – I’m not going to try to express it myself and explain things poorly, this place Zwave products is better at analyzing some of the divergences.
So if you have any thoughts for how I can pull together some cash to pay for my recent compulsion, comment below and let us know!