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Home Toys
August 2004
Tunheim & Braathen |
A Single-Chip 2.4 GHz RF Transceiver Compliant with IEEE 802.15.4 and Ready to be Used in ZigBee Solutions The CC2420 makes an excellent fit for IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee products tageted by home and building automation, industrial monitoring and control and wireless sensor networks applications.   |
Home Toys
February 2005
Khanh Tuan Le |
IEEE 802.15.4 and Zigbee Compliant Radio Transceiver Design Zigbee and the underlying IEEE 802.15.4 standard promise a low-cost, low-power and reliable wireless network technology for a wide range of control and monitoring applications within the private sphere and industrial environment. |
Home Toys
June 2005
Jorgensen & Johansen |
Z-Wave as Home Control RF Platform The mesh network Z-Wave system, with its self-organizing and self-healing features, combined with flexible but simple installation procedures, provides an easy-to-use network solution. |
Home Toys
August 2003 |
Low cost wireless communication at 2.4GHz in consumer and industrial products The nRF24xx family has already been incorporated in a number of new and existing wireless global applications such as sensor, remote control, mouse, game controllers, tire pressure sensors and intelligent sports equipment applications. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Michel Chevroulet |
XEMICS' Home Automation Solutions The XEMICS SoC can manage several sensors/actuators. It has an efficient CPU for signal encoding/decoding. With a minimum number of external parts complete applications can be produced for remote controlled home appliances. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Home Technology Integration The objective of this article is to provide you with a primer regarding the issues that must be considered when contemplating the installation of a Home Automation System. |
Home Toys
August 2003
Ross Bannatyne |
Impact of Power Consumption on Consumer Electronics This article discusses the far-reaching impact of lower-power devices on electronic products, particularly those that are battery powered. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Hin Oey |
IP-Enabled Home Automation IP-enabled devices and components are aware of other components on the net and are capable to interact directly with each other without human interference or a central management computer; when the door opens, the light, heating, and ventilation 'know' that they should become active. |
Home Toys
October 2003
Patrick Kinney |
ZigBee Technology: Wireless Control that Simply Works An association of companies is working together to create a very low-cost, very low-power-consumption, two-way, wireless communications standard. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
Koch & Prasad |
The Universal Handset Software-defined radio will let cellphones speak Wi-Fi, 3G, WiMax, and more. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Giovanni Cardamone |
Remote Keyless Entry Reference Design The purpose of the Motorola RKE Reference Design is to help embedded system engineers develop RF-based products more quickly. By providing engineers with electrical schematics, hardware recommendations, software and training materials, Motorola greatly reduces the development cycle. |
Food Engineering
February 1, 2009
Wayne Labs |
Tech Update: Wireless Networks Provide Critical Measures Applications for wireless sensors in manufacturing are as vast as the imagination can create. |
ONLINE
May 2001
Maryellen Mott Allen |
Bluetooth Bites Information Retrieval A furious exchange of opinions is going on in which the pros and cons of various wireless data transmission protocols are alternately praised and reviled. One such protocol, simultaneously adored and despised, is Bluetooth... |
Popular Mechanics
January 30, 2009
Glenn Derene |
How to Control Your Home with your Cell Phone We show you how you can use your smart phone as a remote control for your lights, heat and security in your home. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2007 |
Synchronous Step-Down DC-DC Converter Delivers 600 Milliamps with Spread-Spectrum or PLL Operation Linear Technology Corp. announces the LTC3543 high-efficiency, 2.25 MHz, synchronous buck regulator that can deliver as much as 600 milliamps of continuous output current from a 2-by-3-millimeter DFN package. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Navin Sabharwal |
802.11 vs. Bluetooth Revisited Both technologies will be better positioned to thrive if coexistence schemes currently being developed are broadly implemented. In addition, cost-effective combo 802.11/Bluetooth solutions should play an important role. |
Home Toys
October 2005
Michael Breton |
Automation in the Digital Home A detailed account of the installation of a home automation system for an 8,000 square foot home. |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2004
Bill Howard |
Master of the House Home automation technology is fun and affordable. Here's how to get started. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Bob Hetherington |
Omni LT Security and Home Automation System In addition to its security functions, this is a full-blown home automation controller that can make your life a lot easier and more convenient. It will control your powerline lighting and appliance components, thermostats, hard wired devices and more. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Mitchell Lazarus |
The Great Radio Spectrum Famine Mobile broadband is consuming the available radio spectrum. Serving up more won't be easy |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2012
Rachel Courtland |
Wi-Fi Radio Takes a Digital Turn Intel's new transceiver pushes RF circuitry further into the digital realm, but will it make it out of the lab? |
InternetNews
November 14, 2006
Tim Scannell |
Dust Bets These 'Motes' Will Float Dust Networks takes an all-in-one approach to wireless embedded sensors. |
PC World
January 2001
Jamie Fenton |
Bluetooth Brings Cable-Free Networking to Small Devices Look, Ma, no cables! Bluetooth products can network at first sight... |
Home Toys
August 2004 |
Home is Where the IQ is! Smart technologies are about to transform how we live and interact with our homes. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Dan Quigley |
Getting Ready for the New Face of Home Automation Integrators can now take advantage of a new class of device-independent software that easily integrates multivendor installations, delivering the information and services consumers want while shielding them from complexity and unwanted intrusions. |
