Jung Integrates Brumberg’s vitaLED Intelligent Colour Lighting System with KNX Home Automation
Brumberg’s vitaLED colour light system was developed in collaboration with the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, led by Professor Ulrich Kuipers, and Jung has now integrated the control of this smart lighting system into its KNX home automation system. Well-being thanks to light Studies by the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences studies show […]
Case Study: The Crystal – A Siemens Sustainable Cities Initiative Featuring KNX
By Chris Topham, Abtec Group. Covering over 6,300 square metres, The Crystal, a sustainable cities initiative by Siemens, is a unique, all-electric building in the heart of London’s Green Enterprise District. The building is both and exhibition centre and a working office for Siemens. It represents Siemens’ expertise in building the technology for sustainable cities […]
TOKKA Offers a KNX Gateway for NuVo’s Grand Concerto and Essenta E6G Multiroom Audio Systems
Gateway KNX – NuVo NVG0108 is designed for use with eight zones of audio distribution managed by the NuVo’s Grand Concerto and Essenta E6G multiroom audio systems. Support for each KNX zone can be done using the push-button sensors, touch panels, visualization software, sensors, etc. KNX connection to the gateway is via a standard connector. […]
Lesswire Launches KBear Embedded KNX-RF Module
The KBear from Lesswire is a compact industrial-grade QFN wireless OEM module with embedded KNX-RF protocol and outstanding performance. It supports communication distances of about 500m in line of sight. It has a UART interface for serial communication and configuration as well as a one-pin antenna connection. The KBear module is certified for operation under […]
Weinzierl Launches New Website
KNX Developer Weinzierl has launched a completely revised and redesigned website for its KNX products and solutions. The company offers certified system software not only for Twisted Pair (TP 1), but also for Powerline (PL110), radio (KNX-RF) and Ethernet (KNXnet / IP). Its system software is available both as a standalone product and as a […]
Ingenium Adds BUSing-KNX Gateway to its Smart Home System
The Ingenium BUSing-KNX Gateway allows the interconnection between a BUSing® installation and a KNX® installation. It offers two options: – Integrating a device or a KNX® installation in a BUSing® installation, using the BUSing® Development System (SIDE or SIDE-Kits); – integrating a device or a BUSing® installation in a KNX installation, using the software Project […]
Global Caché and Intesis Software Form Strategic Partnership
Global Cache Connectivity Products Seamlessly Integrate with Intesis Control Solutions Global Caché, the leading independent manufacturer of WiFi and network enabling connectivity products for the control and automation market, and Intesis, a global home and building automation manufacturing company focused on producing hardware and software control and automation solutions, announced today they have formed a […]
Case Study: A Wooden House with a Gira-KNX Brain, Dachau, Germany
By Anton Hieber, Elektro Hieber. For this very special wooden house, located in the middle of a flowering meadow in the Dachau Hinterland, Germany, we worked closely with ecologic entrepreneur Erwin Thoma to combine natural products and KNX solutions to create a one-off installation. The Brief Being eco-friendly was one of the main objectives of […]
Best Practice: Panel Design and Building
By Simon Buddle, SMC. There is always a deep end at a swimming pool, well, nearly always. It’s clearly sign-posted and people who don’t wish to be in it stay away. I didn’t learn how to swim until I was eleven, and true to the stereotype, I was thrown in the deep end by my […]
Product Review: iRidium 2.0 by iRidium Mobile
By Roger Wicks, Rocfusion. As an independent business, I was searching for something new that would primarily control KNX but also have the ability to control AV devices including Sonos, cameras and intercom. It needed to be flexible, have a user-friendly interface, configuration and setup should be straightforward, but first and foremost, it had to […]