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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
August 2004
Axe & Rosenthal |
Lighting Controls Simplified With the proper lighting control system, lighting within a room or throughout a home can be controlled automatically with a single lighting control button, a remote control, when a door is opened or even when the sun rises and sets. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Jimmy Busby |
Hardwired Lighting Control: Now Affordable and Reliable Because of the complexity and the high cost, lighting control and whole house integration has only been available to a fortunate few. By keeping devices simple and programming easy, automation can become something that everyone can use. |
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
June 2004
Don Johnson |
To Centralize or De-Centralize your Lighting Control: That is the Question! It was common knowledge that controlling lights with computerized panels throughout an entire home is a luxury that only the wealthy can afford -- until now! |
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. |
Home Toys
October 2005 |
Axeze Distributed Network Guarantees Future Upgrades at Low Cost! In an Axeze network all that is required is an RS232 to RS485 converter to connect to a computer for programming and real time monitoring and a single door control unit for each access point to be monitored. This makes the Axeze network truly the most flexible and expandable system around. |
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. |
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
April 2006 |
Programmable Logic Controller -- Hardware The PLC is a versatile product that has many hardware options to accommodate the large number of different electrical interfaces out there. The PLC is modular in design so that one can mix and match the input/output (I/O) hardware requirements to meet the needs of the project. |
Home Toys
April 2005 |
Installing A Doorjamb Light Switch These ideas will allow the installer to provide for the installation of an unlimited numbers of doorjamb controlled lighting arrangements. |
Home Toys
February 2004 |
Home Technology Integration Lighting control for the custom home |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2010
James Turner |
The Smart Power Strip A Web-enabled outlet tells you how much power an appliance is consuming and lets you turn it on and off remotely |
Home Toys
February 2004
Chris Smith |
Advanced X10 Outdoor Automated Lighting It took a while, but I figured a way to solve my needs to "smartly" control my outdoor lighting with X10 that I'd like to share. Basically, I found a way to get different modes of control for my unintelligent outdoor sensors based on time of day periods. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2000 |
Extend Your Technology's Reach The USB X-tender system from Robotel allows Universal Serial Bus peripherals, such as keyboards, mice, printers, scanners and cameras, to be located up to 1,000 feet away from a host computer. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Integrated Home Networks The focus of this article is the computer network as part of the integrated home network. |
PC Magazine
September 21, 2004
Sebastian Rupley |
A Moveable Mesh One of the last places you would expect to find cutting-edge technology is inside a city bus. But the bus system in Portsmouth, England, is an exception. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2006 |
VXI, GPIB, or Ethernet PXI test modules The company is offering 11 switch and four digital I/O Adapt a Switch modules for the PXI/CompactPCI test environment. |
Home Toys
June 2003 |
Webcomodore: the Ultimate Energy Cost Buster Web services are not only used for entertainment or information technology but also for building/home automation or for energy management. Shovon's Internet-ready Webcomodore product line utilizes the power of the Internet to help users to administer energy spending. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Pala Trinadh |
IEEE 1394 Serial bus: Firewire in the Home For interconnecting home entertainment A/V appliances, the IEEE1394 standard bus, also referred to as Firewire, is becoming popular. |
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
February 2005
Eugene Kowch |
Why is There a Need for an Electrical Design? An electrical design will gather all switching requirements for the home. Determine what level of control is acceptable and propose an electrical control system to meet these needs. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2004
Troy Dreier |
Your Automated Home Control your household appliances from a PC, over the Web, or via remote. We review four starter packages. |
Home Toys
June 2006
George Wilkinson |
Taming the System Checkout and Integration Procedures Beast Part 1: Necessities of Proper Planning. Audio and video systems are much more complex and highly integrated than every before. Here is the first of a five-part series that goes through the steps that form a complete systems checkout and integration process. |
U.S. CPSC
August 22, 2008 |
Power Light Modules Recalled by GCI Technologies Due to Fire and Burn Hazards Internal wiring in the module's circuit boards is incorrectly installed, posing a risk of an electrical fire and burn hazards to consumers. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Jonathan Yodis |
Home Theater Solutions for the 21st Century Say goodbye to expensive and time-consuming in-wall installations, in favor of high performance, invisible Audio & Video wiring solutions. |
PC World
July 2001
Jonathan Blackwood |
