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General

• MisterHouse - Open-source home automation software
• MisterHouse Wiki - MisterHouse's Wiki
• Home Automation - Automation of household appliances

Protocols

• X10
  • Developed by Pico Electronics in 1975
  • Communicates with electronic devices via powerlines
• Insteon
  • Designed by SmartLabs, Inc.
  • Dual-band mesh topology - communicates with electronic devices via powerlines or radio frequency (RF)
  • Backwards-compatible with X10
  • MisterHouse Insteon wiki
• Universal Powerline Bus (UPB)
  • Developed by Powerline Control System (PCS)
  • Communicates with electronic devices via powerlines
  • MisterHouse UPB wiki
• Z-Wave
  • Developed by Zensys
  • Communicates with electronic devices via radio frequency (RF)
  • MisterHouse Z-Wave wiki
• 1-Wire
  • Designed by Dallas Semiconductor Corp.
  • "Communications bus system ... that provides low-speed data, signaling and power over a single signal" - Wikipedia

1-Wire

• DigiTemp - Program used to read values from 1-wire devices
• OWFS (1-Wire Filesystem) - Program used to read values from 1-wire devices

Radio Frequency (RF)

• W800 - Receive X10 RF signals generated from X10 products
• RFXCOM - RF signal transmitters and receivers

Routers Firmware

• OpenWRT - Linux distribution for embedded devices
• DD-WRT - Linux distribution for WLAN routers and embedded devices

Other

• Blender Defender - System to keep your cat off of the kitchen counter
• Cron - "time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems" - Wikipedia
• Google PowerMeter - Free online energy monitoring tool
• Perl - Programming language
• Weather Underground - World's largest network of personal weather stations

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