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Design and Installation - Wireless
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| Article Title | Author | Company | eMag Issue | Article Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI) | Uri Kanonich | Amimon | Aug 2012 |
Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI) is a consumer electronic standard for a wireless HDTV connectivity throughout the home. WHDI revolutionizes the home multimedia experience by wirelessly delivering interactive HD video from any device to any display. WHDI is supported and driven by AMIMON, Hitachi Ltd., LG Electronics, Motorola, Samsung Group, Sharp Corporation and Sony |
| Cell Signal Boosters | Contributed by | Wilson Electronics | Aug 2012 |
Many homes, or parts of homes, have poor or non-existant cell-phone coverage. Cell signal boosters can remedy this by providing strong, reliable coverage inside your home for all your cellular devices. |
| Using a Wireless Bridge to Provide Remote Network Connectivity | Brannon Young | Luxul | Jun 2012 |
Key to the successful implementation of a wireless bridge is the equipment being used. The Luxul Xen™ High Performance Outdoor 802.11n Wireless Access Point (XAP-1040) is designed specifically for optimal coverage and distance. |
| 60GHz and WirelessHD® - Now In Your Living Room | John Marshall | WirelessHD | Aug 2009 |
There are many options on the horizon for consumers looking to update their home entertainment systems with high-powered wireless technology. |
| How to Get Your WiFi Signal Where You Want It | Grayson Evans | The Training Department | Feb 2008 |
Keep the WAP as centered as possible in the living spaces where remote/portable devices will be located. Keep the antennas vertical! You want the signal to spread horizontally. Also, mount the WAP above eye level. There is just less stuff higher up to absorb the RF. If you put the WAP down low, the signal has to pass through furniture, people, dogs, etc. Keep it away from AC ductwork. This means not mounting it too high. |
| The Selling Points of Wireless Home Energy Controls | Kim Scott | Intermatic Corp | Dec 2007 |
A selling point is the energy savings that wireless home controls provide homeowners. By customizing their home’s electrical usage, homeowners control their energy management usage to best suit their lifestyle. |
| Interview - Wireless HDTV | Paul Powers | Radiospire Networks | Dec 2007 |
Products using Airhook technology are designed to deliver superior picture quality in a convenient, plug and play package, so consumers will be able to easily and inexpensively connect the transmitter dongle to their set-top box and the receiver dongle to their HDTV and enjoy high-quality HD wirelessly. |
| 802.11 Debugging Made Easy | Grayson Evans | The Training Department | Dec 2007 |
This article covers 802.11 installation and troubleshooting tips for the professional custom electronics installer, but is applicable to any wireless network installation done professionally. |
| A New Standard for Home Control Products | Lew Brown | Monster Cable | Jun 2006 |
Each Z-Wave product/module acts as a sender and receiver in the network, offering two-way communications to make sure that one device knows the other received a command. |
| Z-Wave as Home Control RF Platform | Thomas Jorgensen | Zensys A/S | Jun 2005 |
Zensys provides a mass-market home control technology, which is low cost, low power, easy-to-use and reliable. The mesh network Z-Wave system, with its self-organizing and self-healing features, combined with flexible but simple installation procedures, provides an easy-to-use network solution. |
| Sound Solutions for Wireless Woes | Wayne Caswell | CAZITech | Feb 2004 |
Several new technologies will improve the range and speed of wireless networks, with a combined effect of 10,000 times the capacity of dialup 56 Kbps modems. With such advancements, networks that use radio signals for communication could replace most of the network cabling we now use. How real is this promise? When will we see it? And what will it mean for equipment manufacturers, service providers, homebuilders, and homeowners? |
| ZigBee Technology: Wireless Control that Simply Works | Patrick Kinney | Oct 2003 |
Up till now there hasn't been a wireless network standard that meets the unique needs of sensors and control devices. Sensors and controls don't need high bandwidth but they do need low latency and very low energy consumption for long battery lives and for large device arrays. | |
| Low cost wireless at 2.4GHz | John Leonard | Nordic VLSI ASA | Aug 2003 |
The nRF24xx family has already been incorporated in a number of new and existing wireless global applications such as sensor, remote control, mouse, game controllers, tire pressure sensors and intelligent sports equipment applications. |