Watch Your Home Remotely With Affordable New Tools New tools let you keep an eye on your home away from home, via your office PC... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2005 |
PMC carrier card enables use of several I/O mezzanine modules Acromag Inc. is offering the APC-PMC carrier card that enables several mezzanine I/O modules for applications such as data acquisition, process control, test and measurement, motion control, and network data communications. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
From the Ground Up: Smart Home Networks Wiring for communications, entertainment, and security |
Home Toys
April 2004
Paul Custodio |
Affordable Home Automation Solutions The following three examples are simple home solutions that can be implemented in nearly any home on nearly any budget, using equipment available from X10.com. |
PC World
December 2000
Stan Miastkowski |
Networking PCs Made Easy If PCs are proliferating in your home or office, it's time to get them connected. Network your PCs--it's easier than ever... |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2013
Steve Hodges |
Easy Prototyping With Microsoft Gadgeteer Build your own consumer electronics with this system from Microsoft |
Home Theater
March 26, 2002 |
Flat, Thin Cable Leaves No "Footprint" Speaker wiring is one of the most problematic aspects of any home theater installation. Many of the best grades of speaker cables are big and bulky, making them impossible to hide. DeCorp's new "FlatWire Ready" speaker wire, claimed to be the world's thinnest, may be the answer... |
Popular Mechanics
March 2008
Roy Berendsohn |
The Internet Kitchen: Expand Counter Space for Plugs, TV & More Suggestions on how to make your home more digital friendly. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Bob Hetherington |
Leviton Stuctured Media Center and QuickPort Snap-In Modules Leviton makes everything you need for a structured wiring installation and the equipment is available almost everywhere, including Home Depot. You'll be surprised at how easy it is to install and how reasonably priced it can be. |
Chemistry World
July 20, 2015
Carolyn Devlin |
Energy devices go wireless Scientists in China have developed a new method for connecting energy devices without using wires. Not only are the devices easy to make, they continue to work even when bent or twisted -- a vital trait for flexible electronics. |
This Old House
Ian Austen |
On the Same Wavelength A home computer network means there's no waiting in line to get online. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2013
Paul Wallich |
Putting the Meter Under the Microscope How a smart-meter kit changed my energy habits |
Home Toys
October 2002
Richard Gensley |
Structured Wiring: Home Beauty More Than Skin Deep Infrastructure wiring in the walls adds significantly to the excitement of the home. Having the wire in place for connecting computers, security cameras, home theaters, and a host of automation features, makes it so you can take advantage of new and exciting equipment when it becomes available |
PC World
September 2003
Jeff Bertolucci |
60-Minute Upgrades Get new PC power in an hour -- or less -- with these speed boosters, storage add-ons, and more. Plus: Tune-up tips to keep your system going strong. |
InternetNews
May 11, 2004
Clint Boulton |
Brocade, IBM to Bundle 'SilkWorm' Partners agree to bundle new Brocade switch module with IBM's BladeCenter to enable server and storage consolidation. |
Home Toys
April 2003
William Black |
Structured Wiring A career in the installation of structured wiring can be profitable and fun. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2009 |
Surrey Satellite Selects CAN Databus Controller From Inicore Inc. Controller Area Network Intellectual Property core CANmodule-IIx from Inicore will be used in Surrey Satellite Technology's SGR-05P range of space-borne global positioning system (GPS) receivers. |
Job Journal
April 5, 2009 |
Career Snapshot: Electrician We take electricity for granted, but we'd be in the dark without electricians. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2010
Schow et al. |
Get on the Optical Bus IBM's light-powered links overcome the greatest speed bump in supercomputing: interconnect bandwidth |
PC Magazine
May 31, 2006
Eric S. Fellen |
Wire It Yourself Carving holes in walls may seem like a no-no, but it's the only way to run (and hide) Ethernet, television cables, and even extra power jacks. Here's how. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2004 |
New Products Universal avionics digital interface... VME card for motor drive power control... VME64 bus-to-bus adapters.. Add-on network-management software for the TCP/IP stack... Self-clinching panel fasteners... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2006
John Keller |
Rebirth of the 1553 databus Developments are in the works to catapult the MIL-STD-1553 databus into the realm of high-speed networks to give thousands of military platforms and munitions added capabilities and new leases on life. |
Home Toys
June 2005
James Russo |
Home Automation From the Leader in Home Tech If you are in the market for a cheap and easy to use home automation kit, check out the Radio Shack kit. If nothing else, the kit can be a starting place for an end user till he or she expands to more sophisticated kits like X10. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2010 |
MIL-STD-1553 Avionics Data Bus Interface From National Hybrid Supports MIL-STD-1760 The Terminal+ multi-protocol MIL-STD-1553 avionics data bus interface with integrated transformers can function as a simultaneous monitor/remote terminal, a programmable bus controller, a remote terminal, or a bus monitor. |
