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Obsolete While Working
Somewhere in a cabinet, a drawer, or a rack, there is a piece of consumer electronics that still works. It powers on. It still does the thing it was bought to do. Its capacitors and connectors are perfectly healthy. And yet it is finished. Not broken. Not worn out. Simply no longer allowed to become anything more than it already is. That’s a stranger kind of obsolescence than the one we’re used to talking about, and the real question isn’t whether it’s happening. It’s who…
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Finger scanner integration
I am sure you know the situation when you lock yourself out while your keys were left inside. Or when your kids told you they lost the keys. With bio-metric door access you don’t have to worry about this. This is definitely my family favorite feature. Accessing your home using your finger as a key For key-less… Read more
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Motion sensors for Loxone
PIR sensors suitable for 24VDC Quite often I have been asked for any recommendations for motion sensors that could be used in SmartHome installations. Obviously, there is a wide range of products on the market these days, however there are two important attributes people mostly care about. Motion sensor must be totally silent I am… Read more
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Soil moisture sensor
Measuring soil humidity to control the garden irrigation I have ordered Vegetronix VH400 – Moisture Sensor Probe. This is very interesting device. It is amazing in particular by the speed of measurement and immediate reaction to the moisture level change. Its power consumption is less than 13mA. However, the supply voltage has to be between 3.5V and 20 VDC which in… Read more
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Garden irrigation system and Loxone
If you want to treat your garden really seriously, automated irrigation system is a must have for you. Yes of course, there are possibilities to align your planting selection to the local conditions, but to get really the most of your garden, you may want to have nice lawn, some fruit bushes/trees and possibly some… Read more
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Terminal blocks
Once you have all the wiring done properly following the star typology, you might notice that the amount of cables terminating in the cabinet is enormous. I do have around 60 UTP/STP cables for the whole house there just for Loxone purposes (not talking about network cables that are heading into different rack. To keep… Read more
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Push-buttons with LED illumination
I mentioned in other posts as well, that switches we have selected for our house were Schneider/Unica. We had quite good experience with these in our previous apartment where we have renovated the electricity from scratch. The only component to avoid are the electronic dimmers, which are prone to failure after a couple of months… Read more