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I am currently setting up a system which will me allow me to
monitor environmental data from my home which I can
access remotely via this web site, although I have user the term "Automation"
here, the initial scope will be data collection, rather than the control of
appliances in the home. The initial plan is to install a network of "1-Wire"
temperature sensors which will allow remote monitoring and trending of the
temperatures throughout the house.
The 1-Wire protocol was developed by Dallas Semiconductor Inc, now
part of Maxim Integrated Products, to
allow multiple devices to communicate over a 1-Wire network
Originally known as a MicroLAN, each device on the network has a
unique network address, its 1-Wire ID, which allows a bus master
to communicate with the slave devices. In parasitic power mode,
the power required by the slave devices is derived from the
single data line, the network being completed by a signal ground
return line, although, for larger networks, additional power can
be provided by a third wire if required.
Maxim has made Software Development Kit available allows the
user to write their own interface software, a good example is
DigiTemp
from Brian Lane. Brian has made the source code available under
the open source
GNU
General Public License. I have used many of the
routines in DigiTemp as the basis of my own application to read
data from devices on my 1-Wire network of temperature, humidity
and pressure sensors.
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Hardware Resources |
| The
1-Wire area
on the Maxim website |
Information on the 1-Wire protocol
and devices |
| Hobby Boards (Now off line)
Local Content Supplier
of most of my 1-Wire Devices |
Run by Eric Vickery, Hobby Boards had a wide range of components, kits and cases for
1-Wire. There is a dedicated
Hobby Boards users / support forum on
Cocoontech. |
| Jon00
Web Site |
Home Automation site which
includes a very good description of the 1-Wire basics
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