Items Tagged With hardware

Here's a useful new box of tricks from Keene Electronics.  The IPMSW1 has 2 power outlets that can be programmed and controlled via a web interface. If you need to control mains powered equipment, reboot servers etc then this maybe just what you are looking for...

Powerline adapters have been around for a while.  They provide a great way to add an Ethernet socket to locations where running a network cable would be impractical.  Now UK tech start-up company, Power Ethernet, has launched the ‘PE Socket, the first product to integrate Powerline networking technology directly into an electrical outlet.  Check out the video after the jump...

Cytech have release a new C-Bus To KNX / EIB bridge module to translate from one protocol to the other...

If you're serious about home automation then you'll probably want a powerful controller at the heart of your system.  Polish smart home specialist, Fibaro have launched just such a device, and the new "Home Center 2" is a handsome aluminum clad Z-Wave system which the makers say "redefines Z-Wave based home automation and introduces the real Home Intelligence"...

We love a good hardware hack and here's a great one from Automated Home reader Martin Howell.  A Velleman IR kit plus a makeup mirror and some Arduino jiggery-pokery allows Martin's home to let him know when there's something in his mail box on the gatepost...