Re: Re: EnOcean Wireless/Batteryless Home Automation Launch at T3 Smart Home Show

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick -

see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EnOcean

... comes out of Siemens, too, so likely to be good ... hence also
the link to EIB, I guess ...

Chris


On 15 Mar 2007, at 23:29, patrick_o_matic wrote:

> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mark McCall" <lists@...>
wrote:
>
>>
>> EnOcean is a revolutionary wireless & batteryless sensing
system
>> that is
>> establishing itself as the standard for wireless automation in
>>
> commercial
>
>> buildings. But the technology is equally suitable for residential
>>
> use. In
>
>> fact EnOcean products are already in use in UK homes where
>> manufactures
>> such Aqualisa use it to activate its Digital showering system from
>> up to
>> 30m away...
>>
>> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1859.html
>>
>>
>
> Does anyone know how this actually works? It seems far too good to be
> true, and the website doesn't seem to have any technical detail at all
> on how it actually works. I can (just about) see how a piezo switch
> might be able to generate a control signal without active power, but a
> thermostat? That's dead clever, even with a bit of solar power thrown
> in!...
>
> Patrick
>
>
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