Linux Home Automation Home automation and control (HA) Software (source code and links mostly) for the home automation devices Insteon PowerLinc V2, CM11A, CM17 (Firecracker), LynX10, WM918, HCS II and CPUXA. Links to other hardware/software packages can be found on these pages also. A complex IPv4/v6 network (not totally atypical) A – Ethernet Embedded system [...]
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Tweet-a-Watt! A safe and simple wireless power monitor
This is an Embedded Project using a XBee. Makes an Energy/Watt/Power Meter into a Wireless Intelligent Sensor. These Sensors are Interfaced to a PC using another XBee. The Data Acquired can be Displayed(monitor), Logged (sql/csv) and Analyzed (graphs/reports). Then you can form a set of Green Resolutions and Implement them. Tweet-a-Watt! A safe and simple [...]
Catrpillr – Home Automation System
Catrpillr is a home automation system built from scratch. It provides the instructions to build the hardware as well as the complete software framework to build your own home automation system. Catrpillr – Home Automation System Wireless remote sensors and actuators report data measurements from around the house and act on commands sent to them. [...]
Simple Solar Powered LED Lantern – LEDtronics
Simple Solar Powered LED Lantern – LEDtronics Features Include – Clear Bright 360° Illumination Long-Life LED Lamp: Lasts up to 50,000 Hours Long Operation: Up to 10 Hours on Low / 4 Hrs. on High Battery: 6 Volt / 1.2Ah / NiMH Solar Panel: 8 Volt / 300 mA / 2.5 Watt Polycrystalline Total Lumens: [...]
SDL LED Lighting and Designs – Spimin
“LED lighting provides high efficiency solutions for architectural, industrial, domestic and marine use for installation in internal and external environments.” SDL LED Lighting and Designs – Spimin “Incandescent light bulbs are immensely wasteful, expending over 90 percent of the energy flowing through them as heat…..LEDs, they are long-lasting, rugged and many times more efficient than [...]
Home Automation by Edward Cheung
Home Automation by Edward Cheung “This centralized system can control almost all of the lights in my home, a few appliances, the garden irrigation, some window treatments, the Audio/Video system, the security system, and the HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning). This centralized system can control almost all of the lights in my home, a [...]
Home Power Magazine – Alternative Energy
Home Power Magazine – Alternative Energy “When Richard and Karen Perez launched Home Power in 1987, their mission was to change the way people generate and use energy, one rooftop at a time. And for two decades, we’ve continued to broadcast this message, loud and clear. Over the years,..” How to Install… A Pole-Mounted Solar-Electric [...]
