The Design Perspective

Many people ask me what they can do with home automation to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.
From an electronics standpoint, the most important things you can do are: Good insulation, good windows, geothermal HVAC, and radiant floor heating.
Those are the most important things other than some operational activities, like keeping your doors and windows […]

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One of our clients was demonstrating the systems we installed to his colleague.  When they were looking at the heart of the system, the head-ends, his guest commented that the wires were not “all lined up” perfectly and tightly tie-wrapped.
In all my years designing control systems for pharmaceutical applications, I’ve always seen perfectly tidy wiring.   […]

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I’m constantly asked the “Cable or Satellite?” question. “Which do you recommend Derek?”
Because we provide fully integrated home HD systems, many of our clients have multiple HD video sources available at all of their TVs. This includes Cable, Satellite, IPTV (ie AT&T U-verse), and OTA ATSC (Over-The-Air antenna).
I recently had an opportunity to view all […]

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