Re: home automation question

2010-04-21 Thread Erez D
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Itay Donenhirsch wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Erez D wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Itay Donenhirsch wrote: >> >>> hi >>> if you already mentioned avr and would like to build things yourself then >>> you can definitively buil

Re: home automation question

2010-04-21 Thread Amos Shapira
2010/4/22 Itay Donenhirsch : > You can connect rs232 to a computer which have ethernet, etc.. > > Ofcourse that all what i've written is only if you got the time, and I agree > ethernet is much sexier :) Speaking of alternatives - I'm looking at Netcomm NP201AV (http://www.netcomm.com.au/netcomm-p

Re: home automation question

2010-04-21 Thread Itay Donenhirsch
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Erez D wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Itay Donenhirsch wrote: > >> hi >> if you already mentioned avr and would like to build things yourself then >> you can definitively build it yourself, see >> tuxgraphics.org/electronics/200606/article06061.sht

Re: home automation question

2010-04-21 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Itay Donenhirsch wrote: hi if you already mentioned avr and would like to build things yourself then you can definitively build it yourself, see tuxgraphics.org/electronics/200606/article06061.shtml (you'll need an enc28j60 as well). you can buy avrs through e

Re: home automation question

2010-04-21 Thread Erez D
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Itay Donenhirsch wrote: > hi > if you already mentioned avr and would like to build things yourself then > you can definitively build it yourself, see > tuxgraphics.org/electronics/200606/article06061.shtml (you'll need an > enc28j60 as well). > > you can buy avrs

Re: home automation question

2010-04-21 Thread Itay Donenhirsch
hi if you already mentioned avr and would like to build things yourself then you can definitively build it yourself, see tuxgraphics.org/electronics/200606/article06061.shtml (you'll need an enc28j60 as well). you can buy avrs through ebay/digikey/mouser or in israel either arihav or some stores i

Re: home automation question

2010-04-20 Thread Marc Volovic
AVR is fine. So is a second hand wrap or alix. More expensive than X10 :-) mind you. However, X-10 is a very unreliable protocol, you're better off toggling a GPIO line which, in turn, toggles on ptocoupler... eBay _is_ your friend. m On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:19 AM, Erez D wrote: > hi guys. > > i

home automation question

2010-04-20 Thread Erez D
hi guys. i have a warehouse. it has two connections to the buildings - power and ethernet. i want to control the warehouse external lights from the house. I thought of buying an X10 light switch, but it seems that each consts around 50$, which is expensive so my other option is a computer i can