Home Automation

Author: Rob Miles: www.robmiles.com Download: Download Software: Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition or better, .NET Micro Framework 3.0 Hardware: Digi Connect-ME GHI Electronics Embedded Master Devices Solutions Tahoe II Time Required: 3 hours Cost: 30 dollars for lights plus…

  Stall Status is a Silverlight-based Vista Sidebar Gadget that uses the Z-Wave wireless protocol and door sensors to notify you of the occupied/available state of the bathroom stalls. Jerry Brunning Clarity Consulting, Inc Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost:…

Typically we think of robots as machines from science fiction or as industrial robots such as those that build and paint cars. In the world of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio, anything that has sensors and/or actuators can be considered a robot. In this article, we look at an automated…

This article demonstrates how to use a smartphone running Windows Mobile 5 to remotely control a host machine running Windows Media Center. I will describe how to create an add-in application that runs within Windows Media Center, and how to create a Windows Mobile 5 application that you can use…

Chris Walker ControlThink LC Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: $50-$100 Software: Z-Wave PC SDK Hardware: Z-Wave PC SDK Download: C# Download VB Download December 20, 2006 Controlling your lights with a remote is pretty cool, but doing it from your PC opens up a…