Re: sensor controller

["Nadavc1" <nadavc1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Marc,

Thanks for the response,

I am talking about heat sensors, move sensors, change in current
sensors.
I have read that all the common sensors are x10 which is wireless. I
can create wireless sensors with a transmitter and a receiver what is
so special with x10?
There is a kit to build from www.vellemanusa.com the kit is K8055 it
has analog and digital inputs and outputs. I would like to know what
you think about this controller and which one you would recommend.
I am a computer programmer so what I need is a controller that can give
me all the inputs and outputs I need from and to the sensors.
I don't need it to control the sensors that I can program on the
computer.
For it to give me all the inputs I need, when I receive an input form a
heat sensor, I understand that I will receive it analog as a voltage. I
need a controller that I can program easily to convert the voltage in
to a number for me use in visual studio.

Thank you for your time.

Nadav

Marc_F_Hult wrote:
> On 8 Oct 2006 09:08:44 -0700, "Nadavc1" <nadavc1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> <1160323724.618517.98500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> >Hi everyone
> >
> >I am in the middle of designing my smart home and I am looking for a
> >controller that will control all the sensors and will able me to
> >receive an input to the computer.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Nadav
>
> What "sensors"?
>
> What kinds of "inputs"?
>
> What kind of "computer" and operating system?
>
> What are your objectives  (security, lighting, environmental control
> including HVAC, communication, AV entertainment, etc)
>
> What are your skills (general remodeling, general computer, electronics
> including construction, programming)
>
> Who will install it?
>
> Who will maintain it?
>
> Who (else) needs to be able to use/live in it?
>
> Are the associated expenses regarded as personal entertainment("home toys")
> or is this also in the nature of an investment in your home ? In other words,
> do the "smart" aspects need to be valuable to others and in the future?
>
> Is this a conceptual "Smart Home" ?
>
> Or one with 'real-world' physical and financial limitations?
>
> If 'real world', describe those limitations (budget, existing or new
> construction, type of construction and geometry, country located) and so on.
>
> If you are "in the middle of designing [your] smart home", you will have
> presumably thought these things out, especially the budget.
>
> ... Marc
> Marc_F_Hult
> www.ECOntrol.org