Trade Talk: Voice Control – a Game Changer
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. The tide of technology will not be halted. We are entering an age where cars will soon become driverless – Uber already has test vehicles on the road in Pittsburgh, albeit with engineers riding shotgun, for the moment. I spent twenty minutes today walking around in a virtual world. […]
Tips: How to Select KNX Products
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. One of the key differences between KNX and other systems is the multitude of manufacturers and the interoperability of the products. This offers major benefits to end users, however, it can be quite a challenge to work out which products to use. As a distributor, we are often asked what […]
Eelectron Launches Compact Push Button Interface and KNX Energy Meter
Eelectron has launched two new compact products for the KNX market: the Push Button interface and the KNX Energy Meter. Push Button Interface The new Eelectron compact Push Button interface is available in two versions: • The IO44D01KNX device includes 4 digital inputs for dry contacts and 4 outputs for LEDs. • The IO22D01KNX device […]
Eriksson Sähkötiimi Renovates Historic Jugendlinna with ABB KNX Automation System
Art Nouveau on the outside, KNX building automation on the inside Jugendlinna in Turku, Finland is one of the most carefully conserved buildings in town. This historically significant building is going to be converted into more than 20 apartments. Their lighting control will be based on intelligent KNX building automation. Jugendlinna (eng. Jugend castle) in […]
Ingenium Shows its Bes KNX Product Line at MATELEC 2016
Once again Ingenium will exhibit at MATELEC, the International Trade Fair for the Electrical and Electronics Industry, with its latest KNX product line, a renewed offering under the name of Bes. MATELEC this year will be integrated into ePower&Building, the largest macro sector event in Southern Europe and North Africa, bringing together 1,200 exhibitors and […]
Trade Talk: Upgrades in Existing Buildings and those Difficult-to-get-to Places
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Well it’s back to reality for most of us I’m sure. After a few weeks R&R we’re heading back to work en masse. The joy of getting 5 miles across London in 20 minutes will be lost once more under the near-crippling weight of traffic the UK capital has […]
ABB’s KNX System Provides Comfort to Element Hotel Guests in Amsterdam
Combining ABB i-bus® KNX and plug and play enclosures provides comfort for hotel residents and ease of installation for installers. The Gelderlandplein in Amsterdam is a former office block now turned shopping mall, restaurant, apartment building and hotel. The hotel is Amsterdam’s Element and has received recognition for leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) […]
Thinknx Introduces Envision 7 & 10-Inch Touch-Servers
Thinknx products family is growing with the new line of all-in-one touch servers. Envision devices combine the comfort of a top in class touchpanel running a customized user design with all the powerful features of a Thinknx server. Each Envision touch-server is characterized by stylish high-quality materials: the screen with very high resolution and brightness […]
ILS Offers Yönnet Interra KNX Products in the UK
ILS Ltd Interra KNX Panels are the world’s most widely used panels for residential applications Interra i4 KNX touch-panels You can operate your whole home from just one unit. Interra touch-panels incorporates hardware, software and interfaces capable of communicating with KNX, CCTV, door entry, concierge services and much more. Technical details: • Certificated by KNX.org […]
Product Design: How KNX Systems can Benefit from MCUs with FRAM Technology
By Damian Szmulewicz, Texas Instruments, and Oscar M. Guillen, Technical University of Munich. There has been a tremendous increase in the adoption of building automation systems over the last two decades, in part due to the development of smart microcontroller (MCU)-driven products. With critical functions such as access control, video surveillance, intrusion and fire detection, […]