Re: Insteon chips

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote:

>I'm told the Insteon chips (both powerline and wireless) are on schedule to
>ship in June. They are supposed to be quite inexpensive even in single
>quantities and will be available online. I expect we will soon start to see
>a lot of additional Insteon devices like temperature sensors, door/window
>switches, etc. I think it would be an excellent way to do a whole house
>power monitor.

I've gotten an update. The PLC chips should be available this month (<$2)
and the wireless chips next month (<$3).

The PLC chips do both Insteon and X-10 while the wireless chips only do
Insteon.

I still have serious reservations about SmartLabs license restrictions so I
probably will not do anything with these, since there is no way to buy them
without submitting to their license terms, but I do plan to look into
designing some wireless generic input devices (ADC and/or DIO) using
something like the Chipcon CC1100 transceiver.