Imagine a world where your washing machine automatically requests a new part before it fails, you arrange a mutually convenient appointment with the repair person, who arrives with the correct tools and parts. Through interactive digital television and existing home wiring, the essential technology to establish a networked home to make this possible is already in place. The emWare software, known as EMIT, embedded in the SmartModule provides a complete networking platform for electronic devices built with 8 and 16-bit microcontrollers. The ICS can seamlessly integrate multiple protocols in one network. Through its Gateway technology, Pace will collate all signals throughout the house.
Industrial designs are attractive.
They don't look like a circuit breaker box. Using a cable TV coaxial that runs throughout the house, the system requires just one STB, regardless of how many TVs or VCRs are in the home. Peracom's Avcast system allows up to 16 personal channels, which can be assigned to the VCR, the DVD player, Cable TV, Internet, etc. It is the single strand of cable that makes the difference. Invensys is partnering with key industry players to deliver high-speed information into the home and distribute it around the house.