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Home Toys
October 2005 |
Relay 8, X-10 Driven Eight Circuit Relay Module from WGL Designs The Relay 8 offers a quick and easy way for the home automation enthusiast to have relay control using conventional and easily available X-10 power line commands.   |
Home Toys
December 2002
Bob Hetherington |
Xantech Infrared Control Equipment Xantech manufactures all the bits and pieces required to build an IR network, allowing IR remotes to work from anywhere in the house. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Bob Hetherington |
HALO T3 Tuner by Parasound If aesthetics and performance are both important to you then have a look at the HALO line from Parasound. |
Home Toys
October 2002 |
Make your X-10 system invisible with Marmitek MicroModules You know about the advantages of X-10 Home Automation, but don't want to have bulky plug-in modules in your wall outlets? You want to have your existing wall switches work with X-10 home automation, so that style and color is no longer limited to X-10 tooling and white only? |
Home Toys
June 2006 |
Home Theater Design and Construction Part 6: Component features and performance. The good news is that home theater equipment is better than ever, and more affordable to boot. In addition, there is much help available, on the Internet or from one of the many qualified custom installation firms in most areas. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller Communicates RS-232 Programmable Logic Controllers have communication ports that can be configured to talk all kinds of protocols, controlling a number of systems: security, heating, lighting, drapery, audio, video, etc. |
Home Toys
October 2002
David Steele |
A Low Cost Home Automation Controller Have you ever wanted to automate a function in your home, but just could not justify the cost of the do-everything home automation controllers? Elk Products' Magicmodule family of programmable controllers offer a good home automation control package at a reasonable price. |
Home Toys
April 2004
John Perry |
X-10 and Motion Detectors This extension to our X-10 system has now been running reliably for over two years, and it has the added advantage of giving us advance warning when visitors are coming and when the boys get back from school. |
Home Toys
February 2006
Brett Griffin |
Intermingling X-10 and New Lighting Technologies in Your Home Many X-10 users will want to intermingle few UPB or other RF capable switches at first, migrating their homes over a few years, spreading the cost out. |
Home Toys
March 2003
Bob Hetherington |
Elan Z-Series Multi Room/Multi Source Audio/Video System with VIA! TouchPanel This is not a system that can be installed without a fair bit of expertise but the technology is solid and the reliability is good. |
Home Toys
February 2004
Anne Price |
Thinking About a Universal Remote? Consider Usage Model, Costs, Range Now that we have all this great home theater equipment, how can we manage the resulting remote clutter? |
Home Toys
December 2002
Phil Kingery |
A Better X-10 Interface: The TI103-RS232 All about the TI103 PCC interface from Advanced Control Technologies, Inc. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Chris Bomicino |
HTPCs Beget HTPCs How to integrate 10 home theater PCs, solve the noise issues, make it cheap and inexpensive, make it flexible, make it simple to use, and use nothing but off-the-shelf parts. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Chris Grace |
Getting a Grip on All the Gear Applying computer technology to home theater, home automation, and security, is the key to making control of these systems not only simple, but also fun. |
Salon.com
May 25, 2001
Damien Cave |
Geek house Hardware hackers are using a fast-spreading technology to give their homes a cheap and speedy intelligence upgrade... |
Home Toys
October 2004 |
Not Only X10: Everything Under Control Especially From Remote The device developed by Iriave Electronics is a hardware interface that allows control data communication over the power line. |
Home Theater
November 23, 2001 |
Xantech Amps: Multi-zone Solution Xantech Corporation has introduced a series of amplifiers purpose-built for multi-zone applications... |
Home Toys
February 2004
Dave Brown |
Infrared controls A new integral IR blaster control allows you to connect any number of devices with or without similar IR protocols. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Integrated Home Networks The focus of this article is the computer network as part of the integrated home network. |
Home Toys
August 2003
David Teel |
Upgrading Your PHAST/AMX Landmark Automation System A look at the costs and advantages of upgrading your Landmark home automation system. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Mark McCall |
IR - Hardwired Distribution A detailed account of a project to set up hard-wired distribution of infrared signals through a home network. |
National Defense
April 2004
Michael Peck |
Army Seeks to Upgrade Night-Vision Goggles Experts at the Army's night-vision laboratory predict that a new generation of goggles now in development will fix some of the shortcomings in existing devices, such as image quality and the ability to see through smoke and dust. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Phil Kingery |
Different Ways of Counting A fairly detailed look at the X-10 Extended Code data set used by home automation products |
