Security and home automation to the high level of integration and the development of a comprehensive figures

     In the digital home system, in addition to network video, electronic and audio-visual enjoyment of fashion, and home automation equipment Security also plays an important role. The so-called home automation, refers to the use of electronic technology to integrate or control in the home electronic products or systems (such as lighting, coffee furnace, computer equipment, security systems, heating and air-conditioning systems, video and sound system, etc.). Achieve its function primarily through a central management platform to receive from the sensor (to the changes in the external environment sensors, such as the sunset, or caused by the change of light, etc.) information, and then established the program control other electronic products. In addition to various interface (keyboard, touch screen, buttons, computers, telephones, remote control, etc.) to control home appliances products, housing master control signal can be sent to the central processing equipment and receive from the central information-processing equipment .

     Security equipment has been the family boarded the digital train. Modern sensor technology and digital information processing technology and digital communication technology, computer technology, multimedia and network technology is one of the push factors. The latest Security equipment has evolved to be able to realize Security information collection, processing, transmission and display of high-integration system. A complete security system which mainly includes access control, alarm and monitoring three parts, network monitoring is one of the main equipment. Global and intensify the crackdown on the activities of terrorist organizations, coal mine gas explosion and other unexpected public safety incidents are the rise of network monitoring equipment to the growing demands. In addition, customer service at the scene, customer behavior analysis applications are also driving the development of network monitoring equipment. In these demand driven, network monitoring equipment has also experienced a full simulation, the number of part two of the development stage, is a comprehensive digital big strides into the new stage of development.

     More integrated home automation system

     Home automation is an important digital home system, in the emerging digital home, home automation even equivalent to the digital home. Until today, it is still the core of the digital home, but with the intelligent home network technology have universal application, Network Appliance / Information Appliance maturity in many products, home automation features will be integrated into these new products to, make simple home automation products in the system design less, the core of the network will also be quilts family / household replaced by information systems, as a home network in the control of the intelligent home network to play a role. At present the most famous home automation system for the United States to the X-10.

     Monitoring digital home is an important part of the family

     "Home automation technologies main objective is, by household appliances and equipment connected to the central control system to provide a rich way of life, so that family life has become more comfortable, safe and efficient." STMicroelectronics (ST) Greater China Multiple System Business Unit senior manager LeslieLeong said. For ST, home automation is a relatively new market. "At present, many equipment and the agreement also continue to be left piled up in the draft table discussion." Therefore, in answering what home automation products will become mainstream products on the market, Leong said, "In these circumstances discussed what the most popular products, which the most promising products, will be futile. "

     Obviously, Leong has came out with a more clear thread. He believes that the current co-exist with the motion control system and the gas alarm systems, remote control systems and such as the "temperature control system" to the comfortable life (Comfortlivingsystem) will be further integration in the future. "These systems have different communications and different control bus interface." He said, "but in the future, using the same control platform, as well as a public agreement with all of these subsystems will be integrated."

     Although just beginning to enter the home automation market, ST is providing a wide variety of options for OEM manufacturers choose. For example, suitable for low bit-rate home automation power line modem (PowerLineModem).