Cees Links

For many years - decades even, we have been waiting for the automated "smart" house - a house that is as technically advanced as our automobiles. For decades, we have been able to remotely lock and unlock our car doors, raise and lower our car windows, adjust temperatures for different parts of the car seating areas, and even clean the back and front windows. Why can't we do that with our houses? Why are our homes dumb? Why are most homes still living in the tech dark ages? Gurus and tech-evangelists have long been promising the smart home - the automated home with devices that talk to each other, with appliances and central home systems that can be controlled from a home dashboard or over the internet. Except for a few hobbyists and early innovators, most homes today are still stupid. However, with the arrival of the new third home wireless network, this is beginn... (more)

The Third Wireless Evolution – Sensor Networks?

If you ever had the foresight in 1970 to wonder along what sequence of events wireless technologies would start penetrating society, you probably would not have started first with high quality voice networks, then followed with high speed data-networks and finally ended with low data rate, low duty cycle simple sense and control networks. Most likely you would have suggested a sequence the other way around: let's start "slow and easy" with sense and control networks (sending temperature information every 5 minutes and control our heaters or air conditioners); then you may have gu... (more)

No More Batteries

No More Batteries By Cees Links, GreenPeak Technologies   How ultra low power wireless networks and energy harvesting are going to make our planet a better place to live.     Increasingly, we rely on networks of sensors and controllers to make our lives more convenient. Sensors in the home can help control temperature – sensors in an office building can help maintain security and ensure that lights are turned off when there are no humans present. Even our remote controls that we use to turn on our TVs and home entertainment systems are essentially sense- and control elements... (more)

How to Make the Next-Generation Smart Home Wireless Network Green

In a SMART home, control devices and monitoring sensors throughout the house are wirelessly connected to each other and a central control station such as a set top box.  This box in turn can talk to the outside world by a cable or Internet connection.  These devices and sensors can include home security systems, home health monitoring, entertainment such as music, TV and video; environmental controls for heating and air conditioning, location awareness (who is where in the home), watering plants, feeding pets, and many others. These services in turn can be monitored and controlled... (more)

GreenPeak Technologies Helps to Roll Out the New Green Wireless Network for Home and Office

GreenPeak Technologies Helps to Roll Out the New Green Wireless Network for Home and Office Ultra Low Power ZigBee RF4CE Networks for Home Entertainment, Environment Control, Gaming and Security No More Changing or Recharging Batteries in Remote Controls and Home Wireless Dashboards Visit us at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) event. Booth SU9313, South Hall Upstairs next to the Destination Broadband Pavilion and the AT&T booth   Las Vegas, Nevada – April 6, 2010 – GreenPeak Technologies, (http://www.greenpeak.com) a leading fabless semiconductor company, announced... (more)