The following tables list and briefly describe the devices used in our smart home laboratory. Click on the vendor to go to their web page, the individual device for more information about it, or click on the documentation, API, or service implementations for more information about them.
| Sensors | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Device | Model # | Description | Docs. | API | Services | |
| User Input Sensors | ||||||
| Phidgets Touch Sensor | 1110 | Generates events when contact with the sensor begins or ends | User Manual | Vendor API | ||
| Phidgets Force Sensor | 1106 | Detects levels of force placed on the sensor (not accurate enough for weighing items) | User Manual | |||
| Phidgets USB RFID Reader | 1023 | Reads passive RFID tags with a range of approximately 3 inches (single tag reader) | User Manual | |||
| Motion Sensors | ||||||
| Phidgets Motion Sensor | 1111 | Detects changes in motion by objects that are of different temperatures than their surroundings | User Manual | |||
| X10 Motion Sensor | MS14A | Generates events when motion is detected or determined absent after a period of time | User Manual | Vendor / Lab | OSGi / WS | |
| Environmental Sensors | ||||||
| Phidgets Light Sensor | 1105* | Reads visible light level (but not to any known scale) | User Manual | |||
| Phidgets Temperature Sensor | 1114* | Detects the temperature from -40 to 125 degrees Celsius (-40 to 257 Fahrenheit) | User Manual | |||
| Phidgets Humidity Sensor | 1107* | Detects the relative humidity in the air from 10% to 95% | User Manual | |||
| Phidgets Air Pressure Sensor | 1115 | Detects the air pressure with a range of approximately 3 - 36 psi | User Manual | |||
| Web Cameras | ||||||
| Panasonic Web Camera | BB-HCM371A | Captures images with pan/tilt moving of the cameras lens and 2-way audio | User Manual | |||
*These devices have been discontinued by Phidgets manufacturer, but newer, improved versions are offered.
| Actuators | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Device | Model # | Description | Manuals | API | OSGi Services |
| User Interface | |||||
| Phidgets LCD Display | 1102* | Displays two rows of 20 character text on a blue LCD screen | User Manual | ||
| Home Automation | |||||
| X10 Lamp Module | LM465 | Controls lamps by turning them on or off and increasing or decreasing their light level. | User Manual | N/A | N/A |
| X10 Appliance Module | AM466 | Controls wall appliances by turning them on or off | User Manual | ||
| Tira IR Transceiver | Can read and transmit IR codes that are used by most home entertainment systems | WWW | |||
| Phidgets Hitec Continuous Rotation Servo | 3202 | Motor that rotates without bound in either direction | |||
*This item has been discontinued
| Controllers and Utility Devices | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Device | Model # | Description | Manuals | API | OSGi Services |
| Insteon/X10 Utility Devices | |||||
| Insteon Controller (Serial) | 2413S | Serves as a gateway between X10/Insteon devices and the computer. | WWW | N/A | |
| X10 Serial Controller | CM15A | USB Transceiver for X10 signals to and from X10 devices on the powerline | |||
| X10 Powermind IR to RF to IR Converter | 8210 | Converts IR signal to RF signals and RF signals to IR signals (to use the Tira through walls) | N/A | N/A | |
| Insteon/X10 Utility Devices | |||||
| Phidgets 8/8/8 Interface Kit | Controller for up to 8 analog sensors | ||||
| Phidgets Servo Motor Controller | |||||