Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2017
The end of another year and a chance to look back at what you found most interesting on Automated Home over the last 12 months….
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Drayton Wiser Smart Heating Controls Review Part 3 – Expanding & Adding Alexa Voice Control
Drayton Wiser Install Expansion In Part 1 we set up the 3 channel controller and room thermostats to replace our conventional versions. That satisfied a number…
Drayton Wiser Smart Heating Controls Review Part 1 – Step by Step Installation
The recent launch of the Drayton Wiser from Schneider Electric was the trigger for Automated Home reader Mark Boyle to bite the bullet and install…
New EnOcean TCM 515 Transceiver Module for Batteryless Internet of Things
Earlier this year, EnOcean demo’d their latest generation of continuously powered transceiver modules at ISH, which open up new applications for the wireless standard thanks to increased…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2016
2016 has been an interesting year, even the complicated world of Smarthome tech has been easier to follow than the politics. Before we start, here’s a special…
Exclusive Interview: EnOcean Wireless Energy Harvesting IoT Tech
This time we talked to Zeljko Angelkoski, Marketing and Communications Director for EnOcean. The company is famous for making switches that need no mains or batteries,…
SMA Sunny Home Manager Maximises Self Consumption for Solar PV Owners
Exporting the unused energy produced on domestic Solar PV systems is a bad idea. The current rate in our area is only around £0.03 per kWh…
Top 10 Smart Home Videos from CES 2016
The 2016 CES show was billed as the one about the smart home. With 56,000 sq ft of floor space given over to home automation, double that of…
VeraPlus Advanced Smart Home Controller
The long-awaited VeraPlus home automation controller is now available to pre-order with deliveries promised within the next 5 weeks. The multi-protocol unit talks Z-Wave (Plus), ZigBee, Bluetooth LE and 802.11…
Video: Zipato Reveal ZipaTILE Wall Mount Smart Home Controller
Zipato have revealed their new wall mount home automation controller ahead of CES 2016. Looking like the Kylo Ren of the smart home world, the Android powered…
SmartThings + Raspberry Pi & Homebridge = Siri HomeKit Controlled Smart Home
Here’s everything you need to get Siri controlling your Samsung SmartThings, Philips Hue lighting and Sonos using a Raspberry Pi running Homebridge. Automated Home reader (and media producer) Paul Gale takes…
Belkin to Expand WeMo Ecosystem with New Smart Home Sensors
Belkin has announced plans to expand its WeMo smart home range with 5 new sensors. WeMo’s new home sensors allow users to monitor their entire home…
Review: Honeywell evohome Wireless Smart Home Heating Controls
We took a look at the new Honeywell evohome when it was announced last Autumn, but there’s no substitute for living with a system to…
Watch This: Wireless Philips Hue Tap Smart Switch
The guys from TWiT recently reviewed the Philips Hue Lux bulbs along with the interesting ‘Tap’ smart switch. The Tap works without batteries by harnessing the…
[Sponsor] QIVICON: Smart Home standard from Germany
The German Smart Home platform QIVICON is the first cross-vendor Smart Home platform. Unlike most other systems QIVICON does not rely on just one communication…
Our Tour of Cornflake’s Stunning London Smart Apartment
A couple of minutes walk from a busy bustling Oxford Street, in London’s West End, is an oasis of calm. I visited the Cornflake Smart…
ComfortClick bOS – The Operating System for Buildings Launches on Indiegogo
ComfortClick have announced plans to launch what they describe as “the first building operating system”. ComfortClick bOS will allow users to connect and control any home device…
Exclusive Interview: Mark Walters On ‘Z-Wave Plus’ The Next Generation
Recently the Z-Wave Alliance got in touch with Automated Home and offered us some one on one time with their Chairman, Mark Walters. We chatted…
Video: Loxone Launch Wireless Retro-Fit Home Automation Add-ons
The Loxone Home automation system has been around since 2008 and this week they have launched a brand new wireless addition to their range. The ‘Loxone Air’…
Video: Robert Scoble’s Home Automation Interview with Revolv Co-Founder
Here’s the Scobleizer’s half-hour Google Hangout with Revolv co-founder, Mike Soucie. Revolv aim to be the App to unify your home automation systems on iOS (Android coming…