Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic A. C. Clarke
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic A. C. Clarke
The collection of "pro-sumer" links I have found covering the technical aspects of Home Automation, Home Networking, Home Theater and related topics... all blurring together as we move forward in the "Green Revolution", under the banner of "convergence." There are undoubtedly others, but one only finds so many hours in a day. In addition, all of the various Mac and PC related magazines are picking up on this theme of "convergence." As are the various computing professional journals. The LInux world is probably further along the path than the PC/Mac crowd, simply by virtue of the fact that the mantel of the "ham radio operator" has passed to them. The expirementers and "home brew" folks "do LINUX" today. If you are really after "down and dirty" "seriously technical" information, the IEEE Journal and the various RFCs contain everything but the proprietary information.Other Non-Sectarian pages like this
- The Home Automation Index - Dan Hoehnen's trail blazing list - extremely useful!
- hometoys link page
Publications / Internet Magazines
- Electronic House (www.electronichouse.com)
- CE Pro (www.cepro.com)
- Home Toys (www.hometoys.com)
- HTI Home Toys - No Frames Version
- Audio Video Interiors - Home Theater, "convergence" related topics
- Computer Video Maker - Digital Video as such, coverage of 1394 related topics.
- DV - Digital Video - Digital Video as such, coverage of 1394 related topics.
- Sound and Vision
- ArchitectsFirst Source Online
- Old House Journal
- Engineered Systems magazine
- Fine Home Building magazine
- ContractorMagazine
- Residential Architect Magazine
- Contracting Business Interactive
- AutomatedBuildings.com - Building Automation Resources
Technologies
- CEBus -- Marrick Ltd out of business in 2007 -- X10 archive still active 10/8/09
- LonWorks Echelon Home Page
Caller-ID
- UK and other callerid information 2004
- US callerid information - 1994 FAQ
- comp.dcom.telcom - 1991 FAQ
- comp.dcom.telcom Archive
Firewire, SCSI & USBinfo
- Apple Developer Connection (ADC) hardware Home Page
- ABC of SCSI PDF document
- Microtech Announces USB to SCSI Converter
LINUX
- on Mac (PPC)
- Mac-on-linux project overview
- Mac Unix solutions
- on HP (nee Compaq, Digital) Alpha
- Compaq Linux home page
- 64 bit Linux on the Alpha
- Linux on the DECstation (MIPS)
- Organizations
- Linux On Line - home of the Penguin
- Linux International
- Distributions
- Red Hat Software, Inc.
- Welcome to S.u.S.E. now owned by Novell
Distributors / Catalogs / Retail Outlets
- Home Controls Inc. (www.homecontrols.com)
- Smarthome(www.smarthome.com)
- Worthngton Group (www.worthdist.com)
- Home TechSolutions (www.hometechsolutions.com)
- HomeAutomationNet (www.homeautomationnet.com) no longer retail 10/8/09
- X-10 Home Page (www.x10.com) [Home of those annoying pop-up adds]
- X-10 Software Download Center (www.x10.com/support_soft1.htm)
- Advanced Services Inc. (www.asihome.com) Home Automation supplies
- HomeTech Solutions (www.hometech.com)
Manufacturers
- Advanced Quonset Technology (www.AdvancedQuonsetTech.com)
- Genlyte, also Lightolier (www.genlyte.com) now Phillips (www.phillipsna.com)
- Powerline Control Systems (www.pcslighting.com)
- Residential Control Systems (www.resconsys.com)
- Sand Hill Engineering (www.shed.com) XTension
- Leviton (www.leviton.com)
- Premise Systems (www.premisesystems.com) cannot reach server 10/8/09
- Spire Controls (wwww.spirecontrols.com) Manufacturer of flat panel displays and monitors, touch screens, panel pcs, and industrial computers for control system automation.
Weather
Weather Underground 
The Philadelphia weather
- Weather toys - starting point for weather stuff (www.weathertoys.net)
- Hobby Boards - source for 1-wire related parts (www.hobby-boards.com)
- Tim Bitson - Mac OS X based weather (www.timbitson.com)
Ibutton/1-wire
- iButton Home Page
- 1-Wire -- Dallas Semiconductor Corp: Home Page
- 1-wire public domain kit (SDK)
Dallas Semiconductor was acquired by Maxim Integrated Products in 2001.
Maxim no longer produces the 1-Wire(tm) Weather Station or Software:
- WServer (www.henriksens.net/1-wire/)
- 1-Wire Weather Station from Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. ( www.txwx.com/1wire_bro1.htm)
- AAG Electronica 1-wire weather instruments )
- HA7 Net - Embedded Data Systems ( www.embeddeddatasystems.com)
Home Networking
- Apple Wireless Networking
- Broadcom Home Networking Products
- Cisco Wireless AP Products
- Point Six, Inc. - Lexington, Kentucky
Strictly Macintosh
X-10 control for OS X (At one time these applications ran under OS 9)
- Thinking Home is almost the only game in town
- Macintosh Home Automation: XTension
OS 9 only
- MouseHouse
- CP290 Director Documentation
Information
- X-10 Info and Products (www.X10.org) now Smarthome
- X-10 FAQ www.nomad.ee/micros/x10faq.html) (circa 1985)
- Yahoo X10 Group (groups.yahoo.com/group/x10/)
- Universal Power Bus (UPB) Technology ((www.pulseworx.com/FAQs_.htm) FAQ
- The Home Automation Zone (http://www.homeautomationzone.com/)
- Tempstar's Energy Star information
Misc
PV and Solar
- UPenn Community Housing Program
- The Energy Cooperative - Solar
- Sustainable Development Fund Solar PV grant Program
- Philadelphia Million Solar Roofs program
- Pennsylvania Sunshine program
Associations
- Commercial and Professional organizations related to the home automation field - this page is full of logos and can be slow to load.
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- The Energy Cooperative ECAP
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Revision: 09 October 2009
Last modified: 10 October 2009