InternetNews
December 23, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
ZigBee Goes to Texas Texas Instruments acquires Chipcon for $200 million. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2013
Paul Wallich |
Putting the Meter Under the Microscope How a smart-meter kit changed my energy habits |
AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Use Bluetooth Technology This new industry standard was announced by Ericsson in 1999, and now more than 1,000 companies like IBM, Toshiba, Intel, and Nokia have adopted it. Read on to find out how to make the most out of bluetooth. |
New Architect
May 2002
Paul Sholtz |
LAN Sharks Does wireless networking set your LAN afloat or offer it as bait? Make sure your WLAN keeps the bad guys out... |
Home Toys
October 2004
Robert Bruder |
Finding the Computer That Can Run Your Home: Not tomorrow but today The Pentium M combined with the right design features in an all-in-computer may be poised to create a quiet revolution in comfort, security and entertainment within our homes. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Andy Jackson |
Approaching Home Automation with Clear Thinking "System Integration" speaks to the need for intelligent cooperation between the electronic systems in your home. It could be a matter as small as controlling different lighting zones by time or circumstance, or it may go so far as interfacing audio/video, security, lighting, HVAC and more. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Joe Hlavacek |
Considering Home Automation? Don't overlook your heating and air-conditioning system. Not only is HVAC the one home automation subsystem that can assure your comfort -- it also is the only subsystem that pays for itself. |
Home Toys
October 2005 |
What is Bluetooth? Bluetooth was designed for consumers and small office/home office users as an easy-to-use, inexpensive way to transmit data without wires. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Steve Nguyen |
The Future of Home Automation In the end, the infrastructure that a service provider creates to reach the shell of a home will be the catalyst for manufacturers, service companies and others to create the automated products that may one day make the home automation market what we always thought it could be. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Jack Goldberg |
Simple Interfaces, Part II Close coordination between home automation contractors is a must, and you must be able to 'work well with others'. There is a lot of planning involved, both before the project starts and during the installation. |
Home Toys
December 2002
David Steele |
Driveway And Entry Annunciators For Home Automation Driveway and entry annunciators have been around for many years. To add them to your home automation and security system can add a whole new meaning to convenience. They can provide you not only with being alerted when a visitor approaches, but also turn on lights for safety and convenience. |
InternetNews
January 23, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
ZigBee Key to Jetsons-style Living Two-way, low-data-rate chips will be central to the connected home of the future, say analysts. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Robinson & Teeuwsen |
Next Generation PC-based Home Automation User Interfaces The virtual environment provides many features that the end user can leverage to their advantage including being easy to learn; the ability to model their own environment; and interact with home automation devices. |
Entrepreneur
December 2001
Mike Hogan |
True Blue New products prove Bluetooth wasn't a figment of the tech industry's imagination... |
Home Toys
December 2004
Anu Katka |
New Era of Building Management When the COBRA (Connected Open Building Automation) standardization project started, its vision was to create an operating system for buildings, which would offer an open standard for easy and secure access to building functionality. |
AskMen.com
March 5, 2003
Steve Richer |
How To: Take Up Ham Radio Although easier methods of communication have been developed since, ham radio is still quite popular, with approximately 675,000 operators in the United States and more than 2.5 million around the world. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Software Issues and the Home Theater Personal Computer If things remain as they are now, the growing family of software based media management products is not going to be taken seriously in the automation world. |
Inc.
November 15, 2000
Roger Fillion |
Cable Cutter A short-range wireless technology with an oddball name could free you from tangles of cables for good. If Bluetooth flies, we'll all be wired without wires... |
Home Toys
June 2003
Rick Tinker |
The Cold Sweat and Hot Chills of HVAC Security With the increased reliability of HVAC home automation solutions, you can enjoy the benefits of control, convenience and energy savings in your home. By integrating the security system to the HVAC system, you can greatly simplify the effort of pulling it all together. |
Entrepreneur
March 2005
Amanda C. Kooser |
Singin' the Blues Is it the end for Bluetooth? Its trade association recently announced initiatives for improving the wireless networking specification for connecting cell phones and other mobile devices. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2002
John Teresko |
The Real Bluetooth Wireless Payoff Is there any potential greater than manufacturing? Start planning for PDA connectivity... |
Home Toys
December 2005
Andrew Reed |
Superna Home Automation Systems Provide Flexibility, Security for Smart Homes With a push of a button, you upload and store the set-up information to every Superna product connected to the network, rendering each one completely independent of the others (in case one device in the network fails). |
Home Toys
December 2005
Gregg Cannon |
Media Centers The Central Interface for Home Automation Today, many of the major smart home technology manufactures, like HAI and Home Seer, are developing software plug-ins for Windows Media Center that allow you to access and control their devices (and others) with Media Center. |
Linux Journal
September 1, 2007
Patrick Davila |
Hacking Cell Phones via Bluetooth Tools under Linux The tools available for Bluetooth devices under Linux are fairly robust. They provide all of the functionality of similarly closed applications available for Windows and Mac at no cost. |
Food Engineering
April 4, 2006
John Blanchard |
Giant steps in plant floor control Factory floor control and information systems play a critical role in plant floor performance and manufacturing responsiveness. |
